OUR FIRST EPISODE!!!!

Scott & Matt kick off the first episode of the Creation Records audio fanzine with a discussion of the first of two flexi singles that came with Alan McGee & Jerry Thackray (THE LEGEND)’s pre-Creation fanzines, Communication Blur.

In addition to some digging into the flexi & the zine, the boys interview TONY FLETCHER, esteemed author (bios on R.E.M., Keith Moon, Wilson Pickett), who in his fanzine Jamming, wrote a piece on the state of music in 1982 that ended up being a key piece of Creation origin story.

Links of note:

“The Story that Spawned Creation”: https://www.ijamming.net/Jammingmagazine/Jamming!MagazineCreation.html

Tony Fletcher’s web site (with link to Jamming archive): https://tonyfletcher.net/

Tony’s podcast: https://shows.acast.com/onestepbeyond

Things that come up on this episode:

The Legend

Bobby Gillespie

Primal Scream

The Laughing Apple

The Pastels

Strawberry Switchblade

Revolving Paint Dream

Dan Treacy

Television Personalities

Patrik Fitzgerald

The Jam

Paul Weller

Paul McCartney

Pete Townsend

Acid House

The Homosexuals

REM

Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for the theme music and to our guest narrator, Rose Melberg.