Definitely Maybe information thread.

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DEFINITELY MAYBE 




13 December 1993–2 April 1994
at Clear Studios, Manchester and The Pink Museum, Liverpool, England

Management: Ignition, London, England

Album artwork 

Sleeve Concept, Design & Art Direction by Brian Cannon for Microdot

Photography by Michael Spencer Jones


Tracklisting
[1] Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (5.23)
[2] Shakermaker (5.10)
[3] Live Forever (4.38)
[4] Up in the Sky (4.28)
[5] Columbia (6.17)
[6] Supersonic (4.44)
[7] Bring It On Down (4.17)
[8] Cigarettes & Alcohol (4.50)
[9] Digsy’s Dinner (2.32)
[10] Slide Away (6.32)
[11] Married With Children (3.12


The band
Liam Gallagher – Vocals
Noel Gallagher - Lead Guitars & Backing Vocals
Paul Arthurs – Rhythm Guitar
Paul McGuigan – Bass Guitar
Tony McCarroll – Drums


Produced by Noel Gallagher & Mark Coyle

Additional Production & Mixing by Owen Morris

Except: Slide Away Produced by Dave Batchelor Mixed by Owen Morris

Supersonic Produced by Mark Coyle Mixed by Dave Scott

Married With Children Mixed by Mark Coyle

Engineers: Anjali Dutt, Dave Scott, Roy Spong & Mark Coyle

Backing Vocals on Supersonic by Anthony Griffiths of The Real People

Mastered by Owen Morris at Clear, Manchester


track by track (video)




TV advert



Tv advert 2



live forever - time flies interview



whatever - time flies interview



cigarettes and alcohol - time flies

 

[uponthesand10]

Never seen those pics of Liam There pure RockNRoll
Great to see all info on all the albums . Musta took u a lot of time and effort. Shouldn't it have sad song mentioned on the tracklist

[james]

great infomation thread. just, youre forget B-side

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Nov 20, 2014 19:03:07 GMT 9.5 james said:

great infomation thread. just, youre forget B-side

yea I haven't finished these off yet, they are mostly still a work in progress, I need to go through all the b sides for all the albums and write the details up, theres more interviews and making of videos Ive found which I Havnt put up yet too. 

want to get them all as detailed and correct as possible, so feedback is appreciated..

[davidjay]

Regarding the Rolling Stones covers recorded during the Definitely Maybe sessions. Pashca kindly sent me this a while back, which he translated from a foreign-language book on Oasis. Huge thanks to him for this.


The following interview extract is from a book called "Oasis", by Cyril Deluermoz. 

Cyril: How much did Oasis' records cost?
Noel: Definitely Maybe cost £75,000 and (What's The Story) Morning Glory? £80,000. We didn't spend a fortune on albums that don't sell, unlike some other artists.

C: Are these low costs a result of how quickly Oasis finishes the recording?
Noel: Of course. The first album was recorded in two sessions, one lasted three weeks and the other one fifteen days, but (What's The Story) Morning Glory? was ready in a month: fifteen days recording and fifteen mixing.

C: What's Sawmills Studio like? This is the studio were you recorded many Definitely Maybe tracks.
Noel: The studios are on an island in the estuary of a river in Cornwall. You can only get there in a boat. In such conditions it's hard to do anything but to get things done. Those sessions were more productive than the Monnow Valley sessions, where we recorded 'Live Forever' and four Stones covers: 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', 'Gimme Shelter', 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' and 'Brown Sugar', with me on vocals.

C: Where did those recordings go then?
Noel: They're at home and I've got the only copy. That's why they don't appear on any Oasis bootlegs. Those covers will appear some day on an unpublished stuff album.

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Nov 29, 2014 2:32:58 GMT 9.5 davidjay said:

Regarding the Rolling Stones covers recorded during the Definitely Maybe sessions. Pashca kindly sent me this a while back, which he translated from a foreign-language book on Oasis. Huge thanks to him for this.


The following interview extract is from a book called "Oasis", by Cyril Deluermoz. 

Cyril: How much did Oasis' records cost?
Noel: Definitely Maybe cost £75,000 and (What's The Story) Morning Glory? £80,000. We didn't spend a fortune on albums that don't sell, unlike some other artists.

C: Are these low costs a result of how quickly Oasis finishes the recording?
Noel: Of course. The first album was recorded in two sessions, one lasted three weeks and the other one fifteen days, but (What's The Story) Morning Glory? was ready in a month: fifteen days recording and fifteen mixing.

C: What's Sawmills Studio like? This is the studio were you recorded many Definitely Maybe tracks.
Noel: The studios are on an island in the estuary of a river in Cornwall. You can only get there in a boat. In such conditions it's hard to do anything but to get things done. Those sessions were more productive than the Monnow Valley sessions, where we recorded 'Live Forever' and four Stones covers: 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', 'Gimme Shelter', 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' and 'Brown Sugar', with me on vocals.

C: Where did those recordings go then?
Noel: They're at home and I've got the only copy. That's why they don't appear on any Oasis bootlegs. Those covers will appear some day on an unpublished stuff album.

was noel on vocals for all of those stones covers? or just "brown sugar"? would be pretty awesome to hear Liam on gimme shelter considering he was singing it in beady eye.

really hope noel releases a boxset or something in the future with all these bits and pieces weve never heard.

[davidjay]

Nov 29, 2014 6:19:59 GMT 9.5 UniversalGleam said:

Nov 29, 2014 2:32:58 GMT 9.5 davidjay said:

Regarding the Rolling Stones covers recorded during the Definitely Maybe sessions. Pashca kindly sent me this a while back, which he translated from a foreign-language book on Oasis. Huge thanks to him for this.


The following interview extract is from a book called "Oasis", by Cyril Deluermoz. 

was noel on vocals for all of those stones covers? or just "brown sugar"? would be pretty awesome to hear Liam on gimme shelter considering he was singing it in beady eye.

really hope noel releases a boxset or something in the future with all these bits and pieces weve never heard.

Yes, the way it's phrased is ambiguous - like you said it could mean that Noel sang all of the tracks mentioned, or just Brown Sugar. I think I've only seen these covers mentioned in one or two other articles but don't recall the sources offhand. I'll check tomorrow and see if I can find any more info on this. I did ask Dave Scott about these tracks and he said no Stones covers were done whilst he was there, so I'm assuming they were done in the last week or so of the band's stay at Monnow Valley.

I'd love to hear these covers at some point. I imagine it's the kind of recording session outtake we might see on a future reissue.

[james]

slide away, rolling stones cover recording on monnow valley session, but slide away is used for dm from only monno valley session.

Alan mcgee said £45000 had wasted in vain

I've heard so.

[james]

"It's about getting a bottle of cider with your mates, sticking on a beatles album, talking shite, puking up, meeting strange girls and maybe having sex. It's about escaping"
Noel Gallagher, 1994.