In their 14-year recording career Oasis sold over 70 million albums worldwide. Now Big Brother Recordings are to reissue the band’s classic albums in chronological order as part of the new Chasing The Sun series. Each album has been remastered and available with rare and exclusive bonus content.
With 2014 marking the 20th anniversary of its original release, Definitely Maybe will be the first release in the series, out 20th May. (What’s The Story?) Morning Glory and Be Here Now will follow later this year.
Also available to order now from www.oasisinet.com on cassette for a limited period only is Original 1993 Demos, a replica of the legendary demo cassette handed out by the band before Oasis were signed. An incredibly rare rock artifact – only 8 copies were made in its original form – Definitely Maybe producer Mark Coyle has written new sleeve notes for this release.
Additionally, especially for Record Store Day on Saturday April 19th, Big Brother will release a limited edition remastered replica of Oasis’s debut 12 inch single Supersonic on heavyweight vinyl.
Definitely Maybe: Chasing The Sun Edition
Definitely Maybe was originally released in August 1994 and was an immediate critical and commercial smash. The fastest selling debut album ever (at the time), it went seven-times platinum in the UK (over 2 million copies), and sold 5 million worldwide. Containing the classic debut single Supersonic, and subsequent singles Shakermaker, Live Forever, and Cigarettes & Alcohol, Definitely Maybe frequently appears on ‘best album of all time’ polls, including being listed as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time and a No.1 placing in a 2008 Q Magazine/HMV poll of the ‘Greatest British Albums.’
Every brand new edition includes a remastered version of the original album. The deluxe CD and super deluxe box set include two CDs including all the B-sides plus rare and unreleased Oasis tracks from the Definitely Maybe era, plus their huge Christmas single from 1994, Whatever. All editions come with new sleevenotes by respected rock critic Neil McCormick.
Highlights of the bonus content include
Previously unheard live acoustic versions of Live Forever and Shakermaker from a Paris instore gig around the time of the release of Definitely Maybe
Half The World Away (Live, Tokyo Hotel Room): an early and intimate version of this Oasis classic, recorded in Noel’s Gallagher’s hotel room in Toyko in 1994 by Mark Coyle
Strange Thing (Demo) from the Original 1993 Demos cassette
Sad Song (Live at Manchester Academy) a previously unheard recording
Whatever (Strings): recorded on a portable cassette machine at Maison Rouge Studios by Mark Coil
Tracklistings:
Special Edition 3 x CD:
Disc 1
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Up In The Sky
Columbia
Supersonic
Bring it on Down
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Digsy’s Dinner
Slide Away
Married With Children
Disc 2
Columbia (White Label Demo)
Cigarettes & Alcohol (Demo)
Sad Song
I Will Believe (Live)
Take Me Away
Alive (Demo)
D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?
Supersonic (Live)
Up In The Sky (Acoustic)
Cloudburst
Fade Away
Listen Up
I Am The Walrus (Live Glasgow Cathouse June ’94)
Whatever
(It’s Good) To Be Free
Half The World Away
Disc 3
Supersonic (Live At Glasgow Tramshed)
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Demo)
Shakermaker (Live Paris in-store)
Columbia (Eden Studios Mix)
Cloudburst (Demo)
Strange Thing (Demo)
Live Forever (Live Paris in-store)
Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live At Manchester Academy)
D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman? (Live At Manchester Academy)
Fade Away (Demo)
Take Me Away (Live At Manchester Academy)
Sad Song (Live At Manchester Academy)
Half The World Away (Live, Tokyo hotel room)
Digsy’s Dinner (Live, Paris in-store)
Married With Children (Demo)
Up In The Sky (Live Paris in-store)
Whatever (Strings)
Original 1993 Demos cassette
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
Supersonic 12 inch single, Record Store Day limited edition
A:Supersonic
B1. Take Me Away
B2. I Will Believe (Live)
