Friday 22 December 2023

Oasis: Forgotten Glory (The Early Years 1991-93) TREON Deluxe Edition

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Forgotten Glory A collection of early demo recordings, radio sessions, live tracks and other rarities dated between 1991 and 1993.
 
Notes:
CD1; A collection of the earliest demos from 1991-92. Plus tracks from two 1993 Radio sessions.
CD2; An early live performance recorded at The Boardwalk, Manchester 14th January 1992. Plus a collection of  rehearsals at The Boardwalk from 1992/93 and three early demos recorded at Real People Studios in 1993.
CD3; The 1993 "Live Demonstration" Tape plus a collection of demos recorded at Real People Studios in 1993.
 
All tracks are remastered from lossless sources.
 
CD1. The Early Demos
Tracklist:
01 - Alice
02 - Take Me (Version #1)
03 - Reminice
04 - See The Sun
05 - Colour My Life
06 - Take Me (Version #2)
07 - Must Be The Music
08 - Snakebite
09 - Better Let You Know
10 - Whatever (Demo)
11 - Bring It On Down (BBC Radio 5 'Hit The North' 11.08.93)
12 - I Will Believe (BBC Radio 5 'Hit The North' 11.08.93)
13 - Digsys Dinner (BBC Radio 5 'Hit The North' 11.08.93)
14 - Cigarettes & Alcohol (BBC Radio 5 'Hit The North' 11.08.93)
15 - Rock'n'Roll Star (BBC Radio 5 'Hit The North' 11.08.93)
16 - Bring It On Down (BBC Radio 1 'The Evening Session' 22.12.93)
17 - Cigarettes & Alcohol (BBC Radio 1 'The Evening Session' 22.12.93)
18 - Shakermaker (BBC Radio 1 'The Evening Session' 22.12.93)
19 - Take Me (Version #1) Source 2

CD2. Live At The Boardwalk
Tracklist:
01 - Columbia (Live)
02 - Take Me (Live)
03 - Must Be The Music (Live)
04 - Acoustic Song (Live)
05 - I Will Show You (Live)
06 - Better Let You Know (Live)
07 - Poetic Feedback (Live)
08 - Up In The Sky (Rehearsal)
09 - Live Forever (Rehearsal)
10 - Bring It On Down (Rehearsal)
11 - Rock 'n' Roll Star (Rehearsal)
12 - I Am The Walrus (Rehearsal)
13 - All Around The World (Rehearsal)
14 - Whatever/Octopus' Garden (Rehearsal)
15 - Fade Away (Demo)
16 - Columbia (Demo)
17 - Bring It On Down (Demo)

CD3. Live Demontration
Tracklist:

01 - Cloudburst
02 - Columbia
03 - D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?
04 - Strange Thing
05 - Bring It On Down
06 - Married With Children
07 - Fade Away
08 - Rock 'n' Roll Star
09 - Cloudburst (Demo)
10 - Bring It On Down (Demo)
11 - Alive (Demo)
12 - Rock 'n' Roll Star (Demo)
13 - Must Be The Music (Demo)
14 - Lock All The Doors (Demo)
15 - Comin' On Strong (Demo)
16 - Strange Thing (Demo)

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Monday 18 December 2023

Noel Gallagher: 1989 Demo Tape (Noel's Songs)

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Noel Gallagher's pre-Oasis demo tape. Recorded in 1989 it contains five songs none of which have ever been officially released.

Background:
Before joining Oasis in 1991, Noel Gallagher was a budding young songwriter.  Noel has claimed to have been writing songs since his early teens, which would have been around 1980.  In the late 80’s, Noel made home demos of some of the songs he had written since then, including what he claims was the first song he’d ever wrote, called ‘Baj’. These songs were then put onto cassette and given to friends to demonstrate what he was capable of.
The first tape, which contained eight tracks believed to have been recorded by Noel sometime in 1988, was put up for auction at Christies in London on the 30th April 1998, but failed to sell as the highest bid of £3,400 was too low.  It was apparently sold privately at a later date. The second tape, which contained five tracks, was believed to been recorded by Noel and a friend of his called Pete in 1989. Only one track, ‘But What If…’, was previously unknown to Oasis fans, with the other four songs being on the 1988 tape, although it’s unknown if the recordings are exactly the same. A couple of friends of the seller of the tape appeared on alt.music.oasis on the 26th July 2001 gauging possible demand for a private sale. They claimed It had gone up for auction at Christies at an earlier date but didn’t sell.
In June 2006, this tape was put up for sale on eBay but was later sold privately. Clips from all five songs were made available to this site as evidence of the tapes authenticity. The tape was purchased by a consortium of Oasis fans with the explicit agreement that the contents of the tape would be made publicly available and that the tape would later be returned to Noel as a goodwill gesture as fans weren’t sure if an original copy of these songs were held in his archives, and did not wish to profit from his unreleased material. The tape was sent to his management company, Ignition. source

Notes:
The download contains both FLAC and mp3 versions of the tape.

Update 18/12/23:
I've remastered these tracks and are available to download below. The download contains both FLAC and mp3 versions of the remaster.


Tracklist:
01 - What's It Got To Do With You
02 - Hey You
03 - What's Been Happenin'
04 - But What If...
05 - Gotta Have Fun

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