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Fresh from headlining the Glastonbury festival, Oasis release a packed DVD anthology of their decade-long story.

Oasis - Definitely Maybe: Special Edition DVD, by Oasis.

Oasis have released a new anthology DVD to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the release of the landmark album of the same name.

Definitely Maybe bucked the trend of cynicism and despair to give us belief in our right to excitement.” - NME, December 1994

Celebrated as the best British album ever by Q Magazine in June 2004, Definitely Maybe became the fastest selling debut album ever upon its release in August 1994. For the first time ever, the whole album, including rare vinyl-only track Sad Song, is available on DVD.

Era-Defining

The classic audio version is accompanied by an hour-long documentary about the recording of the album featuring rare and contemporary interviews with the band, label, friends and entourage, memorable live and televsion performances of Definitely Maybe’s twelve era-defining tracks and more besides – totalling over four hours of classic Oasis music and footage.

Special Features include:

An in-depth and completely exclusive documentary on the recording and making of the original album

Live performances of every song on the album, all rare - many previously unseen

All the original Definitely Maybe promotional videos

For a limited time only, a bonus disc featuring more exclusive live performances, stories and anecdotes

The roll call, starting with performance footage, looks like this:

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star - Sept 1994, on BBC TV’s Top Of The Pops
Shakermaker - June 1994, Naked City
Live Forever - June 1994 at that year's Glastonbury Festival
Up In The Sky - October 1994, Chicago Metro
Supersonic - March 1994, The Word
Bring It On Down - February 1994, Gleneagles
Cigarettes And Alcohol - Nov 1994, Southampton Guildhall
Digsy’s Dinner - August 1994, Buckley Tivoli
Slide Away – July 1994, New York Wetlands
Married With Children - September 1994, Los Angeles Whiskey A Go Go
Sad Song - Dec 1994, BBC TV’s Later With Jools Holland

Definitely Maybe – The DVD includes the band’s promo videos for Supersonic, Shakermaker, Live Forever, Rock ‘n’ Roll Star and Cigarettes And Alcohol (uncensored version), some with director commentaries. Also included are the US only videos for Live Forever and Supersonic.

(The original album) "Definitely Maybe’s mass appeal scorched a benchmark for all British bands throughout the rest of the decade." - #1 Q magazine’s, 50 ‘Best British Albums Ever!’ - June 2004

The cast for the documentary is as diverse as these come, featuring family members, producers, existing and ex-band members, liggers, journalists and hangers-on.

The full catalogue of rogues looks like this: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs (1992 – 2000), Tony McCarroll (1992 – 1995), Mark Coyle (record producer), Owen Morris (producer), Anjali Dutt (recording engineer), Marcus Russell (manager), Alan McGee (Creation Records), Tim Abbot, (Creation Records), Brian Cannon (album artwork designer), Michael Spencer Jones (artwork photographer), Mark Szaszy (video director), Maggie Mouzakitis (tour manager), Ben Winchester (live agent), Phil Smith (tour crew), Jason Rhodes (guitar tech), Kevin Cummins (photographer), Keith Cameron (journalist), Paul Mathur (journalist), Gary Crowley (journalist, DJ), Digsy, Chris and Anthony Griffith (The Real People), Gem Archer (Oasis 2000 - ), Andy Bell (Oasis 2000 - ), Burt Bacharach, Mani (The Stone Roses/Primal Scream).

Archive photographs for the project have been supplied by: Paul Slattery, Tom Sheehan, James Fry, Jill Furmanovsky, Kevin Cummins, Norman Watson, Dennis Morris, Gered Mankowitz and Barry Marsden.

Easter Eggs

Hidden ‘Easter Egg’ extras include a segment from the seminal ‘Wibbling Rivalry’ Fierce Panda interview release and various non-documentary strands (including a letter from Guigsy), as well as other...hidden extras. A bonus disc - available until the end of 2004 - includes further interviews and additional live performance footage.

Oasis headlined Glastonbury 2004. They are currently in the studio recording their sixth studio album.

A superb anthology that complements the existing DVD releases featuring those boys from Burnage – including: Oasis - There And Then, Oasis - Familiar To Millions, Oasis - Live By The Sea and the Brit Pop feature film Live Forever - Definitely Maybe will make a first-class addition to any fan of nineties music.

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(11/09/07) Interview with Anton Corbijn about the making of his 2007 Ian Curtis/Joy Division biopic Control.

Oasis - Definitely Maybe: Special Edition DVD is available now (for a limited time – reverting to the single disc edition when stocks run out) as a special 2-disc edition, with a running time of around four hours.

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