Oasis Live Concerts, Radio Sessions, Soundchecks, Demos, Promos and Interviews
Performance Date:
August 30, 1994
Title:
Definitely Maybe Promotional Launch
Venue:
Virgin Megastore; Oxford Street, London, UK
Quality:
B+/A- (AUD)
Length:
30m
Source(s):
Audio CD/CDR Sources Rockin' Chair (Trade Mark of Quality) Captured Live Live in 1994 vol.2 (Complete version of Slide Away) Through The Years Two Virgins (Bayswater, BW-78)
Digital Sources Cassette Transfer (FLAC) Johnky Source / 1st 4 Songs only (FLAC) Virgin Megastore '94 (FLAC) Virgin Megastore Complete (MP3)
This is the Definitely Maybe promotional gig Oasis did on the day it was released. There seem to be two main sources - on one version Slide Away is cut, the other is complete. All tracks are acoustic.
SOURCE #1
Captured Live is the better of the two sources and includes a lot (but not all) of the chat between the songs, but unfortunately "Slide Away" is cut at 02:44. The gaps between some of the songs have been cut - .
Through The Years / Thru The Years are mostly Source #1 but swap in "Slide Away" from Source #2 to complete the show. These particular releases seems to be sourced from Minidisc (or more likley MP3) as Spectral Analysis reveals a cutoff at 15KHz. It is also cut and fades in/out between each song, which also helps disguise the switch to Source #2 for the final track.
The "Johnky" source / 4 Tracks (FLAC) is a tape transfer and contains the first four tracks only, but seems to be a more complete recording.
Cassette Transfer (FLAC) is a transfer from a mid-nineties cassette and has less distortion than the wider-circulating complete recordings.
SOURCE #2
Live in 1994 vol.2 is complete, but suffers from a LOT more crowd noise and some tape hiss.
Cassette Tansfer is the same complete source, less distortion at the high end.
Definitely Maybe went straight to number one outselling the number 2 slot, "The Three Tennors" by 20,000 units. The album cost £75,000 to record and promote, compared with the "The Three Tennors" 2 million. It was the fatest selling debut album of the 1990s, and at that stage, the fastest selling debut of all time.
A clip of "Shakermaker" is featured in the "With Oasis" documentary that was broadcast the same year.
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