Liam Gallagher Sports Gio

Oasis front man Liam Gallagher, sporting a Gio-Goi jacket in a recording studio in London over the weekend.

Source: www.gio-goi.com

Review Oasis' 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' DVD

Lord Don't Slow Me Down
Retail DVD (Big Brother, Widescreen)

Four Stars

Put it down to the long hours spent in the company of '60s obsessives Andy Bell and Gem Archer, or Noel Gallagher's recent confession that he's started reading books but Oasis' eye for detail continues to impress.

If the artwork for Stop The Clocks - overseen by Sir Peter Blake, no less was an impressive piece of pop-art revisionism, Lord Don't Slow Me Down is equally conceptual - a black-and-white documentary housed in an illustrated monochrome cover boasting epithets ("Workers Of The World Relax!") worthy of Richard Neville's countercultural handbook, Playpower.

The aim, clearly, was to create a tour movie with the gravitas of Anton Corbijn's Depeche Mode travelogue, Document, while reasserting Oasis' position as champions of the retro-rock flame.

Not That Lord Don't Slow Me Down - filmed during the band's 10 month world tour in support of Don't Believe The Truth pulls any punches. Instead, we get to see the Oasis rock 'n' roll touring machine as it really is; a mix of motorways, anonymous hotel rooms and promo duties where boredom is only alleviated by the wild mercury of two hours on stage.

No longer is access to the Oasis dressing room a shortcut to a supermodel-friendly take on Byronic excess. Here, it's at it's most animated during a game of 70's boardgame Frustration (Noel wins, inevitably), while the sober, pre-gig silences prior to enormo-gigs at Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl speak priorities as they approach 40.

Instead , it's left to touring partners Kasabian to provide any semblance of rock looning, as Oasis amuse themselves, any way they can - playing pitch 'n' putt, watching football on TV or, in the case of Liam 'n' Noel, bickering about everything from Tom Cruise to who runs the band.

Even a boozy backstage party featuring performing midgets is curiously restrained, the band's Dionysian days a dim and distant memory. "It's been a great year, and this time we're old enough to appreciate, " admits Noel. "I can't remember anything from '95 or '96."

No Cocksucker Blues, then. Yet such candour allows us a rare insight into how the two brothers from Burnage managed to become one of the biggest bands in the world.

"I'm glad I'm back at work," announces Noel during one spate of promos - telling a rebuttal of Thom Yorke's rock star petulance during Meeting People Is Easy - and Liam's refusal to see his life as anything other than that of a lottery winner remains central to their appeal. When he's next seen whizzing around Sydney Harbour in a speedboat, drunk as a skunk, you begin to see why.

"Oasis is straightforward - there's no frills," reflects Liam when asked to reveal the secret of there appeal. Indeed. The day's of "caught beneath the landslide" may be long gone, but Lord Don't Slow Me Down is proof that Oasis' wayward spirit remains intact.

Extras: Bonus disc: Live at City Of Manchester Stadium, Noel Gallagher Q&A session, audio commentaries.

Source: Uncut Magazine

BT Digital Music Awards On TV Tonight

Channel 4 Tonight (UK) 00:40

Alex Zane presents from the Roundhouse in Camden, London. Whether it's via downloading, mobiles, online, digital radio or interactive TV, the BT Digital Music Awards celebrate various platforms from which music is enjoyed today. Featured performers are Natasha Bedingfield, The Hoosiers and The Rakes.


Source: www.channel4.com

10 Things We Learnt From Oasis' New DVD

Lord Don't Slow Me Down features an audio commentary by the band - so just what is Liam doing with that KY jelly?

1) Noel is a diety in Europe

Footage of the guitarist waving from a balcony is cheekily cut with Oasis fans waving from below
Noel: In five years' time that will be reality. Was i the pope? Well, i am a holy figure in Italy."

2) Liam got bollocked for talking to Girls Aloud

Oasis and girl band meet at a photo shoot
Sarah Harding, Girls Aloud:
"(On the film) Where are you playing?
Can we all get Tickets?"
Liam: "(Makes big hand gesture) Nah, they"re all gone!...
(On commentary) I got it for meeting Girls Aloud, [my missus said] I told you not to speak to the other girls."

3) Liam would run Noel over if given a chance

The guitarist strolls across the road as a taxi rolls harmlessly behind him
Liam: "Bastard! That taxi missed! if i was driving i would have fucking had you, man!"


4) Liam uses KY Jelly

Backstage and pre-gig, Liam puts in his in-ear monitors
Liam: "(To camera) The things i have to do,eh? KY fucking-jelly in my ears!"

5) Noel knows what a "typical" Oasis fan looks like

A bald fan queuing up for the Astoria gig sings Live Forever loudly and out of tune
Noel: "We're buzzing of this cunt."
Liam: "It's the Twang geezer (all laugh)."
Colin Murray: "(Hosting the commentary) There's your typical Oasis fan."
Noel: "Steady on (cuts to Liam singing), there's your typical Oasis fan, him singing in the mic!"

6) Sandals at Oasis gig are a very bad idea

Footage of a crowd surfer at Hampden Park
Noel: "Who wears sandals to an Oasis gig?"
Liam: "Especially the ones you get free in a hotel."
Noel: "Fucking rubbish! I'm off to see Oasis. Well you look like your going to the fucking beach!"

7) Liam has dwarves at his birthday parties

Liam is presented with a birthday cake from dwarf entertainers
Noel: "It's the little fella out of the Fratellis, Isn't it?" (Starts humming Chelsea Dagger)
Liam: "(Referring to the top hat) That's Daman Albams new look, isn't it?"

8) Liam does weird shit when left alone

Singer is shot trough a crack in the door, disco dancing, but there's no music
Noel: This is my favorite bit in the whole film! I've never seen this before. What is going on here? It's like David Bellamy uncovering some bush somewhere. Is that what you get up to before gigs?(Starts beatboxing in time with the dance)
You mental case!"
Liam: "You'll all be doing it next year"
Noel: "I'm going to keep an eye on him next time we go on tour. What are you doing onstage standing with your hands behind your back? That's rubbish, now i have seen the golden drifter in the room!"

9) Oasis jack up - on vitamins

Footage of the band getting injections
Liam: "(Shouting) Here you go, eat your heart out Pete Docherty, You fucking crackhea! That whinger!"
Noel: "All the vitamins you need are in an orange!Vitamin C, these three!"
Gem Archer: "It was in an Elvis book! It's in the rule book."
Liam: "Get some to put a needle in y6our arm, it's better, looks better, anyway.
You don't want to be sitting there with someone photographing you taking 30 vitamins, just wait for the doctor to stick a jab in your arm."
Collin Murray: "Could you not take Vitamin tablets?"
Liam: "No, you've got to open the top, stick it in your gob and swallow it."
Noel: "Can i just point out to the people at home that only three people in Oasis are doing Vitamin shots? There's one person left keeping it real."

10) Forget sex, drugs and Rock'n'roll, it's all about board games

Backstage, band are gambling heavily on a round of Frustration
Noel: "Some bands have whores and cocaine in the dressing room. What do we have? Board games are where it's at!(Laughs) I won four games in a row that night! You had to be there! Wasn't it about $125 a game?"

source: NME Magazine thanx @ JONO!

Liam Gallagher's Mad Fer Kit

Looks like Liam Gallagher has been ’aving it in front of the camera – doing a shift as a Manc model.

The Oasis frontman is the latest in a long line of rock gods to get decked out by fashion label Gio-Goi.

The two characters behind the brand – Anthony and Christopher Donnelly – have the stars banging at their door these days.

And Liam is one of three new kings of cool bagged by the duo for their autumn/winter collection.
Liam is joined by pal and fellow frontman Tom Meighan from Kasabian and hell-raising actor Rhys Ifans to model the sought-after kit.

Anthony said: “You don’t get much cooler than Oasis and Kasabian. These boys represent the football terraces where Gio-Goi belongs.”

Other stars who have worked with the label include Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty, Calvin Harris and The Enemy.

I reckon there’ll be a few lads in the country ’aving this clobber for winter.

Click here to see the other pictures.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

New Who DVD To Have Rare Footage

A new DVD of The Who is to be released on 5th November, featuring a full-length documentary film about the legendary band.

'Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who' is a double disc DVD, with disc one presenting a complete picture of forty years of The Who, and containing new and exclusive interviews with surviving members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. Rare concert footage, and insights into their legacy from stars such as Sting, The Edge, Eddie Vedder and Noel Gallagher are also featured in 5.1 Surround Sound.

The second disc, 'Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones' features four individual pieces, the virtuoso musical abilities of each band member: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon. 'Who Art You' takes the viewer through The Who's trademark bullseye, and the Mod and Pop Art movements, as The Who's 1960s journey to become a band as visual as they were musical is explored. 'Who's Back', the sixth part, shows The Who when they returned to the studio in 2003 to record 'Real Good Looking Boy'.

Further bonus material includes the earliest known footage of the band in existence, performing as The High Numbers at the Railway Hotel, as well as five further featurettes.

You can watch the trailer for 'Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who' featuring Noel Gallagher below:

WMP: Broadband Dial-Up

Real: Broadband Dial-Up

Source:www.clickmusic.com

The Next Big Thing Jersey Budd...

Leicester is a hotbed for musical talent at the moment, with Kasabian now one of the major forces in the UK music scene, and there friend Jersey Budd is about to join them at the top of the UK music charts.

Inspired by his fathers love of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Cat Stevens, Paul Weller, and also later captivated by Oasis, Jersey picked up a guitar as a teenager and taught himself to play.

The result is a collection of classically crafted songs, shaped by his peers, yet effortlessly his own; his unique voice, soul, and talent for a melody having led to Jersey being tipped as one to watch after only a handful of gigs, albeit supporting Kasabian, The Enemy, The Rifles and Hard Fi.

Jersey is currently recording his debut album in Leicester after the instant sell out of his debut single in August. His 2nd single is due out Jan 2008. Listen out for him and watch him grow.

Noel Gallagher "Jersey is colossal and he's going to be huge next year."

Serge Pizzorno "Great voice and a great talent."

The Sun “A plumber by day, Jersey is set to kiss kitchen sinks goodbye with his gravelly tones and Dylanesque guitar. This boy is going to be as big as fellow Leicester lads Kasabian.”

NME "Jersey has KOKO eating out of his guitar hardened hands, storming through Oasis go honky tonk rollock rockers like Shotgun Times to nothing less than adulation"

Tom (The Enemy) "Jersey's got one of the best fucking voices I've ever heard"

Leicester Mercury "There are loads of male singer/songwriters out there at the moment, and there will be the inevitable comparisons with James Blunt, Paulo Nutini and James Morrison, but the truth is, he's nothing like them."

Check out Jersey Budd's MySpace page by clicking here

Chemical Brothers And Muse Bag BT Digital Awards

The Chemical Brothers, Muse and Funeral For A Friend were all winners at the BT Digital Music Awards bash last night.

The ceremony took place at the Roundhouse in Camden with other winners including Natasha Bedingfield, Enter Shikari and Keane.

The award show aims to highlight the best of the online music world. That said, the winners were wholly predictable, however a few sites who deserve a mention include Dave Gilmour who won the People’s Choice Award for Best Music Blog and the Oasis fan website Stop Crying Your Heart Out who won the People’s Choice Award for Best Unofficial Music Site.

Source: www.strangeglue.com

Ben Sherman and Gibson Guitar Band Together To Create The Ultimate Noise For Charity

Original Brit label, Ben Sherman and leading guitar specialist, Gibson, have created the ultimate range of money-can’t-buy collectable guitars to celebrate their love for British music and style through the decades. These one of a kind, bespoke designs will be showcased individually in all Ben Sherman stores globally from 15th October to 26th November 2007.

Exhibited in its own dedicated window space, all 20 customised guitars can be viewed online at the Ben Sherman website and will be available to own via silent auction in the participating store or by placing bids at the website, bensherman.com Designed in collaboration with renowned guitar artist Philippe Dubreuille, the range of instruments are decorated with archival Ben Sherman prints including its iconic houndstooth check, target logo and the Paul Weller Candy stripe.

Famed for making magical guitars for legends such as Iggy Pop, Noel Gallagher and The Clash for more than 20 years, Dubreuille creations are destined to become exclusive collectables for fashion and music lovers alike. The guitars will be display in Ben Shermans Global retail windows across the Uk, US, Australia, Middle east and Asia. All UK Ben Sherman stores, located in Carnaby Street, Manchester, Lakeside and Birmingham, will auction guitars in aid of the inspirational Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy organisation.

Source: www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk

Download The Russell Brand Podcast Now

They've recovered from the jet lag, and are back with a bang. This week, Russell and Matt speak to actual Big Bird and a woman who stuff them. And we reveal, exclusively, what happened at the birth of Noel Gallagher's new baby. Especially for you....

Click here to download the podcast.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

BT Digital Music Awards: The Winners

Best Pop Artist in association with TV Hits
Winner: Natasha Bedingfield - www.natashabedingfield.com

Best Rock/Indie Artist in association with Play Music
Winner: Muse - www.muse.mu

Best Urban Artist in association with MySpace Hook Up
Winner: Lemar - www.lemar-online.com

Best Electronic Artist or DJ in association with DJ
Winner: The Chemical Brothers - www.thechemicalbrothers.com

Best Podcast in association with BT Podshow
Winner – Audio podcast: Hospital Records' London Elektricity
Winner – Video podcast: Bloc Party Videocasts

Best Radio Station in association with The Independent
Winner: BBC 6 Music

Best Music Store
Winner: iTunes - www.itunes.co.uk

Best Music Magazine
Winner: NME.com - www.nme.com

Best Music Community in association with HMV
Winner: Live Nation's Download Festival community - www.downloadfestival.co.uk

Best Artist Promotion in association with Yahoo! Music
Winner: The Rakes – Ten New Messages Flash Mob

Best Digital Service in association with BT Total Broadband
Winner: Now Play It - www.nowplayit.com

Best Mobile Campaign
Winner: Ludacris - www.ludacrisworld.com

Breakthrough Artist of the Year in association with BBC 6Music
Winner: Enter Shikari - www.entershikari.com

Artist of the Year in association with Packard Bell
Winner: Funeral For A Friend - www.funeralforafriend.com

Best Innovation in association with 4Music
Winner: SliceThePie.com - www.slicethepie.com

Best Music Hardware in association with Stuff
Winner: Vocalist Live 2 - www.vocalistlive.co.uk

People's Choice Award for Best Music Blog
Winner: David Gilmour: The Blog - davidgilmour.musicblog.co.uk

People's Choice Award for Best Unofficial Music Site
Winner: Stop Crying Your Heart Out, Oasis fansite, UK - www.stopcryingyourheartout.com

People's Choice Award for Best Official Music Site
Winner: Keane official site - www.keanemusic.com

Source: BT Digital Music Awards

Vodafone's Live At The Chapel Series 2

Vodafone's intimate chapel shows make their way onto the second instalment of the album releases.

Live compilation CD’s have a funny little dynamic…particularly when the songs making up the album span from a variety of shows. They tend to lose that sense of continuity that a good album possesses, it feels jerky and rough and it’s often an uncomfortable listen. Unfortunately, despite some fantastic performances, Vodafone’s Live at the Chapel follows the same fate. What it lacks in a steady ebb and flow though, it more than makes up with excellent live performances and impeccable sound quality, delivered straight from a 150 year old bluestone chapel in Victoria’s South Yarra.

Ranging from a variety of local favourites to a few international heavyweights, Live at the Chapel puts together a much loved line-up of artists spanning rock, blues and pop to deliver a 17-track collection that captures the intimacy of the venue and, for the most, the talent of the performers.

The album begins with a sombre rendition of Eskimo Joe’s ‘Black Fingernails, Red Wine’ before immediately hitting the peak of the album in a stunning live performance by Michael Franti & Spearhead. A soft, breezy version of ‘Sometimes’ is followed by ‘Everybody Deserves Music’ reaching a crescendo which isn’t matched for the rest of the album. While Franti lifts the album to another level, The Veronicas do the polar opposite…delivering a poor performance of a poor song that actually makes you wish they were miming this time.

Other highlights include Noel Gallagher’s crooning ‘Slide Away,’ a high energy performance of ‘Come On Come On’ by Little Birdy and a couple of great tracks by John Mayer that make this album an enjoyable listen for the most.

Live at the Chapel is a good album. You can listen to it start to finish and aside from a few jabs at the skip button, you’ll probably like it. It’s just marred by the fact that we’ve heard it all before…Something For Kate is on the radio every day, Evermore are inescapable and Wolfmother is aurally plastered across every ad, movie and TV show you stumble upon. The album covers a broad range of musical genres, with a focus on the commercial, so it’s very much a cut and paste of the tracks that have been on high rotation on commercial radio the last few years. While there are some golden moments, the solid gold is tarnished by far too many average versions of average songs and thus makes it an average album. It’s hard to criticise the album since I find myself going back to it to listen to Franti and Gallagher, but 6 or 7 songs don’t make an album and since the album spans so many genres, it’s likely there will only be 6 or 7 that you’ll like.

Live at the Chapel is an excellent purchase for anybody with a sonic range that covers the entire artist line-up, but for those that are a little pickier, you’ll struggle to listen to the album from start to finish without wearing out the skip button on your stereo.

Source: www.soulshine.com.au

Thank You For The Good Times

Impressionist Stevie Ricks made the first promotional video for votes.

The biggest selling newspaper in the UK, calls the video 'The Best Thing On The T'internet'




Stevie Ricks made yet another video for the site, that was even funnier then the first.

Tonight the site wins Best Unofficial Site, at The BT Music Awards and the party begins.

Stay tuned there will be another video coming soon, the final in the voting trilogy.

I had no idea that the site had won the award, until I saw it come up on the DMA blog. I sent them a e-mail telling them that I could not make it to the show on Sunday, and that was the last I heard from them.

Once again thanks for voting, I have had a right blast on the voting campaign...

Check out Stevie's brilliant videos here

Lord Don't Slow Me Down Review

Video: Oasis: "Lord Don't Slow Me Down"

Is it better to slow down than fade away? The lads of Oasis don't think so. While contemporaries Radiohead are busy turning the music industry on its head, the Gallagher brothers' band's first digital-only single, "Lord Don't Slow Me Down", is a bluesy sub-Dandy Warhols addiction rave-up that probably wouldn't have merited a B-side during their (What's the Story) Morning Glory? heyday. "I'm tired, and I'm sick/ I gotta habit that a cat won't lick," Noel rasps. "I feel hungover and I'm all in love/ Let the lights go down, me and you are gonna shoot 'em up."

The video is a black-and-white montage of Oasis tour footage, presumably from the band's forthcoming Lord Don't Slow Me Down rockumentary. There they are driving into Hollywood or arriving in Japan, cameras flashing, roadies waving; Noel even celebrates a birthday with a little person bearing cake. Like the single, though-- a holdover from the Don't Believe the Truth sessions-- the video comes across as a bit of an afterthought. At least you didn't pre-order it for 40 quid.

Source: www.pitchforkmedia.com

We Won - Thanks To You

We have won the Best Unofficial Website at this years BT Digital Music Awards, from the bottom of my heart I can't thank everyone who has taken the time and voted for the site.

Taken from the BT Awards 2007 website

More People’s Choice Awards now, and the Best Unofficial Website goes to the UK’s fastest growing Oasis fansite, Stop Crying Your Heart Out. Liam and Noel would be so pleased if they were here- either that or they’d be having a fight.

Source: www.btdma.com

Oasis Borrow Inspiral Carpets' Organ

Oasis have been borrowing Inspiral Carpets star Clint Boon's organ to record their new album.

The Manchester band, who Noel Gallagher once roadied and auditioned with, revealed the news about the 'Wonderwall' rockers' latest album.

Lead singer Tom Hingley told Xfm: "I know that Oasis have been borrowing Clint’s Farfisa organ for their latest album that they’re working on."

Hingley added that they might even get the Gallagher brothers to join them on their forthcoming tour to celebrate.

He commented: "The last time I saw Liam and Noel was when we played at the V Festivals back in 2003 so yeah, they might come. It would be lovely if they came."

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk

Andy Bell At The Feeling Clubnight

I recieved this picture in a email today from Mike Jonns from This Feeling clubnight in London.

A picture of Oasis bassist Andy Bell as he spun some tunes for an hour at the This Feeling clubnight on Friday night (September 29).

Look out for the 1st birthday Bash! on October, 26 2007

Line up to be announced...it’s HUGE!

Source: Mike from www.myspace.com/thisfeelingclub

Live Blog From The BT Digital Music Awards

For those of you who can’t make it to the awards show, we’ve forsaken our work- free night of fun to provide you with a live blog on who’s crossing the red carpet, who’s raiding the bar, and also, who’s winning the awards.

You’ll be able to find out who’s won all the awards as soon as they’re announced, giving you exclusive breaking news on the BT Digital Music Awards 2007 before anyone else.

So make sure you log on from 6pm onwards to find out everything that happens live from the venue- we’ll see you there!

Click here to follow the live action.

We are in the running for the People's Choice Awards 07 Best Unofficial Music Site
Avril Band Aids - www.avrilbandaids.com
Extensive coverage of the Canadian starlet.

Coldplayzone - www.coldplayzone.it
Italian Coldplay fans were kept up to date here.

LP Zion - www.lpzion.org
Linkin Park's Polish supporters did a great job.

Stop Your Crying Heart Out - www.stopcryingyourheartout.com
The fastest growing, and funniest, Oasis website in the UK.

Muse Live - www.muselive.com
Last year's winners came up trumps again.

Source: www.btdma.com

On This Day In Oasis History...

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second album by the English rock band Oasis, released on October 2 1995. The album went straight to #1 in the UK, selling 347,000 copies in its first week. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? spawned four hit singles in the UK, two of which were #1s. It sold over 19 million copies worldwide, including over 4.3 million copies in the UK, 14x platinum, and is currently the third biggest-selling album in UK chart history. Morning Glory has gone 4x platinum in the United States In addition, the singles "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova" went Gold in the United States.

The album, which was recorded in less than two weeks, contains arguably the band's two most famous songs, "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger", along with "Champagne Supernova" and their first UK #1 single, "Some Might Say".

In 1997 Morning Glory was named the 5th greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998 Q magazine readers placed it at number 8, and in 2000 it achieved the same position in Q's list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. The editors of Q magazine declared it the "album of the decade" in 1999. The readers of Q placed it seventh on the 2006 top 100 greatest albums of all time list. In 2003, the album was ranked number 376 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

History

The success of Morning Glory catapulted Oasis from being a successful Britpop band to being one of the biggest bands in Britain, with substantial international fame, and considerable press coverage in the mainstream and music press. The band played several massive open air concerts in the UK during 1996, which included two nights at Knebworth in front of a combined audience of 250,000 people (125,000 each night), with over 2.5 million applying to buy tickets.

Tracklisting

01: "Hello" (Gallagher/Glitter/Leander) – 3:21
02: "Roll with It" – 4:00
03: "Wonderwall" – 4:19
04: "Don't Look Back in Anger" – 4:48
05: "Hey Now!" – 5:41
06: Untitled (aka "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 1") – 0:43
07: "Some Might Say" – 5:31
08: "Cast No Shadow" – 4:52
09: "She's Electric" – 3:40
10: "Morning Glory" – 5:03
11: Untitled (aka "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 2") – 0:41
12: "Champagne Supernova" – 7:27

Notes:

* Tracks 6 and 11 are officially untitled. In fact, the track listing bears no title whatsoever for these songs, merely a blank space.
* The excerpts from "The Swamp Song" are parts of the instrumental B-side to the "Wonderwall" single.
* The vinyl LP edition of the album features a bonus track, "Bonehead's Bank Holiday". This song appears as the 7th track on the album, immediately after the 43-second untitled track.
* "Step Out" had to be removed from the album at the last minute. The song, sung by Noel, was intended to have been the original track 8 (after "Some Might Say" and before "Cast No Shadow"), but was removed as the chorus was similar to the chorus of Stevie Wonder's 1965 track "Uptight (Everything's Alright)". Wonder's publishing company were alleged to have demanded a substantial amount of royalties from the album which Oasis weren't prepared to pay, so the track was removed, although not before the first promotional copies of the album had been released with "Step Out" included. The track was eventually released as a B-side on Oasis' 1996 single "Don't Look Back in Anger", with an amended song writing credit of 'Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/May', and was included on the live album Familiar to Millions.

Singles

"Some Might Say"
Released: 24 April 1995
Writer: Noel Gallagher
Producers: Oasis & Owen Morris
Chart positions: #1 (UK), #3 (IRE)

"Roll with It"
Released: 14 August 1995
Writer: Noel Gallagher
Producers: Oasis & Owen Morris
Chart positions: #2 (UK), #2 (IRE)

"Morning Glory" (AUS only)
Released: 15 September 1995
Writer: Noel Gallagher
Producers: Noel Gallagher & Owen Morris
Chart positions: #25 AUS, #24 U.S. Modern Rock Chart

"Wonderwall"
Released: 30 October 1995
Writer: Noel Gallagher
Producers: Noel Gallagher & Owen Morris
Chart positions: #2 (UK), #8 (U.S.), #1 U.S. Modern Rock Chart (10 Weeks)

"Don't Look Back in Anger"
Released: 19 February 1996
Writer: Noel Gallagher
Producers: Noel Gallagher & Owen Morris
Chart positions: #1 (UK), #1 (IRE), #10 U.S. Modern Rock Chart, #21 (U.S.)

"Champagne Supernova" (AUS and US only)
Released: 13 May 1996
Writer: Noel Gallagher
Producers: Noel Gallagher & Owen Morris
Chart positions: #26 (AUS), #20 (US), #1 U.S. Modern Rock Chart (5 Weeks)

Miscellanea

"Hello" contains elements of Gary Glitter's "Hello Hello I'm Back Again" as Liam jokingly sings part of the song's chorus when the song begins to fade out.

On the cover of the album a man is seen brandishing what looks to be a vinyl record in its sleeve. This is in fact the master tape for the album. The man in question is Owen Morris, the producer. The photo was taken on Berwick Street in Soho, a London street well known for its independent record shops. The other man is BBC London's Sean Rowley.

Source: Wikipedia

Liam Gull-agher In New Picture

Liam Gallagher confessed earlier this week that he thought his voice on Oasis’s early songs sounded like Looney Tunes cartoon favourite Tweety Bird.

And judging by this picture, it seems brother Noel also reckons Liam’s a bit of a bird.

The painting by James Wilkinson, of pop art company paintpop.com, shows Noel holding a cage. Inside is a seagull-like bird with Liam’s head attached.

Inspired by 2003 Oasis hit Songbird, James began working on the piece the following year and completed it last January. He said: “Noel signed it and added some of Liam’s lyrics from Songbird.

“Noel found it amusing — although he was a bit worried about Liam’s reaction to using his lyrics on the painting.”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk