Oasis release early live version of ‘Supersonic’ for song’s 30th anniversary

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Oasis have released an early live recording of ‘Supersonic’ to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the band’s iconic debut single.The newly unearthed performance took place at the Limelight in Belfast on 4 September 1994, and the band had discovered shortly before taking to the stage that night that their debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’ had reached Number One on the UK Albums Chart.Now, that version of ‘Supersonic’ can be heard on limited edition physical single formats, including a replica of the original 1994 CD single, which also includes the white label demo of ‘Columbia’, and an individually numbered pearl coloured 7” vinyl.

The singles are available here.Check out ‘Supersonic (Live at the Limelight, Belfast, 1994)’ below:The studio version of ‘Supersonic’ was recorded in one day at the Pink Museum Studio in Liverpool in late 1993, and released as the band’s debut single on 11 April 1994.

It reached Number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.David Neely was the booker at Belfast’s Limelight in 1994 and recalls the night Oasis played the venue. “It was a sell out 500 people at the gig and tickets only £6.75!

The Sunday of the week the debut album was released, the Limelight show was the right venue, for the right band at the right time,” he recalled.“I remember around 6.30pm (in the dark days before mobile phones) that a call came into the office from Radio One, saying the band had just went to Number 1 in the album charts.