▁the ▁Centre ▁of ▁the ▁Mind ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁While ▁O asis ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁sell ▁nearly ▁ 5 4 ▁million ▁records ▁by ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Cre ation ▁continued ▁issu ing ▁albums ▁by ▁other ▁artists , ▁none ▁of ▁which ▁came ▁near ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁Manchester ▁band . ▁Rum ours ▁began ▁to ▁circul ate ▁of ▁McG ee ' s ▁diss atisf action ▁with ▁the ▁direction ▁Cre ation ▁had ▁gone . ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Cre ation ▁Records ▁would ▁ce ase ▁operations . ▁The ▁final ▁album ▁released ▁by ▁the ▁label ▁was ▁Pr imal ▁S cre am ' s ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁release ▁X TR M N TR , ▁which ▁went ▁gold ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁The ▁final ▁single ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁released ▁from ▁the ▁album ▁itself . ▁ ▁Two ▁books ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁Cre ation ▁Records : ▁One , ▁by ▁David ▁Cav an agh , ▁which ▁McG ee ▁calls ▁" the ▁account ant ' s ▁tale " ▁and ▁one ▁by ▁Paulo ▁H ew itt . ▁McG ee ▁closed ▁Cre ation ▁Records ▁for ▁good , ▁s elling ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁shares ▁to ▁Sony ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁for ▁an ▁overall ▁price ▁that ▁was ▁st agger ed ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁of ▁around ▁$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( US D ). ▁Following ▁Cre ation ' s ▁closure , ▁McG ee ▁became ▁a