Listen To 'Noel Gallagher's Escape Songs'
Have I got a Take 5 for you. Rock star, human headline, and one of the most iconic songwriters of our time, Noel Gallagher. This is a classic rock n’ roll tale of rags to riches; the story of a young lad from Manchester who dreamed of being a star and got it all and more. Oasis burst into the mid 90’s as Cool Britannia exploded all over the world. With his brother as lead singer, and with a knack for writing anthemic indie hits, Noel led the band to record breaking gigs, sold millions of albums, and had some very public family bust ups.
At his heart, Noel’s a fan. A kid who idolised the songs on the record player and worshipped those who wrote them. And you’ll hear this throughout Noel’s Take 5. His theme was escape, and growing up in a council estate in the North, music was Noel’s escape. He’d be transported by older kids records, and dance till dawn at the infamous Hacienda nightclub. But even as his fame grew and he moved to big houses in the leafy parts of London, that wish for music to whisk him away remained. You can hear, through this epic chat, what a grounding and balancing force these songs have had in his life. I’ve seen a lot of chats with Noel over the years, and in his studio that day it felt different. His shoulders relaxed, he was in reflective mode, he was talking about his favourite songs and he came ready to share.
From the Beatles to The Smiths, Air to Burt Bacharach, settle in for this extended and uncut Take 5 with Noel Gallagher.
Pink Floyd – Nobody Home
The Smiths – Asleep
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – This Guy’s In Love With You
Air – All I Need
The Beatles – I Am The Walrus
Listen to the episode here.
On This Day In Oasis History...
On October 13th 2001 Oasis played the first of two nights at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, Scotland. It was part of the '10 Years Of Noise & Confusion' tour.
The gig was broadcast a day later on Sky Box Office, watch it below.
On This Day In Oasis History...
On October 12th 2002 Oasis played at the Livid Festival in Brisbane, Australia.
Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.
On October 12th 2008, Oasis' final album 'Dig Out Your Soul' entered the UK Album Charts at number 1.
It sold 200,866 copies in it's first week, making it at the time the 51st fastest selling album ever in the UK.
Liam Gallagher Voices Manchester Tram Announcements
Liam Gallagher has taken over Manchester’s tram network by voicing passenger stop announcements.
He will be giving out recorded route information as the city hosts the Beyond The Music Festival.
He can be heard saying: “Thus tram is for Ashton, the next stop is the Etihad Campus, the home of the champions of England and the champions of Europe. Come on City!”
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said: “There surely can’t be any better way of marking the launch of the Bee Network and the first Beyond The Music than getting one of Manchester’s most famous voices announcing the stops on his favourite Metrolink line.”
On This Day In Oasis History...
On October 11th 1995 Oasis played at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, USA.Listen to a recording of the soundcheck below.
Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher
On October 11th 2012 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds played at the Transbordeur in Lyon, France.Watch a number of videos from the set below.
On October 10th and 11th 2017 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds supported U2 at the Estadio Unico De La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Watch a number of videos from both dates below.
Blast From The Past: Liam Gallagher
On October 11th 2019 Liam Gallagher released 'Now That I Found You' as a single.
Watch a performance of it from MTV Unplugged below.
On This Day In Oasis History...
On October 10th 1994, Oasis released the 'Cigarettes & Alcohol' single.It reached number 7 on the official UK Singles Chart and has spent 79 weeks in the charts to date.
On October 10th 1995 Oasis played at Hammerjacks in Baltimore, USA.
Listen to a bootleg of the gig below.
Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher
On October 9th 2017, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds released the 'Holy Mountain' single.
It was the first single from the 'Who Built The Moon?' album.
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.
Click here to order.
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— Blood Records (@BloodRecs) October 8, 2023
On This Day In Oasis History...
On October 8th 1997 Oasis played the second of two nights at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, USA.
Watch a bootleg of the gig below.
On October 8th 1997 Oasis played 'Don't Go Away' on The Late Show With David Letterman in New York, USA.
Watch the performance below.
