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Regarding Slide Away
[edit]I see my edit got removed for lacking a reference, so I'll explain my reasoning. In the page text, Dave Batchelor is mentioned as the producer of the first sessions at Monnow Valley. Then in the personnel section, he is only credited with production on "Slide Away". Therefore, I thought it a logical conclusion that must be the only song from the Monnow Valley sessions to be put on the album, since the Sawmills sessions were produced by Mark Coyle. 95.76.25.220 (talk) 16:01, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
I found when Definitely Maybe was recorded
[edit]According to this Melody Maker article from October 1994, the making of the first Oasis album was a bit different then what is listed.
"Supersonic" was recorded on 19 December 1993, though the article implies that it was recorded throughout the 17-20 December session.
Recording for the overall album began on 8 January 1994 and finished on the 23rd, at Monnow Valley. Only "Slide Away" would survive from these sessions. From 24-27 February 1994, mixing for these sessions is attempted at Olympic Studios in London, but Alan McGee and Marcus Russell abandon the mixing, and later on the 27th start new sessions at Sawmills Studios, lasting until 4 March 1994. From 7-25 March, Mark Coyle, Anjuli Dutt and Simon Wall attempt to mix the output of the Sawmills Studios recording session at Eden Studios in Chiswick, London. As it "didn't sound like Oasis", Owen Morris is contacted in a last-ditch effort to save the material.
On 14 April 1994, Oasis re-record "Shakermaker" at Out Of The Blue Studios in Manchester. They previously recorded a different version in October 1993 at the same studio, but had to re-record some elements (such as the vocals) to remove the Coca Cola references. (this initial October 1993 version was eventually released in 2014 as the "Slide-Up Mix"). While the Melody Maker article lists 17-18 April as the date of when this re-recording session began, a spreadsheet from the studio shows that it was actually on the 14th.
Owen Morris begins mixing with a 23-24 April session at Loco Studios in Wales. The first two songs mixed are "Columbia" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star"; during this, Liam Gallagher is asked to re-record his lead vocal. At Matrix in London, the final mixing occurs on 2-3 May (although Owen claims that it took four days). During this session, Liam Gallagher re-records vocals on five tracks, including Cigarettes & Alcohol, Bring It On Down and Up In The Sky.
And one last small titbit; after debuting the song on 7 June 1994 for a BBC Radio session, Noel Gallagher and Owen Morris head to The Windings studio in Wrexham, North Wales to record "Sad Song" on 22 June, for the vinyl version of the album.
I used the Oasis Timeline website as a source for finding this information. BuggleJuggle (talk) 16:45, 1 June 2025 (UTC)