Oasis To Issue Remastered Definitely Maybe For 20th Anniversary

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Oasis's classic 1994 debut album 'Definitely Maybe' will be reissued to mark its 20th anniversary this May.

A remastered version of the Manchester band's LP will be released on May 19 and will include rare and unreleased recordings. The reissue is the first in the new Chasing The Sun series from Big Brother Recordings, with Oasis's follow-up albums 'What's The Story (Morning Glory)?' and 'Be Here Now' to also be re-issued later this year.

The 20th anniversary edition of 'Definitely Maybe' will be available as a standard CD and digital download of the original album, a three-disc Special Edition version including the rare recordings and demos, a 12" vinyl LP featuring all the bonus CD content as a free download, and a Deluxe Box Set which features the LP and the CDs. It has also been revealed that the band will re-issue their single 'Supersonic' as a 12" vinyl to coincide with this year's Record Store Day on April 19.

Among the bonus content included in the reissue is a disc featuring the band's stand-alone single 'Whatever', unheard acoustic versions of the tracks '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 extremely rare song 'Strange Thing' and a live recording of 'Sad Song' show at Manchester Academy.

Limited edition cassette replicas of the band's rare 'Original 1993 Demos', meanwhile, are now available from www.oasisnet.com, including new sleeve notes from 'Definitely Maybe' producer Mark Coyle. Only eight copies of the original demo tapes were made.

For a special report on the 'Definitely Maybe' re-issue and a behind-the-scenes account of the making of the album, pick up the new issue of NME, which is on newsstands from today (February 26) and available digitally

The tracklisting for the three-disc Special Edition re-issue of 'Definitely Maybe' is as follows:

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 1994)
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)

The tracklisting for the 'Original 1993 Demos', meanwhile, is as follows:

Side One

'Cloudburst'
'Columbia'
'D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?'
'Strange Thing'

Side Two

'Bring It On Down'
'Married With Children'
'Fade Away'
'Rock'N'Roll Star'

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/75722#TgZoWv6U70woGvjW.99

 

From NME.com :-

 

Oasis' classic 1994 debut album 'Definitely Maybe' will be reissued to mark its 20th anniversary this May.

 

 A remastered version of the Manchester band's LP will be released on May 19 and will include rare and unreleased recordings. The reissue is the first in the new Chasing The Sun series from Big Brother Recordings, with Oasis's follow-up albums 'What's The Story (Morning Glory)?' and 'Be Here Now' to also be re-issued later this year.
 

 The 20th anniversary edition of 'Definitely Maybe' will be available as a standard CD and digital download of the original album, a three-disc Special Edition version including the rare recordings and demos, a 12" vinyl LP featuring all the bonus CD content as a free download, and a Deluxe Box Set which features the LP and the CDs. It has also been revealed that the band will re-issue their single 'Supersonic' as a 12" vinyl to coincide with this year's Record Store Day on April 19.
 

Among the bonus content included in the reissue is a disc featuring the band's stand-alone single 'Whatever', unheard acoustic versions of the tracks '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 extremely rare song 'Strange Thing' and a live recording of 'Sad Song' show at Manchester Academy.
 

 Limited edition cassette replicas of the band's rare 'Original 1993 Demos', meanwhile, are now available from www.oasisinet.com, including new sleeve notes from 'Definitely Maybe' producer Mark Coyle. Only eight copies of the original demo tapes were made.

 For a special report on the 'Definitely Maybe' re-issue and a behind-the-scenes account of the making of the album, pick up the new issue of NME, which is on newsstands from today (February 26) and available digitally

 

The tracklisting for the three-disc Special Edition re-issue of 'Definitely Maybe' is as follows:

 

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 1994)

 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)

 

 

 The tracklisting for the 'Original 1993 Demos' is as follows:

 

 Side One

 

'Cloudburst'

 'Columbia'

 'D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?'

 'Strange Thing'

 

 Side Two

 

'Bring It On Down'

 'Married With Children'

 'Fade Away'

 'Rock'N'Roll Star'

 

 

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/75722#TgZoWv6U70woGvjW.99

Introducing The Clocktower

Every now and then I stumble across a band that has been around for a couple of years who up to that point I've managed to miss completely.  On every occasion that this has happened, I've not understood why this band hasn't already taken over the world.

One such band are The Clocktower.

Formed as a three piece in Wolverhampton in 2009 - Ryan Evans on Vocals & Guitars, Ian Dowdeswell on Backing Vocals & Guitars and Connor Dowdeswell on Drums, they were later joined by Andy O'Brien on Bass.  Andy who was formerly a solo singer/songwriter and promoter has just this week left the band to pursue his solo work so watch out for more from him in the coming months.

The Clocktower are already one amazing album into their career having released their debut in 2012.   Produced by fast emerging Midlands producer Ryan Pinson, "The Days Of Rosey Row" is 12 tracks of pure Indie Rock 'n Roll heaven.  The band's influences are apparent but not plagiarised.  Their songs, written by both Ryan and Ian, have their own character.  They are well crafted and very well executed.

Ryan is a natural frontman and the band are confident live.  They should be.  When you've got the songs and you know how good you are then the more you project that onto your audience the better.  "You believe and they will believe in you!" as some clever man once said. (or did I just make that up to finish this paragraph.) Either way, you get my point.  The Clocktower have got it and they are eventually gonna' give it to you. Like it or not!

The first release since ...Rosey Row is the 3 track EP "Skip It Up Fandango", "Feel The Highs Feed The lows" and the absolutely charming "Take A Chill Pill".  All three tracks continue and raise the quality of the album and the band are in the studio right now working on more new material.

 

I predict great things for The Clocktower.  They deserve it and they are constantly working towards it.

 

Come on 2014.... do your bit.

 

Check out The Clocktower at:-

 

Facebook page HERE

Twitter page HERE

YouTube page HERE

 

The Days Of Rosey Row Album and Skip It Up Fandango EP are available from iTunes HERE

 

You still here?  There's quality music to be checked out... Go!

 

MickDude x