First three Oasis albums to be reissued via Big Brother Recordings

Big Brother Recordings is set to reissue the first three Oasis albums to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the release of Definitely Maybe. The reissue series, named Oasis: Chasing The Sun, will include the Definitely Maybe, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory and Be Here Now albums – each remastered with bonus content including rare and unreleased recordings. Definitely Maybe will be the first release on May 19. (What’s The Story?) Morning Glory and Be Here Now will follow later this year.

The collection will be available on standard CD & digital download, Special Edition 3x CD and digital download, 12” vinyl LP (with digital download bundle of all bonus CD content), and Deluxe Box Set (including LP, Deluxe CD, exclusive 7” and merchandise). Original 1993 Demos, a replica of the demo cassette handed out by the band before they were signed is also being made available for a limited period. Additionally, especially for Record Store Day on Saturday April 19, Big Brother will release a limited edition re-mastered replica of Oasis’s debut 12 inch single Supersonic on heavyweight vinyl.

In their 14-year recording career Oasis sold over 70 million albums worldwide, had 22 consecutive UK Top 10 singles and seven No.1 studio albums.

Definitely Maybe was originally released in August 1994. The fastest-selling debut album ever (at the time), it went seven-times platinum in the UK (over 2 million copies), and sold 5 million worldwide. Containing the  debut single Supersonic, released April1994, and subsequent singles Shakermaker, Live Forever, and Cigarettes & Alcohol, Definitely Maybe frequently appears on ‘best album of all time’ polls, including a No.1 placing in a 2008 Q Magazine/HMV poll of the Greatest British Albums.

Source: Music Week