Oasis recordings up for auction despite band’s objections
Summary
More than 100 hours of Oasis recordings, including concerts and rehearsals, will be auctioned for up to £1.6 million. The band objects to the sale, but the recordings are being sold legally by the sound engineer’s son, who collected them during the band’s early years.Key Facts
- The archive includes 209 DAT tapes, 73 cassette tapes, and 3 MiniDiscs with recordings from 1994 to 2001.
- The collection features a unique recording of Oasis’s 1996 concert at Loch Lomond, Scotland.
- The recordings also contain rehearsals, soundchecks, and informal conversations between band members and crew.
- The tapes are being sold by Owain Richards, son of Oasis’s former sound engineer Huw Richards.
- Oasis’s management wanted the tapes returned to the band, but talks ended without an agreement.
- The auction, handled by Littleton Auctions, is planned for 3 October with a guide price of £1.2 million to £1.6 million.
- Oasis owns the rights to the music, so buyers cannot release the recordings commercially without the band’s permission.
- The auction also includes other Oasis items, like a pair of trainers owned by Noel Gallagher.
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