You can always tell the quality bands from the shite ones by listening to their outtakes and b-sides.
Oasis (R.I.P.) was one of those bands where the non-album tracks were just as good, if not even better, than the ones that made it onto the album. Main man Noel Gallagher would be the first one to admit he was a bit arrogant with his material, and that the band sometimes perhaps didn't pick the right songs for their albums.
How masterpieces like The Masterplan, Headshrinker or Round Are Way got relegated to the back side of a single is madness. Any band would kill to have those songs on their roster and would've made them lead singles.
In 1998 Oasis released The Masterplan, a compilation of some of the best b-sides up to that point. A fecking essential record which belongs in everyone's collection, as it's every bit as good as Definitely Maybe, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? and the underrated Be Here Now.
I had about 50 or 60 non-album songs by Oasis lying around on the computer, so I decided to compile some of my favorites onto an unofficial sequal to The Masterplan, and titled it The Plasterman because I'm that clever.
(zip) Oasis - The Plasterman
1. I wanna live in a dream in my record machine (2005)
2. Full on (2000)
3. Whatever (1994)
4. Let's all make believe (2000)
5. My generation (The Who cover, 2002)
6. I will believe (1994)
7. Just getting older (2002)
8. Fade away (acoustic version, 1998)
9. Cum on feel the noize (Slade cover, 1996)
10. Eyeball tickler (2005)
11. Flashbax (1998)
12. Round are way (1996)
13. Waiting for the rapture (alternate version, 2008)
14. Heroes (David Bowie cover, 1997)
15. Idler's dream (2000)
16. Carry us all (2002)
17. Shout it out loud (2002)
Buy all things Oasis, gringo.
9 comments:
bastard this is too soft and gives me a soft on
I can never decide whether I like Oasis because they were the band of the "lads" (read: wankers) when I was at college in northern England, who called us freaks for liking metal and were non-too different from the members of the band themselves. But at this age anything for a nostalgia kick seems to work these days. So, I suppose I'm saying ta, then. BTW of the other blog, have you heard any of the Devin's Desconstruction yet?
I suppose I'm saying "you're welcome" then. :)
I haven't heard anything from Deconstruction yet except a few studio clips on YouTube, like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULhz423h_nI
Looking forward to it though! The DTP albums have been the stuff he's done since SYL's City.
Well, muchas gracias, sueco.
Buen venidos, sombrero!
loved this - thanks for the whole shebang
Great article and I am going to put the compilation together as you set it out.
I never bought any of Oasis's full length CDs at the time (because you could hear them everywhere anyway) but I did end up buying many of their singles because I was fascinated by their b-sides.
I recently bought The Masterplan and think it is superb. I only wish they hadn't put the Walrus and Swamp songs on it and instead used Round Our Way.
"I am going to put the compilation together as you set it out."
Huh? Not sure what that means, but I'm glad you liked it.
Agreed on I Am The Walrus & Swamp Song.
Thanks for putting this together! The excellent tunes have fired a recent Oasisfest round my way.
ROCK AND ROLL
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