Oasis/MA, USA 2005

Ten years after Dallas, Oasis was still setting foot on American soil. The tour for the album “DON’T BELIEVE THE TRUTH” was different from their previous pattern, and they toured the United States from an early stage. What’s more, it included a night at Madison Square Garden for the first time, demonstrating that the show’s popularity in the country had grown even more than before. Also, just like with the previous album “HEATHEN CHEMISTRY”, live broadcasts that also serve as album promotions have been actively carried out immediately after the tour started. Mansfield’s Tweeter Center performance on the 24th was created from such a short-term American tour in June. Both video and audio were broadcast in Europe right after the tour started, but because they were before the release of “DON’T BELIEVE”, the performances from the same album tended to be cut, and it was far from a complete recording. I also had this problem. However, in Mansfield, nearly a month has passed since the album was released, and for the first time it was broadcast with a bird’s-eye view of the stage of this tour. This broadcast is of course a stereo soundboard recording, but the charm of its extremely powerful sound quality has not faded. “DON’T BELIEVE” has a more rough texture than the official live album, which had a better balance of performances when it was released, and has a more solid guitar sound, completely changing from the psychedelic sound of the previous two albums. I think it’s attractive point is that it perfectly reproduces the stage of “~”. In addition to that, since the recording time was long, there were several items lined up even at that time. It seems that “TURN UP THE STAGE” and “MK VII PHASE 1” fall under this category, but each had problems such as being CD-R or missing songs, so it was decided that “this is it!” It was frustrating that the release was not as good as the original version. A further problem was that two songs from the “DON’T BELIEVE~” recording were cut at the time of the broadcast. It’s surprising that “Lyla”, which was released as a lead single from the album and became the biggest major song, was not aired, but even more important is that “Love Like A Bomb”, which was only available at this time, was also cut. It means that it has been done. Nowadays, many people probably don’t even know that the same song was performed live. After all, “Love Like ~” was released in the United States in June, but compared to the album version that made people say “a perfect summer tune”, the live arrangement did not stand out on stage at all, and it started from the set. It is an unfortunate number that has been dropped. It’s not that the performance is bad at all, but when I listen to it now, it actually sounds fresh and cool. However, it is regrettable that the performance was refined during the tour and given up before it could become part of the repertoire. Therefore, for this release, we have supplemented the two songs in question from the audience recording of the same day, and compiled it so that you can listen to all the songs from the concert day for the first time. In the case of “CHICAGO 1998”, which was a similar radio broadcast in the United States, it was possible to fit in without making up for the cut songs, but this time, since it was early in the live performance and a rare song was cut, it was difficult to record the audience. We are making compensation. Also, unlike the time in Chicago, the sound quality of the audience recording was good, which was a compensating factor. And even though it was announced at the beginning that it would be a “complete concert,” it wasn’t actually a complete concert (lol). As you can probably tell from the language of the announcement, this broadcast was made in Germany. This broadcast version was the source of the release at that time, but this time, the broadcast at that time was recorded without cutting the beginning and end of the broadcast, as well as the announcements that entered between the live performances. Conversely, you will understand with this release that all of them were cut in past releases. It can be called the best in terms of sound quality, and there is no distortion of the sound. And this broadcast not only has impressive sound quality, but the big point is that the entire group, including Liam, captures the best stage with great sound quality. Looking back on the history of Oasis, unfortunately the “DON’T BELIEVE THE TRUTH” tour was the lowest point in terms of Liam’s voice deteriorating, and there were days when he was actually having a bad day and would sing through the song in a growling voice. (Liam used to be so excited about it now). In this respect, Liam is in excellent condition throughout Mansfield’s live performance. Furthermore, Noel was also full of energy on this day, and his excitement was extremely high as he sang the ending of his then-new song “The Importance Of Being Idle.” Not only Liam’s voice, but also the lively performance of the entire band, such as the drumming of Zack Starkey, who participated from the production of “DON’T BELIEVE ~”, is unique to the early stages of the tour. In this way, it is a famous broadcast that can definitely be called an essential sound source among the 2005 tour, but for the reason mentioned at the beginning, there has been no item that can be called the definitive version from that time, and in fact, it is a powerful stereo that even feels overlooked now.・It will be released with full coverage of the songs that were cut from the soundboard recording. Of course, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of discomfort between the broadcast, which boasts excellent sound quality, and the audience recording, but even so, the transition from the opening “Turn Up The Sun” to the audience recording “Lyla” has been edited very smoothly. , we guarantee that you can listen to it easily even if you are not a fanatic. This allows you to enjoy the extremely rare “Love Like A Bomb” perfectly. The edited version of the standard stereo soundboard recording of the 2005 “DON’T BELIEVE~” tour is finally here! Live at Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA, USA 24th June 2005 STEREO SBD Disc 1 (36:37) 1. Fuckin’ In The Bushes 2. Turn Up The Sun 3. Lyla 4. Love Like A Bomb 5. Bring It On Down 6. Morning Glory 7. Cigarettes & Alcohol 8. The Importance Of Being Idle 9. Little By Little Disc 2 (48:03) 1. A Bell Will Ring 2. Live Forever 3. The Meaning Of Soul 4. Mucky Fingers 5. Champagne Supernova 6. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star 7. Songbird 8. Wonderwall 9. Don’t Look Back In Anger 10. My Generation STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING Liam Gallagher – vocals, tambourine Noel Gallagher – guitar, vocals Gem Archer – guitar Andy Bell – bass Zak Starkey – drums