Oasis / Baltimore 1995 Dat Master / 1CD

Oasis / Baltimore 1995 Dat Master / 1CD / Wardour

Hammerjacks, Baltimore, MD, USA 10th October 1995

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Last month, we released the helper period sound board album “MARSEILLES 2000” that Matt Deighton joined when Noel temporarily left on the 2000 tour, but this week we also released the helper period live sound source of Oasis. I will. In the first place, the “helper period” in the live performance of Oasis is a precious time, and the first example happened in 1995. I have a strong impression that this year was a great success with the release of the second album “MORNING GLORY”, but it was also a turbulent year. Let’s look back on the middle of 1995.

・ End of January-March America # 1 (30 performances)
・ Late April Short-term Europe & First Arena
・ Withdrawal from Tony McCarroll → Joined Alan White
・ June-July Festival around & REM undercard
・ August Japan Tour (second time after 1994)

Looking back now, the schedule was not as strong as the artists in the 1960s and 70s, but it is still true that the popularity explosion accompanying the release of “MORNING GLORY” made me busy from June. It was the base giggie that was at the mercy of this situation, and after the performance in Japan, he temporarily withdrew. However, the tour was waiting again from October, starting from the MV shooting of the new single “Wonderwall”. Changing the schedule while the band is in the updraft is a management impossible story, and we hurry to hire a bassist to replace Gigsey. There, Scott McCloud, who was in a band called Yayaz, was struck by a white arrow.

The problem is the tour from October when he joined. First, a warm-up gig was held twice in my home country, and then the second landing in the United States in 1995. However, the members at that time were still young and had a strong sense of companionship, and the helper Scott did not get used to the band, and above all, it hindered the performance. In addition, because I was thrown into the United States where I don’t know right or left, I became homesick. Eventually, after the Pittsburgh performance on October 16th, he returned to England to escape, forcing Scott’s too short-lived helper period to end.
In the end, when the gigs returned, they literally returned to their original pods, but during this Scott helper period, the number of gigs themselves was small and the number of items was small. Especially in the United States, when Liam went up to the stage, he was already in a bad condition, and after all, the happening that Noel took over from the middle was broadcast on the radio, and the Boston performance was a standard.
Other than that, the only audience recording that was released was the Baltimore performance on October 10. An audience recording with surprisingly good sound quality was released under the title “GETTING HIGH”, but for some reason it was a mysterious content filled with an official single B-side song copy instead of an incomplete recording with 3 songs cut. .. Even though I was recording a very valuable time with good sound quality, such a recording condition was a big deduction. However, the original sound source has been on the market among traders and on the net for a long time, and this time the first full version release will be realized based on it.

What surprised me most when I heard this sound source was the quiet recording of the surroundings, which I couldn’t think of as an American audience recording. Maybe it’s not exciting? It’s an illusion, but you can see the excitement in the distance, and there are female fans on the left side who cheer cheerfully. It’s nice to see Noel calling the song and she’s overjoyed right after she shouts her song for “Some Might Say”.
Therefore, it can be inferred that it was recorded from a special position not only from the surrounding situation but also from the sound of Noel’s guitar as if it picked up the sound from the amplifier instead of the PA. Although it does not reach the sound image of the range described as “sound board”, it is really easy to hear because the surroundings are quiet.
However, it is undeniable that the treble is conspicuously balanced, which seems to be recorded by the DAT audience in the mid-1990s, and this has been relaxed by adding some equalization to this release. I wonder if this change can be felt from around the sound of Whity’s cymbals. In addition, the digital noise that occurred at the beginning of “Cigarettes & Alcohol” due to the aging of DAT has been processed to make it less noticeable.

Thanks to the quiet surroundings, Liam’s voice was a little rough on that day … In other words, it seems that it wasn’t perfect from the first day of the US tour. That was so bad on the radio broadcast in Boston four days later, but fortunately I didn’t escalate to that point and stayed and sang to the end. Rather, it is getting closer to normal business from around “Roll With It”. Since Boston had such an ending, it is also valuable that Liam captured the day when Liam was on stage until the end with high sound quality on this tour.
And ironically, you can even hear Scott not blending into the band because of the excellent sound quality. First of all, in “Cigarettes & Alcohol”, you can hear that he made a mistake in the composition, but even more serious was “Champagne Supernova”.
While Noel was playing the guitar solo, Scott lost sight of the composition and missed the sound, and finally stopped playing. Not only did Noel get distracted by his mistakes and almost miss the sound, but the other members were naturally in a state of donning, and the timing to return to the song to Liam was delayed. From this scene, it seems that there is anxiety about Scott asking “Is he okay?”
At this time, the finale “I Am The Walrus” was rarely removed from the set list, and instead it was a pattern that ended with “Rock’n’Roll Star”, but also in this regard, “I Am The Walrus” Isn’t it difficult for Scott? It may have been considered.

For that reason, the persuasive power of the Noel playing talk corner, which is not confused by the clumsy bassist (bitter smile), is wonderful, and the sound image is even closer, making it easier to hear. Even if you listen only here, it realistically captures the electric-acoustic sound of Noel, and it tells you that it was probably recorded from a special position. In addition to that, you can see a glimpse of the audience reacting enthusiastically beyond the performance.
And at the end of the game, which wasn’t heard in the already released “GETTING HIGH”, Liam completely demodulated and did the gig to the end. After all it was a mistake that this part was not recorded. In this way, the excellent audience of the precious time is released in the full version for the first time, which is enriched in both content and sound quality!