Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ Turns 30: listen to the new deluxe edition ft. rare & unreleased tracks

Oasis released their debut album, Definitely Maybe, 30 years ago this week. At the time it was a real breath of fresh air, an unabashed rock n’ roll album that wasn’t afraid to tell you its superstar ambitions and came armed with the tunes to back those ambitions up. Those tunes were by Noel Gallagher and his brother Liam sang them with a sneering attitude cranked to 11. Definitely Maybe is the sound of Oasis on the rise but fully formed, free of bloat, when they could seemingly do no wrong. It’s full of classics, from singles “Live Forever,” “Supersonic,” “Cigarettes & Alcohol” and “Shakermaker,” to deep cuts like “Digsy Diner,” “Slide Away,” and “Up in the Sky” that other bands would’ve killed to release as actual singles.

The new 4-LP / 2-CD deluxe edition features “tracks from the discarded original recording session at Monnow Valley Studios, along with outtakes from the definitive album recorded at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, newly mixed for the first time by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho. The album also includes an unreleased demo version of ‘Sad Song.’ Originally released as a bonus track on the LP, this alternative version features Liam Gallagher’s vocals.”

The reissue also has new artwork by the album’s original art designer Brian Cannon for Microdot and original sleeve photographer Michael Spencer Jones, and new sleeve notes from Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee and journalist Hamish MacBain.

You can listen to the deluxe edition of Definitely Maybe, and watch an interview with Noel Gallagher about it, below.

As you surely have heard, Liam and Noel have patched up their differences at least enough to agree to be on stage together in a year for Oasis’ first shows in 16 years. Welcome back, boys.

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