Vote For Upside Down The Movie At The NME Awards

Upside Down The Movie has made it onto the shortlist of five for this year's Best Music Film at the NME awards.

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story is a 2010 film by Document Productions which charts the story of Creation Records. Directed by Danny O'Connor, the film features Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Andy Bell, Bobby Gillespie, Mark Gardener and more.

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Lawrence Watson Photographs Noel Gallagher Exhibition Starts In January In Japan

Lawrence Watson's photographs of Noel Gallagher will be on display in January at an exhibition at the Super Deluxe in Tokyo.

The exhibition runs from 12th January to the 15th January 2012.

During the exhibition, there will be special screenings of the Creation Records documentary 'Upside Down' and live performance by Australian band The Novocaines.

Documenting 18 months in the recording of Noel Gallagher’s hugely anticipated first solo album High Flying Birds, Lawrence Watson was given unlimited access to capture the thoughts and processes behind the creation of the songs.

Moody black-and-white shots are dispersed with upbeat colour photography taken in various locations from London to Los Angeles. The reportage-style imagery is supported by a short film lacing together super-eight, video and still images.

“I have been working with Noel for the past six years,” says Lawrence. “As an artist I have great respect for his song writing talent and the new album is a testament to his skill. Working so closely and for such a consistently long time with him, has given me a great opportunity to experience his creative process at first hand.

Details in Japanese can be found here.

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Watch Upside Down: The Creation Story Now!

Fans in the UK can watch the documentary chronicling the highs and lows of the UK's most inspired and dissolute independent record label - Creation Records, founded by the maverick Glaswegian, Alan McGee.

It contains some great early footage of Oasis and features interviews with Andy Bell, Bonehead and Noel Gallagher.

Click here to watch it on the BBC iPlayer.

You can also watch Creation At The BBC

Performances by Creation Records artists including the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Loft, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Primal Scream, Oasis, Ride, Boo Radleys and Teenage Fanclub.

Click here to watch it on the BBC iPlayer.

‘Upside Down’ And Special Guests At The 100 Club

‘Upside Down’ presents a special one-off event in London’s legendary 100 Club on Wednesday June 8th. After screening the film, we’ll be joined for a live set by ‘The Loft’. Mark Gardener will close the evening on the decks. A night not to be missed, in an iconic venue. Tickets are on sale here. now.

Meanwhile a couple of days later, on Friday June 10th, there’s a screening in Oxford, home of Ride and Swervedriver. Messrs. O’Connor and Gardener will attend what will be our most intimate screening to date. A very limited amount of tickets are still available here.

In This Week's NME Magazine

In this week's NME...

We're celebrating the release of a new film about Creation Records with a massive special on the label. 'Label'? More like 'rock n roll training camp for lunatics'. We speak to Alan McGee, Bobby G, Noel G, G Rhys and all the rest about the rise and fall of the label that put out 'Screamadelica', 'Definitely Maybe', and that Kevin Rowlands one where he's in a dress on the cover...

'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Released Today

'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' is released today on DVD and Blu-ray, the soundtrack is also available here.

Over a quarter of a century since it began and a decade after it folded, this is the definitive film about Creation Records, one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels. This is the story of the rock n roll dream and its accompanying nightmares.

Millions of sales on both sides of the Atlantic, near bankruptcy, pills, thrills, spats, prats, success, excess, pick me ups, breakdowns and of course some of the defining music of the late 20th Century.

This is the definitive and fully authorised story of the UK's most inspired and dissolute label, from the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Living Room to Oasis at Knebworth.



READ OUR REVIEW OF THE FILM HERE.

Alan McGee Q&A From Cardiff Screening Of Upside Down

Below is the Q&A that Alan McGee did after the Cardiff screening of Upside Down: The Creation Records Story on Wednesday night.







During the 1980s, Alan McGee’s Creation Records were revered by a generation of knowing boys and girls with floppy fringes, who embraced the initial releases by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine as the soundtrack for their lives.

By the turn of the decade, Creation were releasing indisputable touchstones ‘Screamadelica’ and ‘Loveless’, putting out records as diverse as Teenage Fanclub’s debut ‘Bandwagonesque’ and Sugar’s ‘Copper Blue’, and nurturing such new talents as Ride and Swervedriver.

The phenomenal success of Oasis in the mid-90s meant cosying up to New Labour and ruling the Britpop roost. The background to all this is a tale of near-bankruptcy, hard partying, bitter feuds, sell-out accusations, heavy drugs and nervous breakdowns.

Danny O’Connor’s passionate documentary gives McGee the chance to tell his side of the story of arguably the last British indie label to really matter.

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story is in stores Monday...

'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Review

Alan McGee presented the Welsh premiere of 'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' in Cardiff last night and followed it with a Q&A session.

I was invited down and I'm glad to report that the film was informative and slick with a number of genuine funny moments.

'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' tells the story of the label that was founded in London in 1983 after McGee took out a £1,000 bank loan and eventually closed in 1999.

During its existence Creation's roster featured Oasis, Super Furry Animals, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pastels, Television Personalities, Primal Scream, The Loft, Teenage Fanclub, Saint Etienne, The Boo Radleys, 3 Colours Red, Swervedriver, Slowdive, BMX Bandits, The House of Love, The Weather Prophets, Felt, The Telescopes, The Jazz Butcher, Momus, Sugar, and Teenage Filmstars.

The film mixes archive footage with present-day interviews and concert footage.

'Producer/director Danny O'Connor has done a fantastic job with the film, as it not just concentrates on the big bands on the label but also includes many of Creation's lesser known acts.

The film features Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Andy Bell, Bobby Gillespie, Jim Reid, Dick Green, Guy Chadwick, Kevin Shields, Andy Bell, Bob Mould, Irvine Welsh, Mark Gardener, Joe Foster, Gruff Rhys and Norman Blake.

For the Oasis fans Noel Gallagher and Bonehead feature throughout the film, there is also some great early footage of Oasis.

Andy Bell also features in the film, talking about his previous band Ride.

A fantastic watch from beginning to end, with some great music throughout.

Watch the Q&A with Alan below







'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' is released on Monday. The DVD/Blu-ray is now available to pre-order here.

Win A Copy Of Upside Down

Tell us your favourite Creation Records track for the chance to win the DVD and soundtrack of 'Upside Down' - the documentary telling the rock n' roll story of Creation Records. Get all the details below.

Text us your favourite tracks

Whether it's by Oasis, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Super Furry Animals or another iconic band on the books of Creation Records, tell us your favourite Creation song by texting the studio during the Breakfast and afternoon shows this Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May using the numbers given out by our presenters, and you could win a copy of the 'Upside Down' DVD, soundtrack and an ipod nano.

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Don't worry if you miss out on-air over the weekend as there's another chance to win a copy of the 'Upside Down' DVD and soundtrack right here. Simply answer our question and enter your details here and they could be yours.

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'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Reviews

Review From the ScotsMan
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story (15) ***
Directed by: Danny O'Connor

THERE'S a running joke in this amusing documentary about Creation Records that one of the reasons the label became so distinctive was because nobody could really understand what its Glasgwegian founder Alan McGee was saying half the time; the music he put out therefore had to do most of the talking. It's not really true, of course. Though his bands – and he launched the careers of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and, most famously, Oasis – certainly made plenty of noise, McGee was never a shadowy background figure. His passion for music and his determination to put out only the bands that he liked (even when the bands that he liked included The Telescopes) was matched by a determination to lead the same kind of debauched rock'n'roll lifestyle as his acts.

The film celebrates all this in gleeful fashion, running through Creation's punky Scottish origins to its bloated, Tony Blair-endorsed, champagne soaked end-point. Lots of rare archival footage and new interviews with the likes of Noel Gallagher and the now clean-and-sober McGee ensure that it's entertainingly riotous, though as a film, its print-the-legend approach could have used a few dissenting voices to balance out the rampant mythmaking.

Review From Radio Times
3 Starts out of 5

This overpopulated but evocative chronicle of the rise and fall of Creation Records — which, between 1983 and 1999, gave the world The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream and, more lucratively, Britpop superstars Oasis — is guilty of the same self-mythologising as the independent label itself. Founded in London by visionary Glaswegian Alan McGee in the fertile aftermath of punk, Creation was as much about revolutionary spirit as selling records, its reputation forged on signing cool bands that couldn't necessarily play and a relentless wooing of the music press. A garrulous and entertaining McGee dominates the documentary, as effusive as any recovering addict (his drug-linked breakdown is candidly covered), but contributions from key players, including Oasis kingpin Noel Gallagher, add colour and wry humour. Blending grainy archive with black and white testimony, and drawing on a squealing, pumping soundtrack, first-time director Danny O'Connor captures the hedonistic mood of a particular time — although anyone who wasn't there might find it a bit impenetrable.

The movie is released on the 9th of May, to order the DVD, Blu-Ray or Sound track click here.

Upside Down Hits UK Cinemas For One Week

Upside Down hits UK cinemas for one week only from April 29th including a super special event in Glasgow on Tuesday, May 3rd, featuring a screening, live performances and a DJ set from Alan McGee himself.

For details and tickets, click here, more dates to be annonunced soon.

The story of 'Creation Records' DVD/Blu-ray and soundtrack is now available to pre-order here.

Alan McGee Turns Down Creation Records Factual Drama

Former Creation Records owner Alan McGee turned down the chance to make a film drama about the label's history, he has revealed.

The British music label, which McGee founded in 1983, was home to bands like Oasis and Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain before folding in 1999.

He said he was approached by the BBC and Channel 4 about telling the story.

But speaking to BBC 5 live, McGee said that a straight dramatisation "reeked of miscalculation."

The 50-year-old added that Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh had agreed to write the screenplay and had suggested "morphing" McGee, Sex Pistol's manager Malcolm McLaren and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham into one character.

"That to me was a 10 out of 10 idea," McGee said on Thursday.

"But not for the BBC or Channel 4, they want a dramatisation of Creation Records straight, so yesterday me and Irvine turned it down.

"It was going to be called something like Beyond The Eruption."

The former manager, who is featured in Upside, Down - a new film documentary about Creation's history - added: "If we were going to do a literal Creation thing let's do it on one of two subjects.

"Either when we were out of our minds 88-94, or the whole Brit Pop political thing when Labour were asking me if I could get young Britain back to work and we were going to Downing Street.

"The rest of it is too much of a freak show."

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Upside Down To Hit UK Cinemas

You can’t beat watching a film at a cinema, so fortunately just prior to it’s DVD release Upside Down hits UK cinemas for one week only from April 29th. Details are below, most of the cinemas are not listing yet as the screenings are not yet within a week/fortnight.

There will also be a special event in Glasgow on Tuesday, May 3rd, featuring a screening, live performances and a DJ set from Alan McGee himself.

The venues are :

Birmingham – Electric Cinema [info]
Edinburgh- Cameo [info]
Exeter – Picturehouse [info]
Glasgow – Glasgow Film Theatre [info]
Leeds – Hyde Park Picturehouse [info]
Liverpool – Picturehouse At FACT [info]
London – Curzon, Soho [info]
Manchester Cornerhouse [info]
Norwich – Cinema City [info]
York- City Screen Picturehouse [info]

Source: www.creation-records.com

Alan McGee Spills Beans On Oasis

Oasis used to go on five-day drug binges.

The ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ rockers – who disbanded in August 2009 following a series of explosive rows between frontman Liam Gallagher and his brother, guitarist Noel Gallagher - were renowned for their hard partying in the 90s and their former record company boss, Creation head Alan McGee, said they partied harder than any of the other bands on the label, including Primal Scream.

Alan told Shortlist magazine: “With drugs and stuff Oasis were definitely the wildest. They were just intense. It was never one night with them – they’d start on a Friday and end on a Wednesday.”

Following the Oasis split, Liam, 38, recently revealed he has calmed his partying lifestyle for the sake of his three children.

He said: “In my pram I was a rock star. But I'm older now. I don't wanna grow up like a d**k. I don't want to get to 40 and embarrass my kids.

“I don't want to sound like a hippy but it's great. I run. With golf, I love making proper contact with that ball.

“I'm still on the fish. Sardines or salmon. Salad. I feel good. It's only the cigarettes that really stand in me way.”

Liam has since gone on to front Beady Eye, while Noel is working on his first solo album. -

Source: Bang Showbiz

Oasis Feature On 'Upside Down' Soundtrack Album

Oasis, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals and The Jesus And Mary Chain are among the bands who feature on the soundtrack album of Creation Records documenrtary Upside Down.

The film features features new interviews with label founder Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher and Primal Scream and is released on DVD on May 9. The two-disc soundtrack will come out on the same day.

The movie was directed by Danny O'Conner - watch the trailer by clicking above.

The soundtrack tracklisting is:

Disc One

The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Upside Down'
Oasis – 'Rock N Roll Star'
Primal Scream - 'Loaded'
Ride – 'Leave Them All Behind'
House of Love – 'Shine On'
BMX Bandits – 'Serious Drugs'
Teenage Fanclub – 'The Concept'
Telescopes – 'Perfect Needle'
Biff Bang Pow – 'There Must Be A Better Life'
Slowdive – 'Souvlaki Space Station'
Slaughter Joe – 'I'll Follow You Down'
Jasmine Minks – 'Think'
The Boo Radleys – 'Lazarus'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'In The Afternoon'
Sugar – 'If I Can’t Change Your Mind'
Momus – 'What Will Death Be Like?'
Swervedriver – 'Son Of Mustang Ford'
Super Furry Animals – 'Something 4 The Weekend'

Disc Two

Oasis – 'Wonderwall'
Ride – 'Taste'
Primal Scream – 'Swastika Eyes'
Swervedriver – 'Duel'
Teenage Fanclub – 'Mellow Doubt'
Biff Bang Pow – 'It Makes You Scared'
Slowdive – 'Alison'
Slaughter Joe – 'So Out Of Touch'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'Flowers In The Sky'
BMX Bandits – 'I Wanna Fall In Love'
House of Love – 'Destroy The Heart'
Jazz Butcher – 'Girl Go'
Telescopes – 'Flying'
The Creation – 'Creation'
Momus – 'Murders, The Hope Of Woman'
Primal Scream – 'Imperial'
The Boo Radleys – 'Wake Up Boo!'
The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Some Candy Talking'

Source: www.nme.com

'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Glagow Premiere Videos

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story documents the rise and fall of legendary indie label Creation Records.

Director Danny O'Connor spoke to Stow College's TV Production students about the process of making the film.

The official Glasgow Film Festival film team from Stow College's TV Production course were there to capture the action and to find out what some of the party-goers thought of the film.

London Premiere Upside Down - The Creation Records Story

The official public premiere of Upside Down is in London on Tuesday, April 26th at the HMV Forum, Kentish Town. Kick off at 7pm.

Alongside the screening we have a special night planned, including a Q&A with director Danny O’Connor, Ride’s very own Mark Gardener and former MD of the label, Tim Abbott.

John Robb will host.

There will also be performances from Creation artists, including Mark Gardener, the Jazz Butcher, and the band that inspired Alan McGee to start the label, the legendary Television Personalities.

Tickets are already going fast, more details here.

Northern Ireland Screenings Of 'Upside Down', The Creation Records Story'

Fans will be able to see Upside Down, The Creation Records Story, in Northern Ireland later this week.

The two dates are:

Belfast Film Festival on Friday April 1st - details here.
Select screening in Derry on Sat Apr 2nd, details here.

Upside Down is a film charting the rise and fall of Creation Records, and will be available on DVD and Bluray on May 9th (more details here).

The documentary has been put together by Document - the production company run by Danny O'Connor and Steve Lamacq - and will feature the likes of Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie and, of course, McGee himself.

McGee, alongside Joe Foster and Dick Green, started Creation in 1983, eventually signing the likes of The Jesus And Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals and Oasis throughout its 16-year saga.

For more film festival dates in numerous countries click here for more details.

Upside Down: The Story Of Creation Records - Review

Despite the absence of several notable characters, this documentary gives an interesting glimpse into the history of Creation Records

There's one great stroke of genius to Upside Down, Danny O'Connor's chronicle of the birth, glory years and demise of mouthy mogul Alan McGee's iconic record label. It's the lack of a voiceover: O'Connor eschews traditional narration in favour of nuggets of rock'n'roll wisdom, spoken by ageing Irish DJ, music guru and McGee's Death Disco co-conspirator BP Fallon ("purple-browed beep" in T Rex's Telegram Sam). Fallon is shot in monochrome and beamed onto a grainy 50s TV set – a move that ensures the film stays in tune with the vibe of the bands Creation championed: amongst others Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, The Pastels, The Jazz Butcher, Felt, Ride, Super Furry Animals, and most lucratively, Oasis.

The main players tell the story themselves in interviews spliced with archive footage from throughout Creation's 20-odd year history. There are some noticeable absentees - Lawrence from Felt, producer Andrew Weatherall, the Jesus and Mary Chain's William Reid and Liam Gallagher – and almost no points of contention between any of the talking heads.

At the end of the US premiere at SXSW, O'Connor explained the difficulties involved in getting all parties involved to appear – Jim Reid agrees, William Reid declines as a result, and so on. Lawrence (surely the biggest loss) was apparently very ill for much of the shoot. It's clear O'Connor takes his subject matter pretty seriously, and, as a result, this is a much straighter take on a label than that offered on Factory, Creation's contemporaries, by Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People.

For those already familiar with the story, there's little new to learn, but there are enough fresh interviews, plus plenty of airtime given to some of the lesser-known players (unsung hero Dick Green especially), to keep Upside Down interesting.

Obviously, the Creation back catalogue provides the soundtrack, including the Jesus and Mary Chain single from which O'Connor takes his title. It was the band's debut, the label's 12th release, and the one which really launched it; whose messy, exhilarating sound somehow sums up what Creation was all about. Upside Down indeed.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Upside Down : The Creation Records Story (New Trailer)

This is the latest trailer for Upside Down : The Creation Records Story. the movie will be released on DVD/Blue-ray in the UK on May 9th, with worldwide release rolling out from then on.

Pre-order your copy here.

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