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Oasis photographer on a mission to recover iconic ‘Be Here Now’ Rolls-Royce

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Oasis‘ third album, ‘Be Here Now’.The six-times platinum-selling record celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, with an updated version featuring silver-coloured double heavyweight LP, double picture disc and cassette, and remastered audio set for release tomorrow (August 19).Back in 1997, Spencer Jones loaned the 1972 Silver Shadow from Leicestershire-based Flying Spares for the album shoot.

It was sold the following year at a music memorabilia auction for £1,200, but experts have no idea where the car went from there.

Jones has shared previously unseen pictures from the photoshoot at Stocks House in Hertfordshire, but to no avail.Although the license plate on the album artwork reads SYO 724F – the same featured on a police van used by The Beatles on the cover of their seminal 1969 album ‘Abbey Road’ – the actual vehicle registration is MDH 119K.'Be Here Now' features on @JoWhiley's Vinyl Revival this week on @BBCRadio2.

Make sure to send over your memories of the album and what your favourite tracks mean to you. pic.twitter.com/CktIEoZejQ— Oasis (@oasis) August 3, 2022Neil Arman, Director of Flying Spares, said: “Suppling the Rolls-Royce for the Oasis album cover is part of Flying Spares folklore.

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