Oasis Definitely Maybe original 94 vinyl mint cond

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VERY SCARCE OASIS DEFINITELY MAYBE DOUBLE VINYL LP

OASIS: Definitely Maybe Very Scarce original 1994 UK Creation label 12-track double vinyl LP, includes the singles Live Forever and Supersonic, plus Sad Song which was exclusive to this format, in glossy gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics CRELP169.



Definitely Maybe is the debut album by the English rock band Oasis, released in 1994. It was an immediate commercial and critical success in the UK, having followed on the heels of singles "Supersonic", "Shakermaker" and "Live Forever". It is considered by many to be one of the greatest debut albums of all time.


Definitely Maybe went straight to number one in the UK Album Charts on initial release. It was the fastest selling debut album of all time in the UK when released. Definitely Maybe marked the beginning of Oasis' success in America, selling over one million copies there, although only reaching number 58 on the Billboard 200. The album went on to sell over 7.5 million copies worldwide.

Background

Oasis formed in 1991. Originally consisting of Liam Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan, and Tony McCarroll, the group was soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher. The elder Gallagher insisted that if he were to join, the group would give him complete control and they would work towards superstardom. Noel had been writing songs for years, and replaced the group's repertoire with his compositions.

Oasis signed to independent record label Creation Records in 1993. The limited-edition 12" single "Columbia" was released in late 1993 as a primer for the band for journalists and radio programmers. Unexpectedly, BBC Radio 1 picked up the single and played it 19 times in the fortnight after its release, surprising for a record not available in stores. The band's first commercial single "Supersonic" was released on 11 April 1994. The following week it debuted at number 31 on the British singles chart. The single was followed by "Shakermaker" June, which debuted at number 11 and earned the group an appearance on Top of the Pops.


Recording

Oasis booked Monnow Valley Studios, near Monmouth, at the start of 1994 to record their debut album. Their producer was Dave Batchelor, who Noel Gallagher knew from his days working as a roadie for the Inspiral Carpets. The sessions were unsatisfactory. "It wasn't happening," Arthurs recalled. "He was the wrong person for the job . . . We'd play in this great big room, buzzing to be in this studio, playing like we always played. He's say, 'Come in and have a listen.' And we'd be like, 'That doesn't sound like it sounded in that room. What's that?'. It was thin. Weak. Too clean."
The sessions at Monnow Valley were costing £800 a day. As the sessions proved increasingly fruitless, the group began to panic. Arthurs said, "Noel was frantically on the phone to the management, going, 'This ain't working.' For it not to be happening was a bit frightening." Batchelor was let go, and Gallagher tried to make use of the music already recorded by taking the tapes to a number of London studios. Tim Abbot of Creation Records said while visiting the band in Chiswick, "McGee, Noel, me and various people had a great sesh, and we listened to it over and over again. And all I could think was, 'It ain't got the attack.' There was no immediacy."


In February the group returned from an ill-fated trip to Amsterdam and set about re-recording the album at Sawmills in Cornwall. This time the sessions were produced by Noel Gallagher and Mark Coyle. The group decided the only way to replicate their live sound on record was to record together without soundproofing between individual instruments. Over the tracks, Gallagher overdubbed numerous guitars. Arthurs said, "That was Noel's favourite trick: get the drums, bass and rhythm guitar down, and then he'd cane it. 'Less is more' didn't really work then."


The results were still deemed unsatisfactory, and there was little chance of another attempt at recording the album. The recordings already made had to be utilised. In desperation, Creation's Marcus Russell contacted engineer-turned-producer Owen Morris. "I just thought, 'They've messed up here,'" Morris recalled after hearing the Sawmills recordings. "I guessed at that stage Noel was completely ****** off. Marcus was like, 'You can do what you like - literally, whatever you want." Among Morris's first tasks was to strip away the layers of guitar overdubs Gallagher had added. Morris completed his final mix of the record on the bank holiday weekend in May. Music journalist John Harris noted, "The miracle was that music that had passed through so many hands sounded so dynamic: the guitar-heavy stew that Morris had inherited had been remoulded into something positively pile-driving."


Release and reception

The release of Definitely Maybe was preceded by a third single, "Live Forever", which was released on 8 August 1994. "Live Forever" was the group's first top ten single. The continuing success of Oasis partially allowed Creation to ride out a period of financial straits. The label was still £2 million in debt, so Tim Abbot was given only £60,000 to promote the upcoming album. Abbot tried to determine how best to use his small budget. "I'd go back to the Midlands every couple of weeks," Abbot said, "and people I knew would say, 'Oasis are great. This is what we listen to.' And I'd be thinking, "Well, you lot don't buy singles. You don't read the NME. You don't read Q. How do we get to people like you?'." Abbot decided to place ads in publications that had never been approached by Creation before, such as football magazines, match programmes and UK dance music periodicals. Abbot's suspicions that Oasis would appeal to these non-traditional audiences were confirmed when the dance music magazine Mixmag, which usually ignored guitar-based music, gave Definitely Maybe a five-star review.

Definitely Maybe was finally released on 30 August 1994. The album sold 100,000 copies in its first four days. On 4 September the album debuted at number one on the British charts. It outsold the second-highest album (The Three Tenors In Concert 1994, which had been favoured to be the chart-topper that week), by a factor of 50%. The first-week sales earned Definitely Maybe the record of the fastest-selling debut album in British history. "Cigarettes & Alcohol" was released as the fourth single from the album in October. Noel Gallagher said "Slide Away" was considered as a fifth single, but he ultimately refused, arguing, "You can't have five singles off a debut album."


Legacy

In 1997 Definitely Maybe was named the 14th greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 2005 Channel 4's '100 Greatest Albums' countdown placed the album at number 6. In 2006, NME placed the album third in a list of the greatest British albums ever, behind The Stone Roses and The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead. In a recent British poll, run by NME and the book of British Hit Singles and Albums, Definitely Maybe was voted the best album of all time with The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band finishing second and Revolver third. Q magazine readers placed it at five on their greatest albums of all time list in 2006 and in that same year NME hailed it as the greatest album of all time. In a 2008 poll by Q and HMV in 2008, Definitely Maybe was ranked first on a list of the greatest British album of all time.



THE COVER: The gatefold sleeve does show some wear to the top and bottom edges, with some faint scuffing to the top of the cover. There is also some sticker residue to the top corner. The cover shows wear to the corners of this LP. There are no splits or tears and remains free from any writing. I have graded the cover in excellent condition

THE BACK COVER: As the front the back does show some light scuffing to the top and bottom of the LP, but remains free from any writing. I have also graded this in Excellent condition.

THE INNER SLEEVE: Both inner sleeve are of the plain white variety.

THE VINYL: Both sides of the vinyl LP retain a fantastic shine to both playing surfaces but also shows faint marks viewed under strong light where the LP has been taken from its paper sleeve. There are no scratches to either side of this double LP. I have graded both LP's in excellent condition.

THE LABELS: All labels are in excellent condition with no writing on either surface. All labels show some very faint spindle marks showing the LP has been played

THE SOUND:
Played and listened to on a Elite Rock II, Linn Ittok with Clearaudio Sigma cartridge.
Amplification. Lavadin amp.
Speakers Horn loaded hand made by Resolution Speakers.

SIDE 1: Played all the way through without skipping or jumping the sound was solid, tight, in focus and crystal clear with no distortion.
There is some suface noise leading into the music. There is some very faint surface noise in between tracks but again not excessive.
SIDE 2: Again played all the way through with no skips or jumps the sound once again sounding solid, sharp in focus and crystal clear with no evidence of distortion.
Surface noise was heard once again on the run in groove to the first track.
With the odd occasional light tick on track 2's run in.
Again inbetween tracks some faint surface noise was heard but again it did not interrupt or detract from the listening pleasure.
SIDE 3: Played all the way through without skipping or jumping the sound was solid, tight, in focus and crystal clear with no distortion.
Surface noise was heard once again on the run in groove to the first track.
There is the odd faint surface pop but this doesn't spoil the pleasure of listening to this classic LP. There is again some very faint surface noise in between tracks but again not excessive.
SIDE 4: Played all the way through without skipping or jumping the sound was solid, tight, in focus and crystal clear with no distortion.
There is the odd faint surface pop but this doesn't spoil the pleasure of listening to this classic LP. There is again some very faint surface noise in between tracks but again not excessive.


On listening there are no major audio defects to any side of this double LP and all played through without any distortion.
I have graded this double LP in Excellent+ condition.



Tracklisting:
1. Rock 'n' Roll Star
2. Shakermaker
3. Live Forever
4. Up In The Sky
5. Columbia
6. Sad Song
7. Supersonic
8. Bring It On Down
9. Cigarettes & Alcohol
10. Digsy's Dinner
11. Slide Away
12. Married With Children



Year of Release: 1994 - 14 years old
Artist: Oasis
Title: Definitely Maybe
Format: Double LP
Record Label: Creation
Catalogue No: CRELP169
Additional info: Deleted
Country of Origin: UK

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