Blood Records Exclusive Pressing Of Oasis' 'The Masterplan' Is Available Now!
Oasis’ Iconic album ‘The Masterplan’ celebrates it 25th anniversary with this exclusive Blood Records zoetrope edition featuring remastered audio, limited to 15,000 copies and hand-numbered to order.
‘The Masterplan’ is an extraordinary collection of B-sides originally featured on singles from Oasis’ era-defining first three albums. Far from being inferior to the A-sides they backed, many of the 14 tracks that feature on ‘The Masterplan’ have become as cherished as the band’s biggest hits from that seminal period.
The album includes several landmark Oasis songs, tracks like ‘Acquiesce’, originally found on the ‘Some Might Say’ CD single and unforgettably co-sung by the Gallagher brothers, and ‘Half The World Away’, from the ‘Whatever’ CD single, which later found fame as the theme tune to the much-loved comedy series ‘The Royle Family’ - not to mention the epic title track, which originally appeared as the fourth bonus track on the ‘Wonderwall’ CD single.
Noel has often described ‘The Masterplan’ as one of the best songs he has ever written. It also includes ‘Talk Tonight’ a remarkable solo acoustic recording by Noel, plus ‘Stay Young,’ ‘Listen Up’, ‘Going Nowhere’, ‘Fade Away’ and ‘Rockin’ Chair’… songs so good they would have been singles for any other band.
‘The Masterplan’ charted at No.2 in the UK Official Album Chart UK selling almost 122,000 copies in its first week of release in 1998. It went on to be certified triple platinum and has sold over three million copies worldwide.
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Blast From The Past: Liam Gallagher
On October 7th 2017 Liam Gallagher played at the CalJam Festival and did a bit of crowd surfing.
Following his set Liam joined headliners Foo Fighters onstage for a rendition of the Beatles 'Come Together', which also saw Aerosmith’s Joe Perry guest on guitar.
Watch some videos from his set and an interview below.
Blast From The Past: Liam Gallagher
On October 6th 2017 Liam Gallagher released his debut album 'As You Were'.
The album entered the UK Official Albums Chart at number one with combined sales of 103,000 (91% of which were physical purchases and digital downloads), the album outsold the rest of the Top 10 combined.
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On This Day In Oasis History...
On October 6th 2008, Oasis released their final album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.
In the UK, the album sold 90,000 copies on it's first day of release with first week sales of 200,866 copies. Making it at the time the 51st fastest selling album ever in the UK.
Oasis - The Masterplan (Official HD Video)
Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher
On October 3rd 2012 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds played at the Mitsubishi Electric Halle in Düsseldorf, Germany.Watch a number of videos from the set below.
On October 3rd 2017 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds supported U2 for two nights at the Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico.
Watch a number of videos from the dates below.
On This Day In Oasis History...
Oasis' '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' was released on October 2nd 1995.The Daily Mirror reported the day after release that central London HMV stores were selling copies of the album at a rate of two per minute.
On February 16th 2010, Oasis' album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' won the award for the best album of the past 30 years at the Brit Awards ceremony at Earl's Court in London.
Oasis' (What's The Story) Morning Glory? was easily the biggest selling album in the UK in the 1990s. It was comfortably ahead of Simply Red 'Stars 'and The Spice Girls 'Spice.
At the end of the first week of sales, the album had sold a record-breaking 347,000 copies, making it (at the time) the second-fastest-selling album in British history, behind Michael Jackson's Bad.
It entered the UK charts at number 1, it stayed around the top three for the rest of the year before a 6-week stay at the top in mid January, followed by a further three weeks at number 1 in March.
In total, the album didn't leave the top three for an astonishing seven months
On October 2nd 1995 Oasis played at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England.
Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.
Noel Gallagher On Oasis' Definitely Maybe And More
Below are a number of quotes from Noel Gallagher who has spoken to the current issue of MOJO about Oasis' Definitely Maybe album and more.
“Definitely Maybe was the last great punk album in many respects, We were a punk band with Beatles melodies. We had no effects, barely any equipment, just loads of attitude, 12 cans of Red Stripe and ambition.”
“If you listen to that and ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’, they’re quite similar. That album was about the angst of being a teenager in 1977. Fast forward to 1994 and ‘Definitely Maybe’ is about the glory of being a teenager.”
“It’s being down the park with a ghetto blaster distilled. It’s no coincidence that it’s lasted this long. Maybe there have been technically better or bigger records since, but that album is the real f***ing deal. There’s no bullshit on it. It’s an honest snapshot of working-class lads trying to make it.”
"Back then, I’d hear Blur or Pulp or Suede on the radio and think – f*** these idiots, But looking back at it now, it was an amazing time for indie music, or whatever you want to call it. But we were ready to take over. We were ready to wipe everybody out.
"I thought Blur, Pulp, The Stone Roses, The La’s, whoever, they were great people and they had one or two great tunes, but we had twelve. However loud they were, we were louder. However fast they were, we were faster. However good they were, we would trump it. They were all great bands, but we were better. It was as simple as that."
We always had unshakable self-belief in Oasis. Going into the start of 1994 we didn’t have Supersonic, but everything else was already written."
"We’d been talking the talk amongst ourselves for a couple of years and when it came down to it, we were ready. Every minute I spent awake, I just knew it was going to happen."
The magazine is on sale now.