Oasis - Definitely Maybe 30Th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - Import 2 CD

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The 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2CD) of Oasis' debut album "Definitely Maybe" features another version of "Definitely Maybe" and rare outtakes for the first time! Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)" includes the original version of the song, which was first mixed by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho at Monnow Valley Studio, as well as the rare outtakes from the original recording session. The album will include tracks from the original recording sessions at Monnow Valley Studio, where Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho first mixed the album, as well as outtakes from the album recorded at Sawmills Studio in Cornwall. In addition, an unreleased demo version of the original LP's bonus track "Sad Song" will be included, featuring vocals by Liam Gallagher. The new artwork is by Brian Cannon of Microdot, the art designer of the original release, and sleeve photographer Michael Spencer Jones, with Creation Records big boss Alan McGee and journalist Hamish McBain contributing liner notes. Liner notes contributed by Creation Records boss Alan McGee and journalist Hamish McBain. The original version of Definitely Maybe was remastered in 2014. The songs written by Noel Gallagher and the confident dissonance of Oasis signaled the beginning of a new era. It embodied a new mood of rock and pop that had never been seen before: hedonistic, guitar-driven, and optimistic. Immediately thereafter, there was a growing mood of change and hope in the United Kingdom, which was about to be freed from the Conservative government that had been in power for 18 years. Oasis had captured that mood perfectly. After signing a worldwide deal, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Paul McGuigan, and Tony McCarroll set out to capture the energy of their acclaimed live show on record at Monnow Valley Studios in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh border. Valley Studios in Monmouthshire on the Welsh border to capture the energy of their acclaimed live shows on record. But the overly technical and sophisticated recordings of the time failed to capture the essence of the band, and work came to a halt. The band moved to the remote Sawmills Studios in Cornwall and began recording the album again. Eventually, Owen Morris joined the band, and a mix that was the perfect one was completed, giving birth to their debut album, Definitely Maybe.(1/2) Source: Provided by the seller/distributor (2024/05/24) The Monnow Valley recordings and Sawmill outtakes, now unearthed for the first time, provide a compelling insight into the process that led to the album's completion. Definitely Maybe, with its rough-hewn energy, sounds as if it had existed in its entirety from birth. But the newly released version will provide fans with new insights into the album's appeal. A revisit to an archive that had been sealed away for 30 years, a return to one of the most important albums of all time. Definitely Maybe" was released in 1994, topping the Official UK Albums Chart and becoming the fastest-selling debut album of its time. It was the fastest-selling debut album of its time. Thirty years later, Definitely Maybe remains a timeless classic. Eleven songs of timeless brilliance. Liam's youthful, impulsive songs are about escaping to somewhere other than here. Singles like "Supersonic," "Shakermaker," "Live Forever," and "Cigarettes & Alcohol," not to mention "Rock 'n' Roll Star" and "Slide Away," have become anthems known around the world. This is one album that has been loved by many fans and has inspired countless bands. It still has significance in this day and age, and continues to attract new Oasis fans among the younger generation.The album is currently certified platinum x8 by the BPI in the U.K. and has sold over 6.1 million copies worldwide, making it the second most streamed official album in the U.K. in the 1990s. The only thing above it is their own follow-up, "Morning Glory (What's The Story) Morning Glory?(2/2) Source: Provided by the seller/distributor (2024/05/24) Definitely Maybe begins with a statement of aspiration, as Liam Gallagher sneers that "tonight, I'm a rock & roll star" -- the words of a bedsit dreamer hoping he'd break out of those four walls and find something greater. Maybe all he could muster is a fleeting moment of stardom as he sings in front of a fleet of amps pushing out power chords, or perhaps he'd really become a rock & roll star; all that matters is he makes the leap. This dream echoes throughout Oasis' debut, a record which takes the dreams of its listeners every bit as seriously as those of its creators. Both the artist and audience desire something greater than their surroundings, and that yearning gives Definitely Maybe arestlessness that resonates. Certainly, Oasis aren't looking to redefine rock & roll here; they'd rather inhabit it. They scour through the remnants of the past three decades to come up with a quintessentially British rock & roll record, one that swaggers with the defiance of the Rolling Stones, roars with the sneer of the Sex Pistols, thieves from the past like the Happy Mondays, and ties it all together with a melodicism as natural as Paul McCartney, even if Definitely Maybe never quite sounds like the Beatles. All the Fab Four comparisons trumpeted by the brothers Gallagher were a feint, a way to get their group considered as part of the major leagues. Soon enough, these affirmations became a self-fulfilling prophecy -- act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be theway you act, as it were -- but that bravado hardly diminishes the accomplishment of Definitely Maybe. It is a furious, inspiring record, a rallying cry for the downtrodden to rise above and seize their day but, most of all, it's a blast of potent, incendiary rock & roll. Soon after its release, Noel Gallagher would be hailed as the finest songwriter of his generation, an odd designation for a guy drawn to moon/June rhymes, but his brilliance lies in his bold strokes. He never shied away from the obvious, and his confidence in his reappropriation of cliches lends these bromides a new power, as do his strong, sinewy melodies -- so powerful, it doesn't matter if they were snatched from elsewhere (as they were on "Shakermaker" or the B-side "Fade Away"). The other secret is of course Noel's brother, Liam, the greatest rock & roll vocalist of his generation, a force of nature who never seems to consider either the past or the present but rather exists in an ever-present now. He sometimes sighs but usually sneers, shaking off any doubt and acting like the rock & roll star Noel so wanted to be. This tension would soon rip the group apart but here on Oasis' debut, this chemistry is an addictive energy, so Definitely Maybe winds up a rare thing: it has the foundation of a classic album wrapped in the energy of a band who can't conceive a future beyond the sunset. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Rovi

Tracklisting:

1.Rock 'n' Roll Star (Remastered)
2.Shakermaker (Remastered)
3.Live Forever (Remastered)
4.Up In The Sky (Remastered)
5.Columbia (Remastered)
6.Supersonic (Remastered)
7.Bring It On Down (Remastered)
8.Cigarettes & Alcohol (Remastered)
9.Digsy's Dinner (Remastered)
10.Slide Away (Remastered)
11.Married With Children (Remastered)
12.Bring It On Down (Sawmills Outtakes)
13.Cigarettes & Alcohol (Sawmills Outtakes)
14.Digsy's Dinner (Sawmills Outtakes)
15.Slide Away (Sawmills Outtakes)
16.Sad Song (388 Mauldeth Road West Demo, Nov' 92)