Oasis announce 30th anniversary reissue of ‘Definitely Maybe’ featuring unheard versions

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Oasis have announced a 30th anniversary reissue of ‘Definitely Maybe’, featuring previously unheard recordings and outtakes.

Find all the details below.The special edition of the Britpop band’s 1994 debut album is due for release on August 30 via Big Brother Recordings.

It’ll be available as a limited-edition 4LP record, a deluxe 2CD, exclusive coloured vinyl and other formats – pre-order here.‘Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’ contains tracks from the discarded original recording session at Monnow Valley Studios, along with outtakes recorded at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall – mixed for the first time by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho.The album also includes an unreleased demo version of ‘Sad Song’.

Originally released as a bonus track, this alternative take features Liam Gallagher’s vocals.Additionally, the reissue boasts brand-new artwork by the original art designer Brian Cannon for Microdot and original sleeve photographer Michael Spencer Jones, as well as new sleeve notes from Creation Records boss Alan McGee and journalist Hamish MacBain.The exclusive coloured vinyl editions are an ‘Up In The Sky’ lyric-inspired blue and white marble 2LP, and a ‘Digsy’s Dinner’ lyric-inspired pink and white marble 2LP.