Oasis announce new album release ahead of live tour kicking off in Cardiff

Oasis are bringing out deluxe new formats of iconic album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? - with unplugged versions of five iconic tracks.

The move is to celebrate the era-defining album’s landmark 30-year anniversary, one of the reasons it is thought the Gallaghers have also decided to tour with Oasisthis year

The new version of their second LP will feature new unplugged versions of five classic recordings Cast No Shadow, Morning Glory, Wonderwall, Acquiesce and Champagne Supernova.

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Released on October 3 on Big Brother Recordings, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) is available for pre-order on limited edition 2CD and 3LP formats as well as digital formats.

This special anniversary format follows last summer’s release of the 30th Anniversary Edition of Definitely Maybe which reached number 1 in the Official UK Album Chart for the second time in that album’s history.

The new unplugged versions were produced and mixed by Noel Gallagher and Callum

Marinho from the original master recordings at Noel’s studio, Lone Star Sound, in London. The new interpretation of ‘Acquiesce’ is revealed today(WEDS) and can be heard online.

The deluxe album features new artwork shot by original sleeve designer Brian Cannon and new sleeve notes. Exclusive coloured vinyl formats will also be available.

(What’s The Story) Morning Glory? stands out as one of the all-time era-defining great rock albums. Oasis’ second album, it was first released on 2nd October 1995 on Creation Records and propelled the band to worldwide success.

It has now sold in excess of a staggering 22 million copies globally, including over 5.5 million in the United States, and is the UK’s 3rd biggest selling studio album of all time.

Noel and Liam have now reunited and will sing many songs from the second LP in the live tour.

The reunion was so top secret that up until the final days only eight people knew it was happening.

Those who did know are thought to have to signed NDA contracts forbidding them from telling anyone,

Brian Cannon, who created the album cover for Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe and other artwork for them, was not one of those in the know initially. But he said: I didn't know it was happening, despite what everybody thought. I was just as surprised as anybody else.

"Because I obviously packaged Definitely Maybe again last year, and I was with Noel in his studio, and the question obviously arose about the reunion, and his response was, 'I'm f***ing sick of it!' It was his exact words.”

But something clearly changed his mind and Brian added: “Noel told me that only right up to the end, only eight people knew about it.

“Not even his daughter. I mean, he said to me, Anais... Anais rang him. She was at that, was it the Blossoms game?

"And she says to him, 'Dad, Dad, what's this announcement?' And he said to her, 'Are you sitting down?' And she went, 'Yeah!'

"He goes, 'Me and your Mam are getting back together!' So, even she didn't know about it. So, it took me by surprise."

Noel was obviously joking about getting back with his ex-wife Meg Matthews, but it shows the level of secrecy. According to some reports Anais was integral to Noel speaking to his brother Liam again but if this is the case she was not across the tour.

Band members like Gem Archer and Andy Bell also found out later. Although Liam’s partner and manager Debbie Gwyther will have been one of the eight people and is another key player in the reunion tour which starts on Friday in Cardiff.

Speaking on the Oasis podcast, Brian added: "There's been nothing like it ever in the history of rock and roll. The closest you could have imagined it would have been The Beatles, but The Beatles never got back together so there is no comparison.

"Stone Roses obviously was a big deal, but they're not... I mean, I'm a massive Roses fan obviously, but it's not the phenomenon that Oasis were, or are, so it's truly unprecedented. I mean, that word gets banded about an awful lot, but this is unprecedented.”

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