Listen Again: Noel Gallagher (The A-Side) Mastertapes

John Wilson continues with the latest series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.

Programme 9, A-side. 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' with Noel Gallagher

In 2009 Noel Gallagher left Oasis - one of the seminal bands of the Britpop era with seven multi-platinum albums including: 'Definitely Maybe', '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' and 'Be Here Now' - which became the fastest selling album in UK chart history. Two years later Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also went to Number 1 in the UK with tracks like "Everybody's On the Run", "AKA... What A Life!" and "The Death of You and Me". Praised for its psychedelic tinges and eternal themes of love, loss and hope, it's been described as the best collection of songs "since his Morning Glory days".

With tracks inspired by New Orleans ragtime rhythms and Ennio Morricone-like strings, it put paid to rumours that its creator entered into a state of inertia after the end of Oasis. Noel Gallagher said of the album: "I won't criticize anything about Oasis because I loved being in that band and I was in charge of it, but there was always the feeling: how will this go down in Wembley, with 70,000 people braying for good times? This time I didn't have to think about that. I've got a guy playing wine glasses on one song, a saw on another. This is not Oasis."

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Noel Gallagher Jokes The Next Coldplay Album Will Be Hand-Delivered By Chris Martin

Noel Gallagher has postulated a scenario in which copies of the next Coldplay album will be hand-delivered by Chris Martin – and come with a free tenner.

Gallagher was speaking to Radio 4's John Wilson for the series Mastertapes, in which the former Oasis guitarist discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his 2011 solo debut. The programme will be broadcast at 11pm today (December 8).

Asked for his opinion on U2's iTunes giveaway of new album 'Song Of Innocence', Gallagher said: "I don't agree with music being given away for free because it costs a lot of money to make a record. Look, [U2] obviously don't need the money, good for them, but it's not something that I would ever consider…"

Asked if the move undermines the value of music, Gallagher replied: "It doesn't undermine the value of my music, no, so does it undermine the value of theirs? I don't know. A lot of people go to see them live and they're brilliant. If anything, they've gained two new fans in my sons, who since then have become mega-fans."

Discussing the shift in the music industry, Gallagher said that the trend started with Radiohead's 2007 album 'In Rainbows', which could be purchased for a nominal fee online.

"All this started with Radiohead didn't it, and people have been reacting to that ever since... I remember the Kaiser Chiefs were like, 'Make your own record, we'll give you a pound.' What? You're giving people a pound?! It remains to be seen how Coldplay react to it. I firmly believe we'll all get a knock on the door at some point over the next two years and Chris [Martin] will be stood there. And he'll say, 'Alright man, you know, here's a Coldplay album.' And you'll go, 'Thanks.' And there's a ladder and he'll say, 'Bass player's just fixing the guttering, Johnny's round the back, he's doing the gardening and I think Will's going to put the recycling out, so enjoy.' And then he'll come back and say, 'Oh, I forgot – here's a tenner.' Who knows what's going to happen. But for the record, no-one's getting anything out of me for free."

Source: www.nme.com

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Johnny Marr Is Very Impressed By The "Cool" Sounding Noel Gallagher Record

Johnny Marr thinks Noel Gallagher's solo material is "very clever" and sounds really "cool".

Marr has guested on a track on his friend's forthcoming new album and is very impressed by the "cool" sounding record.

He said: "Noel's done a clever thing, he's managed to make his solo career very natural and incorporate a new kind of sound.

"It has that kind of cool, rolling clubby sort of feel to it with his singing over the top."

Many years ago, Johnny sent Noel a guitar he wrote The Smiths' 'Panic' on, and when it was smashed during an altercation on stage he kindly sent him another.

Asked if he had sent him the 'Panic' guitar, Johnny told Q magazine: "I did yeah but then he broke it.

"They were on tour in Newcastle and I got a frantic phone call saying there'd been an altercation on stage and the guitar had been broken so I went to the shed, dusted off the one I did 'The Queen is Dead' on and sent it up to him. He's still got it."

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Listen To Noel Gallagher On Mastertapes Later Today

Noel Gallagher (the A-Side) is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Later today (8th December) at 23:00 (UK TIME) listen live by clicking here.

John Wilson continues with the latest series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.

In 2009 Noel Gallagher left Oasis - one of the seminal bands of the Britpop era with seven multi-platinum albums including: 'Definitely Maybe', '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' and 'Be Here Now' - which became the fastest selling album in UK chart history. Two years later Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also went to Number 1 in the UK with tracks like "Everybody's On the Run", "AKA... What A Life!" and "The Death of You and Me". Praised for its psychedelic tinges and eternal themes of love, loss and hope, it's been described as the best collection of songs "since his Morning Glory days".

With tracks inspired by New Orleans ragtime rhythms and Ennio Morricone-like strings, it put paid to rumours that its creator entered into a state of inertia after the end of Oasis. Noel Gallagher said of the album: "I won't criticize anything about Oasis because I loved being in that band and I was in charge of it, but there was always the feeling: how will this go down in Wembley, with 70,000 people braying for good times? This time I didn't have to think about that. I've got a guy playing wine glasses on one song, a saw on another. This is not Oasis."

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Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Miseducation of Lauryn Hill LG x

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Happy Birthday Gem Archer

Happy Birthday to Gem Archer who today is celebrating his 48th Birthday.

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Win Some Rare Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Posters

A limited run of (What's The Story) Morning Glory? posters were made, but not put on sale, to celebrate this years remastered release.

Oasis' Official Facebook have got a couple to give away. Just like the one below all you have to do is add your favourite Oasis lyric in the comments section of the picture and they will pick 3 winners next Monday.

Enter the competition here.

To have a look at all of the other Oasis merch available head to the official store here.

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Free UK Shipping This Weekend From Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green

Free UK shipping this weekend available from www.prettygreen.com, use code FREESHIPUK30 at checkout.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from December 6th 1994, when Oasis appeared on Later With Jools Holland.


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Unearthing The Microdot Archive Of Rare Oasis And The Verve Memorabilia

Below is the story of how the Microdot archive of rare Oasis and The Verve memorabilia was unearthed after 20 years.

 

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Video: Noel Gallagher On U2's Decision To Release Their Album For Free

Click here to watch Noel Gallagher share his thoughts about U2's decision to release their album for free.

The clip is from Noel Gallagher's Mastertapes that is broadcast next week, click here for dates and times.

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Get Up To 80% Off Items By Visiting Pretty Green's Pop-Up Store In London

Visit Pretty Green's pop-up store to enjoy up to 80% off our past collections as well as some unique one-off samples.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from December 5th 1997, when Noel Gallagher was interviewed and performed 'Live Forever' on the Late Late Show in Dublin.

Paisley Gift Ideas From Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green

Pretty Green have selected its favourite Paisley Gift Ideas, from our best selling Vintage Paisley Shirt to the Stocking Fillers.

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What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This Weekend?

A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance.

Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.

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Robbie Williams Mocks Beady Eye’s Recent Split

Robbie Williams has compared his relationship with Take That to that of Oasis and Beady Eye.

Williams released his new album 'Under The Radar Volume I' on Monday (December 1) - the same day as his former band Take That released their latest LP 'III'.

Speaking about the situation, Take That's Gary Barlow had previously compared the situation to Blur and Oasis' infamous 1995 chart battle, where the former’s 'Country House' and the latter's 'Roll With It' went head to head for the Number One spot.

Now, Williams has taken to Twitter to say that the battle is more akin to that of Oasis and Beady Eye – making a dig at the latter's recent split in the process.

Williams wrote, "Gaz - it's more like Oasis vs Beady Eye, except at the end of this week WE'LL all still have a career!"

Williams and the Gallagher brothers have a history of verbal spats, since Noel Gallagher famously called the pop star "That fat dancer from Take That" in the 90s.

More recently, Liam also hit out at Williams, labeling him a "fat fucking idiot" after Beady Eye played a significantly smaller venue in the same town as the singer on the same night.

Beady Eye announced their split in October following two studio LPs.

Source: www.nme.com

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Andy Bell Has Signed Up To Do A Soundtrack For A Movie About The Late Great Steve Marriott

Andy Bell has signed up to do a soundtrack for a crowdfunded short film about the late, great Steve Marriott of the Small Faces.

The director is Phil Davis, who is well known for many TV and film roles but of course best known for his role as Chalky in Quadrophenia!

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Johnny Marr On Playing Live With Noel Gallagher

Taken from an interview with Johnny Marr from Entertainment Weekly, read the full article here.

EW: Your recent London show made headlines when Oasis’s Noel Gallagher joined you for The Smiths’ ‘How Soon is Now?’ and Iggy Pop’s ‘Lust for Life’. How fun was that?

JOHNNY MARR: That was a good moment. First off, it sounded really good. ‘Lust for Life’ with very loud guitars really gets you going! What Noel played on ‘How Soon is Now?’ was great. It reminded me of the sort of stuff I used to do, with all this echo. It was quite psychedelic.

How did the audience react?

Musically, it was a nice surprise and there was a really nice feeling in the place, because everyone knows Noel and I have been mates for a long time. It’s one of the perks of having your own band. Since The Messenger came out, I’ve had Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene, Billy Duffy from The Cult, Ronnie Wood, and [Smith’s bassist] Andy Rourke get up with me. Noel getting up was a real treat. We don’t do it too often, but if one of my friends is in town, we drag them out of the house and put them to work.

Source: music-mix.ew.com


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Pretty Green Have Restocked A Selection Of Tees

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Noel Gallagher 'Mastertapes' Broadcast Information

Noel Gallagher (the A-Side) is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Monday the 8th of December 2014 at 23:00 (UK TIME) listen live by clicking here.

John Wilson continues with the latest series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.

In 2009 Noel Gallagher left Oasis - one of the seminal bands of the Britpop era with seven multi-platinum albums including: 'Definitely Maybe', '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' and 'Be Here Now' - which became the fastest selling album in UK chart history. Two years later Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also went to Number 1 in the UK with tracks like "Everybody's On the Run", "AKA... What A Life!" and "The Death of You and Me". Praised for its psychedelic tinges and eternal themes of love, loss and hope, it's been described as the best collection of songs "since his Morning Glory days".

With tracks inspired by New Orleans ragtime rhythms and Ennio Morricone-like strings, it put paid to rumours that its creator entered into a state of inertia after the end of Oasis. Noel Gallagher said of the album: "I won't criticize anything about Oasis because I loved being in that band and I was in charge of it, but there was always the feeling: how will this go down in Wembley, with 70,000 people braying for good times? This time I didn't have to think about that. I've got a guy playing wine glasses on one song, a saw on another. This is not Oasis."

Noel Gallagher (the B-Side) is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday the 9th of December 2014 at 15:30 (UK TIME) listen live by clicking here.

John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.

Programme 10, the B-side. Having discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his first studio album since leaving Oasis (in the A-side of the programme, broadcast on Monday 8th December and available online), Noel Gallagher responds to questions from the audience, performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album and looks forward to his next musical project "Chasing Yesterday" due out in 2015.

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