Following an Instagram video post last night which read ‘26 Feb – 9am’ and was accompanied by a rapid flickering of pictures of Noel and Liam Gallagher, rumors quickly began to circulate of Oasis’s potential reunion.
The six-second video, consisting of a montage of shots of the band, was followed up by a qualifying picture of a Definitely Maybe vinyl, so the signs of a re-issue were there. Reformation rumours were strengthened by the news that Beady Eye have been removed from the Coachella line-up though, supposedly paving the way for an Oasis performance.
However, it has now been confirmed that the band’s 1994 debut Definitely Maybe will be reissued to mark its 20th anniversary on May 19th. A remastered version of the album will include rare and unreleased recordings and will be available as a CD and digital download, as well as a three-disc special edition version including rare recordings demos, a 12in vinyl LP featuring all the bonus CD content as a free download and a box set which features the LP and the CDs. The track Supersonic will also be reissued as a 12in vinyl to coincide with this year’s Record Store Day on April 19th.
Available to order now from www.oasisinet.com for a limited period only is a replica cassette of their original 1993 demos, handed out by the band before Oasis were signed. An incredibly rare rock artifact – only eight copies were made in its original form.
The release’s bonus content featured in the reissue will also include the band’s single Whatever, unheard acoustic versions of Live Forever and Shakermaker recorded in Paris, an early demo of Half The World Away recorded in Noel Gallagher’s Tokyo hotel room, a demo of the rare song Strange Thing and a recording of Sad Song taken from a show at Manchester Academy.
It will be the first in a series of Chasing The Sun reissues from Big Brother Recordings, with Oasis’s follow-up albums What’s The Story (Morning Glory)? and Be Here Now also to also be reissued this year.
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Track listings:
Special Edition 3 x CD:
Disc 1
1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
2. Shakermaker
3. Live Forever
4. Up In The Sky
5. Columbia
6. Supersonic
7. Bring it on Down
8. Cigarettes & Alcohol
9. Digsy’s Dinner
10. Slide Away
11. Married With Children
Disc 2
1. Columbia (White Label Demo)
2. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Demo)
3. Sad Song
4. I Will Believe (Live)
5. Take Me Away
6. Alive (Demo)
7. D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?
8. Supersonic (Live)
9. Up In The Sky (Acoustic)
10. Cloudburst
11. Fade Away
12. Listen Up
13. I Am The Walrus (Live Glasgow Cathouse June ‘94)
14. Whatever
15. (It’s Good) To Be Free
16. Half The World Away
Disc 3
1. Supersonic (Live At Glasgow Tramshed)
2. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Demo)
3. Shakermaker (Live Paris in-store)
4. Columbia (Eden Studios Mix)
5. Cloudburst (Demo)
6. Strange Thing (Demo)
7. Live Forever (Live Paris in-store)
8. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live At Manchester Academy)
9. D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman? (Live At Manchester Academy)
10. Fade Away (Demo)
11. Take Me Away (Live At Manchester Academy)
12. Sad Song (Live At Manchester Academy)
13. Half The World Away (Live, Tokyo hotel room)
14. Digsy’s Dinner (Live, Paris in-store)
15. Married With Children (Demo)
16. Up In The Sky (Live Paris in-store)
17. Whatever (Strings)
Original 1993 Demos cassette
Side One:
1. Cloudburst
2. Columbia
3. D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?
4. Strange Thing
Side Two:
1. Bring It On Down
2. Married With Children
3. Fade Away
4. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Supersonic 12 inch single, Record Store Day limited edition
A: Supersonic
B1. Take Me Away
B2. I Will Believe (Live)