Oasis CD Singles / Albums first pressings?

[soundofthenorth]

Hi
Was wondering how to tell if i have any oasis first pressings? i've collected nearly all the cd singles (except im outta time) and have found some variations in the early cd releases.
the main differences are the disc pressings. for example cigarettes and alchohol. one of my pressings has a silver lettering, another has full printed disc (with white lettering) and another is the same printed disc but a darker colour.

i was thinking maybe one of the cd singles came from the def. maybe silver boxset, but never owned the box so wouldn't know what the pressings look like.

how can i tell if they are first pressings?
is the mastering the same for all cd singles? my some might say japan cd sounds "not as loud" in comparison to my normal cd single.
thanks

[noelsoasis]

i thought the original pressings were on the creation label and the reissues were on the big brother label. i could be wrong so i hope someone else can help you out with some more info.

[shining stars]

I guess the thing is really about the variations in contemporary product on Creation, ie the volume of sales etc would have meant more that one production run. I saw some story the other day about someone selling their collection of 'Please Please Me' UK vinyl albums from the sixties that ran to something like 156 different pressings, all with slight variations!

[davidjay]

Several of the early Oasis CD singles have different (less heavily compressed and differently EQ'd) masterings of the A-sides (Supersonic and Some Might Say are good examples), compared to the versions heard on Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory. So it's probably fair to say that they have a lower 'intrinsic loudness', and would benefit from being turned up more on playback.

I think that most of the b-sides up to and including those on the Roll With It CD single are also at a lower RMS level and less compressed than the versions on later compilation CDs. I think from Wonderwall onwards the singles used the same masterings as heard on the albums. The US version of the Wonderwall single has an interesting selection of wrong masters - an alternate mix of the A-side (later used on Stop the Clocks and Time Flies), and differently edited versions of Talk Tonight and Rockin' Chair. The CD is mastered a bit quieter than the UK version as well. 

The version of Fade Away that Oasis and friends re-recorded for the Help Album is a different mastering by Brian Eno - and the version that's a bonus track on the Japanese Don't Go Away single was remastered by Mike Marsh at the Exchange studio. Hope this helps. 

[soundofthenorth]

thanks for the info. the wonderwall usa e.p. is brilliant. i guess the creation singles must be the same then as none have the helter skelter or rkid labels on.

[fj]

Jul 6, 2014 0:21:46 GMT 9.5 shining stars said:

I guess the thing is really about the variations in contemporary product on Creation, ie the volume of sales etc would have meant more that one production run. I saw some story the other day about someone selling their collection of 'Please Please Me' UK vinyl albums from the sixties that ran to something like 156 different pressings, all with slight variations!

I think that's the key.

One way to identify different pressings is the info on the inner ring of the CD. I've seen different codes on different Shakermaker CDs (both being under the Creation label), for example.

I would love to know which ones are the original editions since I'm trying to complete the collection of the three main editions of each single (Creation 1994-1998, Big Brother and Helter Skelter).

[schorman]

You should be able to tell the original pressings by comparing with the Promo versions. In most cases they are identical.