For weeks now, the Gallagher brothers have been floating signs that their band, Oasis, might be headed towards a reunion. Now, there just might be another sign: Oasis is now releasing a set of secret early versions of songs from the first doomed recording session of Oasis’ debut album Definitely Maybe. The release date is set for Friday, August 30, 2024.
The previously unheard cuts of anthems like “Live Forever,” “Cigarettes & Alcohol,” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” were taken from their first stint at a recording studio as a signed band.
Those early recordings from Monnow Valley Studios in South Wales will be released to celebrate Definitely Maybe‘s 30-year anniversary. It was an album that in England sold 86,000 copies in its first week of release.
Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher said the tapes had been lost for almost 30 years.
“I kept saying there’s no way they’ve gone missing, those tapes must be somewhere,” he said.
“The tapes went to our record label and were never seen again. It was canned. Turns out it was mislabeled. So I’d never heard that Monnow Valley record until six months ago.”
Gallagher said at the time he and the band thought it sounded “great” but the Oasis management felt they lacked the raw intensity of their live sets.
So the songs were redone and remixed before Definitely Maybe went on to become the UK’s then fastest-selling debut album of all time.
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