Oasis Live Concerts, Radio Sessions, Soundchecks, Demos, Promos and Interviews
Performance Date:
October 15, 1994
Venue:
Cabaret Metro; Chicago, IL, USA
Quality:
A+ (SB)
Length:
65m
Source(s):
Audio CD/CDR Sources The Remains of the Day (Bayswater, bw55/56/57) Modern Rock Live '96 Promo Tape Climbing The Sky (Kobra Records, KRCD17) Don't Believe The Truth "Best Buy" Exclusive Bonus CD (EPIC, EK 94583) Live at the Metro (Betrayer Deluxe, BDCD-08004) Master Pro-Shot Promo (PAL) OASIS Live! (EPIC #ESK 6805 / U.S. Promo CD) Ode to the Walrus (Flashback, 03.96.0269) Sortin it Out (Rare Live CDs, OS018) Step Into 1996 (Kiss The Stone, KTS 555) Supersonic (Pitchfork Records, PF-800) Wired and Inspired (Big Kahuna, HUNA001)
Digital Sources "ijwthstd" source [flac] FM Broadcast: 101.7 FM WFNX Lynn/Boston
DVD Sources "KJones" Source Chicago '94 Upgrade (alvarojam) Definitely Maybe DVD (RKIDDVD06X) Live at the Metro (Betrayer Deluxe, BDCD-08004) BONUS DVD Stop The Clocks (Big Brother, RKIDCD36X) Transfer from Master Pro-Shot Promo (PAL)
Lineage: "what the hell is this?" pre recorded live radio broadcast on 101.7 FM WFNX Lynn/Boston > Yamaha RX-500U receiver > Naka. BX-150 cassette recorder (dolby off) > Maxell XLII 90 min cassette
(with some dropouts in parts) > tascam 112 > soundforge (16 bit/ 44.1 khz wav) > flac 8 (sb's aligned)
"ijwthstd" source [flac] [1:07:04]
Rock 'n' Roll Star [5:04]
Columbia [5:31]
Fade Away [4:08]
Digsy's Dinner [2:45]
Shakermaker [5:13]
Live Forever [5:06]
Bring It On Down [4:56]
Up In The Sky [4:57]
Slide Away [6:23]
Cigarrettes & Alcohol [4:38]
Married With Children [2:59]
Supersonic [5:18]
I Am The Walrus [10:06]
DVD: "KJones" Source [1:01:53]
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Columbia
Fade Away
Digsy's Dinner
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Bring It On Down
Up In The Sky
Slide Away
Cigarrettes & Alcohol
Married With Children
Supersonic
I Am The Walrus
DVD: Live at the Metro (Betrayer Deluxe, BDCD-08004) BONUS DVD [1:02:06]
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Columbia
Fade Away
Digsy's Dinner
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Bring It On Down
Up In The Sky
Slide Away
Cigarrettes & Alcohol
Married With Children
Supersonic
I Am The Walrus
DVD: Chicago '94 Upgrade (alvarojam) [1:01:09]
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Columbia
Fade Away
Digsy's Dinner
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Bring It On Down
Up In The Sky
Slide Away
Cigarrettes & Alcohol
Married With Children
Supersonic
I Am The Walrus
Release Notes
Notes: Video from Master Promo VHS dubbed with audio from Promo CD.
Original VHS audio has some issues here and there, that's why I decided to replace it.
Thanks to NoelOasis for the video and audio sources.
DVD: VHS Master [1:02:25]
Rock 'n' Roll Star
Columbia
Fade Away
Digsy's Dinner
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Bring It On Down
Up In The Sky
Slide Away
Cigarrettes & Alcohol
Married With Children
Supersonic
I Am The Walrus
online sources
comments
Tracks from the show were also released on an exclusive edition of 2005's "Don't Believe The Truth" for Best Buy in the United States. On this official release the show was credited wrongly as "June 11, 1994"(!).
This show surfaced via a Radio Promo CD (Audio) and JBTV Promo VHS (Video). All of the video sources are VHS-based - a promo DVD was up for auction at one point in the 2000s but it was snapped up by a collector and not seen since.
A cropped/letter-boxed version of "Up in the Sky" appeared on the Definitely Maybe DVD released in 2004.
Chicago '94 Upgrade is a fan made edit by "alvarojam" which uses the Audio CD as a soundtrack for the Promo VHS, because the original video had audio issues in places.
The concert audio was orignally released on a US promo CD (ESK-6805) by EPIC to US radion stations and heavily bootlegged at the time. The CD features mirror writing (see below) and became collectible upon release.
The "FM broadcast" source comes from a 1997 repeat of the concert on 101.7 FM WFNX Lynn/Boston. (Thanks to @keke from Live4Ever for the info on this release as well as Climbing The Sky and Ode to the Walrus).
The "ijwthstd" source looks like a clone of either the Promo CD or one of the bootlegs like Pitchfork's Supersonic but has a slightly different spectral fingerprint.
The Promo CD was used as a source for independent releases (eg. "Supersonic" is a direct CD clone of the original promo) but because the "Oasis Live!" promo was selling for upwards of £50 at the time, enterprising bootleggers were making counterfeit copies. Some of the counterfeits made it into
circulation in "proper" record shops (in fact I bought a dodgy copy of the "OASIS Live!" promo in Tower Records, London in 1995. When I was asking about Oasis Imports the guy behind the counter said to me at the time "we're not really supposed to sell this... and then sold me a copy!)
Identifying a Genuine "Oasis Live! / ESK-6805" Promo...
The REAL McCoy:
In theory should come in a white wax-paper envelope although a collector may have transferred the packaging
Shadow/Outline effect on the title (Oasis Live) whereas on the FAKE this subtlety has been lost
Matrix # etched around the centre hole is C2 (large gap) 1AESK06805 (gap) 01
Elsewhere on the ring is printed "IFPI L422" and a Barcode
The ridge within the translucent centre of the disc is 2mm inside the outer, silver section of the disc
a 1mm band runs around the edge of the disc, creating the effect of three bands on teh outer rim - matt reflective, shiny reflective and, on the edge, translucent
THE FAKE:
Print quality is heavier/blacker, title bears no shadow
generally sold in clear PVC Slip with a foldover envelope flap.
instead of replicating the complicated matrix the disc just has "ESK6805" or "DJ001" running around the hole
no gap between the ridge within the translucent centre of the disc and the outer, silver section of the disc
no 1mm band around the rim of the disc, aside from the traditional edge
EPIC Promo ESK-6805:
screenshots
DVD: VHS Master [1:02:25]
DVD: KJones Source [1:01:53]
DVD: Live at the Metro (Betrayer Deluxe, BDCD-08004) BONUS DVD [1:02:06]
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