Oasis recordings up for auction despite band’s objections
Guide price of archive documenting concerts, rehearsals, soundchecks and conversations between £1.2m and £1.6m An archive of more than 100 hours of Oasis recordings, including concerts, rehearsals and candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher, is to be auctioned for up to £1.6m despite objections from the band. The collection was amassed by the band’s sound engineer Huw Richards, who…
An archive of over 100 hours of Oasis recordings, including concerts, rehearsals and informal conversations between band members, is set to be auctioned for up to £1.6m, despite objections from the band. The collection, amassed by the band's former sound engineer Huw Richards, comprises 209 DAT tapes, 73 analogue cassettes and three MiniDiscs.
It is expected to fetch a guide price of £1.2m to £1.6m when it goes under the hammer on October 3rd at Littleton Auctions in Evesham, Worcestershire. Oasis management has expressed concerns about the sale, citing the significance and scale of the material. The archive includes what is believed to be the only recording of Oasis's 1996 concert at Loch Lomond, as well as numerous rehearsal and soundcheck recordings, and informal discussions between band members.
Owain Richards, the archive's seller, stated that discussions with Oasis management had "fizzled away" and that the band wished to return the tapes rather than sell them. The recordings, spanning from 1994 to 2001, are considered historically significant as mobile phones were not commonly used for recording at the time. However, the intellectual property rights remain with Oasis, meaning the archive cannot be commercially exploited without the band's cooperation.
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