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You’ll never see them on a stage any time soon, but Oasis are putting out some unheard material on a new reissue of their debut album.

For its 30th anniversary, Definitely Maybe will be reissued on August 30 as a 2CD or 4LP set that pairs the remastered album with more than a dozen unreleased tracks. These primarily include the album’s scrapped 1993 sessions at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales with producer David Batchelor and subsequent work at Cornwall’s Sawmills studio. Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee and journalist Hamish MacBain have provided new liner notes, and the package features redesigned cover art on a slipcase.

Definitely Maybe introduced the world to the unpredictable power of guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher and his brother, singer Liam – here backed by guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, bassist Paul “Guigsy” MacGuigan and drummer Tony McCarroll. Heralded as a bold step forward in British rock (in fact, a key crystallization of the Britpop movement) and consistently ranked as one of the nation’s greatest albums, Definitely Maybe shot straight to No. 1 in England, spawning the Top 10 hits “Live Forever” and “Cigarettes & Alcohol.” Oasis would ascend to even higher heights throughout the ’90s, finally splitting in 2009 when the long-standing tension between the Gallaghers finally boiled over. (To this day, the devil-may-care Liam still occasionally takes shots at his brother on the social media site X. Noel, meanwhile, released his fourth album with band High Flying Birds in 2023.)

Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary Edition) (Big Brother, 2024)

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

CD 1/LP 1-2: Remastered album (released as Creation CRE 169 (U.K.)/Epic EK 66431 (U.S.), 1994)

1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
2. Shakermaker
3. Live Forever
4. Up in the Sky
5. Columbia
6. Sad Song *
7. Supersonic
8. Bring It On Down
9. Cigarettes & Alcohol
10. Digsy’s Dinner
11. Slide Away
12. Married with Children

* vinyl only

CD 2/LP 3-4: Bonus material (previously unreleased)

1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Star (Monnow Valley Version)
2. Shakermaker (Monnow Valley Version)
3. Live Forever (Monnow Valley Version)
4. Up in the Sky (Monnow Valley Version)
5. Columbia (Monnow Valley Version)
6. Bring It On Down (Monnow Valley Version)
7. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Monnow Valley Version)
8. Digsy’s Dinner (Monnow Valley Version)
9. Rock ‘N’ Roll Star (Sawmills Outtake)
10. Up in the Sky (Sawmills Outtake)
11. Columbia (Sawmills Outtake)
12. Bring It On Down (Sawmills Outtake)
13. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Sawmills Outtake)
14. Digsy’s Dinner (Sawmills Outtake)
15. Slide Away (Sawmills Outtake)
16. Sad Song (Mauldeth Road West Demo, November 1992)