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THE CREATION

EDWIN PHILLIPS, KENNETH PICKETT, BOB GARNER, JACK JONES

One of the U.K.'s premier Mod bands of the 1960s, whose fame lived decades later helped in part by soundtrack hipsters.  They had it all, the in-house songwriting, the production, the voices, and the sound that should've put them right up there with the Who and ahead of the Move and Jimmy Page, among others. Their lead guitarist, Eddie Phillips, was even asked by Pete Townshend to join the Who as their second guitarist. But thanks to an unaccountable weakness in their British sales -- as opposed to their German chart action, which was downright robust -- and some instability in their lineup, they were never to enjoy any of the recognition they deserved, and a right turn from psychedelia into soul at the wrong moment took whatever wind they had out of their sails (and sales). And the final few months of their history, filled out by the work of a revived band that never quite got it together in the studio, and singles derived from early outtakes, did nothing but confuse fans and admirers, who couldn't be sure "which" Creation they were dealing with on record...(AllMusic)

"WE ARE PAINTERMEN"

<reissue, originally published in Germany in 1967>

LP     OUTLINE RECORDS    OLLP 6234 AS

MADE IN GERMANY    1984 REPRESSING

IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INSERT

This version: on spine (from left to right): 

OLLP 5234 AS   THE CREATION WE ARE PAINTERMEN   LINE MUSIC GMBH 

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL:  OUTLINE - WHITE LABEL w/WEB DESIGN - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: OLLP 5234 AS

Label Code: LC 8595   

Catalog on labels: OLLP 5234 (66.22 823-01-1) / OLLP 5234 (66.22 823-01-2)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 66.22 823-01-1   (Etched): [not legible]

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 66.22 823-01-2   (Etched): [not legible]

On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.......Manufactured by Teldec, Hamburg 19, Germany"

Stereo     ℗1967      GEMA     LC 8595(circled)   

Produced By Shel Talmy

An Original Planet Production

Licensed By Demon / Edsel Records, London

On back cover: Infos, Tracklist & Credits

Outline Records, a Division of Line Music GmbH......Western Germany

1982 Line Music GmbH.

tracklisting

Side A: COOL JERK - MAKING TIME - THROUGH MY EYES

LIKE A ROLLING STONE - CAN I JOIN YOUR BAND - TOM TOM

Side B: TRY AND STOP ME - IF I STAY TOO LONG - BIFF, BANG, POW

NIGHTMARES - HEY JOE - PAINTERMAN

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

This was the only full-length album released during the brief life-span of the Creation, one of the few beat groups to rival the raw intensity of the Who. (Guitarist Eddie Phillips, who committed violin bow to guitar strings before Jimmy Page, was allegedly even courted by Pete Townshend to become the Who's second guitarist.) This album, released in 1967 on Hit-Ton, a label out of Germany, where the group enjoyed immense popularity (a situation not mirrored back home in the UK), consists of the singles and some covers ("Cool Jerk," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Hey Joe"). The group's criminally under-appreciated sound is fueled by Phillips' clanging, melodic power chords and feedback-drenched squalls, which show up most prominently in the Creation's signature single, "Making Time." Other highlights on this essential album for fans of Mod and British Invasion include "Try and Stop Me," "If I Stay Too Long," "Biff Bang Pow," and "Painter Man"...(AllMusic)