Oasis' iconic Be Here Now album cover car goes missing as fans urged to find it

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Oasis fans are being asked to look out for the Rolls-Royce used on the cover of the band's Be Here Now album, after the photographer announced he was on a mission to find the "missing" car.Be Here Now, which celebrated its 25th anniversary on August 21, 2022 and includes songs such as Don't Go Away, featured the famous 1972 Silver Shadow white Rolls Royce on the album cover.It was originally loaned by Leicester based company Flying Spares to legendary rock photographer Michael Spencer Jones, who shot the Be Here Now cover in 1997.READ NEXT: Liam Gallagher pays touching tribute to Oasis bandmate Bonehead at homecoming gigHowever, the Rolls Royce was sold for £1,200 at auction one year later in 1998 - and it is reported that there has been no trace of the car since.Michael Spencer Jones, who also shot the album covers for Oasis albums Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

is now on a mission to find the "missing" car, and has released a series of photographs to help jog fan's memories.Photographs show the Rolls-Royce in a swimming pool outside Stocks House, Hertfordshire, which it reported to have been renowned for its Playboy and celebrity parties in the 1970s.The car is submerged in water, while band members Noel and Liam Gallagher walk outside the house alongside items including a red moped scooter.Fans will also notice that the registration plate of the car was SYO 724F - in reference to the registration plate of the police van on the front cover of The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road.Although Oasis changed the registration plate in a nod to the Beatles, the actual registration plate of the Rolls Royce is MDH 119K.Fans have been asked to keep a lookout for the car, after Michael Spencer Jones revealed.