Tag: Oasis
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Should You Buy Nineties Vinyl?
…and a discussion of Record Collector’s Logic. Also: The Great R.E.M. CD / Vinyl Hunt… Have we reached peak vinyl? Should we all pile in to CDs now the price is a tiny fraction of the cost of vinyl? Is nineties vinyl going to be a great investment? Or would we all be better off…
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Liam Gallagher and The Super Deluxe Edition From Hell
Of all the many lead singers that the Britpop era gave us, perhaps Liam Gallagher was the most gifted at swearing. And coat-wearing. Opinion may remain split as to Liam’s many other achievements, with critics pointing out for every “Rock ‘n Roll Star” or “Wonderwall” there’s an entire Beady Eye album. But credit where credit…
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Noel Gallagher Joined By Choir At Royal Albert Hall – Review
On last night’s evidence, it looks like we can now quantify how difficult it is to get along with Liam Gallagher, as his brother Noel preferred to play with thirty other people at once – the 23 person strong Crouch End Choir, a three man horn section and four piece band – rather than play…
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Our First Challenger! Thoughts From West Five….
Let’s be honest, you know that the new Oasis Box Set of What’s The Story Morning Glory is a bit pricey when you see Roman Abramovich coming out of HMV wiping his brow and muttering to himself about “daylight robbery” and “they must think I am made of money…”. And this is from a man…
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Things To Buy Instead of the £116.99 Oasis Box Set – Part 2
Over the next month, I have set myself a challenge: The new “What’s The Story” Oasis Box Set costs £116.99. I want to find out what kind of record collection that money could buy instead. You can join in too…. There’s nothing quite like a trip to HMV’s vinyl department to make £116.99 evaporate before…
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Time For Another Vinyl Challenge: The New Oasis Box Set Costs £116.99. What Could You Buy Instead?
White vinyl. Limited edition of 300 copies. Ultra-vinyl. Picture disc. All wonderful. All valuable (well, sometimes. That Bon Jovi picture disc might just be past it’s sell by date – and you’ll never shift those Gary Glitter and Rolf Harris records now). And they all tend to be very expensive too. Some are nearly as pricey as…
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The Real Highlight of the Oasis Definitely Maybe Re-Releases: The Demo Cassette
Anyone living in the UK over the past few weeks and not trapped under something heavy cannot fail to have noticed it is the twentieth anniversary of Brit Pop this year. Polls, documentaries, radio shows and news articles have all been reflecting / wringing hands / celebrating What It All Means, What Brit Pop’s Lasting…
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New Oasis Exhibition: Chasing The Sun: 1993-1997
On my way to Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993-1997, a new exhibition in Shoreditch, I attempted to picture what might be in store. Might the visitor enter somehow slowly walking down a hall, faster than a cannonball? Preserved carefully under a glass case, perhaps the visitor might examine the sight of one of the Gallagher…
Every record tells a story 