Oasis - Slide Away (Monnow Valley Studio Recording)

In honor of the 30th year anniversary of Oasis’ Definitely Maybe Album, I thought I would upload their Monnow Valley Studio recording of my favorite Oasis Song, Slide Away.
I don’t remember how I found this recording, but I know that this version has only one other video on KZbin, so why not add another. I believe that amongst all of their songs that were recorded at that studio, this recording is the only one that was mixed and made it to the final album.
There is so much to enjoy and focus on in this version of the song: Noel’s backup vocals, Tony’s drums, Guigsy’s smooth bass, a young Liam’s pitch, Bonehead’s rhythm, and just the overall purity of Oasis’ sound.
Nevertheless, I hope you all enjoy and listen to it as many times as you’d like. Be sure to drop a like and share so others can find it as well.

[@anialiki]

YES YES YES, And you can finally hear that last 50 seconds clearly which I always turned up

[@user-og5xx7px8w]

Same here tried catching the ending a million times

[@Moobong5]

liam's voice... wow..

[@nezbit8989]

That is the voice that inspired me when I was young. A fresh Liam singing in his best years before his voice gradually faded to a throaty whine. I wish he would have preserved his original voice because it was like nothing I’d heard before.

[@PeterPauls]

@@nezbit8989 His voice is one of the biggest questions in my whole life. His voice was very young here. It should have had changed during the years only because of the aging. He was 25 at GMEX 97’ and Noel was 27 when Definitely Maybe released so Noel was “forward” and he didn’t sing anything in the first year of touring and later he was mainly a backing vocalist and he smoked and did drugs just like Liam but because his age his voice was mature enough and he was 5 years more mature than Liam so Noel alredy knew how to use his voice. IMO Liam was too young when DM released and he didn’t find his sound back then and he used his very young/developing voice with an extreme power and “because they came from a working class background” without any proper singing style so with lots of experiments. Nowdays Liam is good but his voice (speaking/singing) is just so much deeper though his mannerism are the same and I know that Liam sings everytime I hear from the distance in some radio because ot remained unique.

[@nezbit8989]

@@PeterPauls yeah I get the point but the Beatles did years of backbreaking shows in Hamburg and they were only late teens and early twenties. They went on and played noisy gigs where they had to push their voices but still managed to preserve their voices. I think Liam could have maintained his early voice better if he hadn’t of started shouting the songs so much and it was a voice worth taking care of.

[@PeterPauls]

@@nezbit8989 Yeah, but still, since 2017 he said he was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Disease a Thyroid autoimmune inflammation which is very rare in men. I don’t know maybe his younger self didn’t care about some hoarseness because “I am cool” “I don’t need a doctor” and he just pushed through those hoarse periods with shouting and alcohol which numbed the pain. I think he realized that something is very “off” around 2006 and after 2010 I think he started working with doctors but the damage was done irreversible. There is no doctor that can bring back to life the scar tissue which are on his vocal cords but I think he learned live with it and bring out the maximum.

[@nezbit8989]

@@PeterPauls that the way it was meant to be for him then unfortunately, fair play to him for his determination though.

@@PeterPauls GMEX was probably their best gig IMO

[@jonathangreen5804]

The band have said that they used Liam’s vocals from this session on the final album version as the vocals were that good. It’s the only part of the Monnow valley sessions that survived

[@ThomasKeohane]

That’s really interesting actually

[@HarryWarren1]

Im pretty sure Morris turned the pitch of all the stems slightly sharp for slide away so I’m guessing these are left as is

[@AkyovNorthWest]

@@HarryWarren1 He Varispeed the whole track during the Mastering process.

[@5horizons368]

Was about to say the same thing! it's the same lead vocal as the final version. Maybe some of the other parts as well.

[@andrewcain1437]

Best vocals in his career, imo. His vocals in the whole of DM are untouchable.

[@MrSkeffy]

Good photo of them all.

[@ZakynthosDiamandis]

Finally... that outro

[@stonesthrow420]

Thats why they scrapped these recordings...songs are great, performance was fine...the drums sound super weak and the bass has no low end. The drums sound almost like a cheezy drum machine. Thank God for Owen Morris , who showed up later helped create that "Bigger than Life"' Oasis sound. Massive drums mixed well with super layered heavy guitars.....just goes to show, you can have all the talent in the world....but withgout a good producer or sound engineer.... you could make AC/DC sound like KENNY G

[@simonemurray1345]

Yeah hopefully these stop the "Tony mccarol was secretly amazing and was fired by noel because he was too cool" crowd. Him and guigsy were their weakest link. Infact Owen Morris discussed in length on an email how he brickwalled DM and compressed the master and added all the effects to cover up for the abysmal rythym section. It's why we can never have a truly audiophile version of the first few albums unless they remix them, but then that would expose the amateur playing, especially on DM. In hindsight the poor playing was a good thing because it caused Owen Morris to produce that amazing "oasis sound" to cover it up. Its so guitar heavy and brash and in your face to cover up all thr mistakes. There's still some noticeable ones like on cigarettes and alcohol, but he really worked magic. He says he wish he had more experience since he'd mix it slightly differently but still, if they picked the wrong producer they could have easily flopped. But he was able to turn their weaknesses into a strength, by making it a guitar heavy rock and roll attitude record.

[@tomben6180]

@@simonemurray1345Yup. Every single person that hung around the band at that time, doing various tasks, all said that Tony wasn’t good enough. He did sound quite raw on some early live stuff, that has convinced people he was good but he wasn’t good enough for that band.

[@michaelpaul3481]

@@simonemurray1345definitely, and it's far easier to hide a bad bassist than a bad drummer hence why guiggs survived and Tony did not

[@alexisherrera4687]

Production is important but if you think Tony was weak then you have never seen a video of them playing live.

[@RollrightKnights]

​@@simonemurray1345this is nonsense, the weight is added during mix and mastering. Tony's style suited the songs. Alan White is constant shuffle and f-ing ghost notes. Meh. 😕

[@J_M_300]

Not only my favorite song from Oasis but my favorite song ever 🙌🔥

[@timburgess6184]

It's up there for me best ever too!

[@stevens5541]

No it's not

[@Werner4voss]

fantastic vocals

[@erickchanto7681]

Ive got goosebumps while hearing this... ty for sharing

[@danireland7966]

The intro 😍😍

[@FreedomFighter1759]

those vocal harmonies...

[@user-hx8vv9hk4p]

Thanks I love oasis in any form ❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😮❤

[@michaelpaul3481]

McGee was bang on when he said there'd be no second album if they put this out

[@paulbadoo9326]

They did put this out. This is the actual 'Definitely Maybe' recording, only remixed by Owen Morris, who truly worked a miracle. A case of the mixes saving the album.

[@michaelpaul3481]

@@paulbadoo9326 only the vocal was used bud

[@HmmInteresting478]

@@michaelpaul3481 nope, the track was used, but they did add overdubs. the basic instrument track is the same.

[@MelsonMelson]

​@@michaelpaul3481 there are definitely more than vocal track survived i can tell it by note death mid bend on 2:38 because it lasted in DM recording

[@marcelbr815]

The band played great, but it really lacked the punch you hear on the record. This sounds like a well rocorded demo. The record sounds like a wall of noise with beautiful melody on top. Kudos to Owen Morris for hitting the spot!

[@seancrainey5581]

That outro man

[@themackjorgan]

gets me every time

[@justinn600]

Wow never heard this ending.

[@bhew7409]

Early Oasis were so good

[@EnemyAce1917]

They haven't toured in forever it's all early Oasis 😅

[@christophkrol6631]

That outro is orgasmic

[@spiritandnaturedancingtogheter]

Thank you! 🎉

[@indiekiduk]

I wanted to try Owen Morris' trick for myself so I downloaded this track and imported it into Garage Band and added the Limiter plug-in and it sounds incredible, exactly like the release! Except for different 2nd bar of lead guitar intro.

[@RichRobinson]

L1 the fuck out of it. -0.2 LUFS 😂

[@nickcook7408]

Tony and Paul were the heart and soul, the groove, the feel, the attitude, and Oasis died when Tony and Paul were no longer in the band.

[@jamesbarnett2483]

No

[@KyTaundry]

Absolutely agree.

[@UJSupanova]

Nonsense. You're saying they did nothing good after the first album? Not even going into the fact that Tony allegedly didn't even play on most of the songs on the album.

[@KyTaundry]

@@UJSupanova Very strong (and very false) allegation there mate. Standing On The Shoulders is my personal favourite album, so not saying they didn't make good records after the fact, just agreeing with the original commenter that the attitude and raw, visceral nature of the music after Tony and Paul left, was lost. They went for a much more produced and technical sound, which is great!

[@UJSupanova]

@@KyTaundry "Oasis died when Tony and Paul were no longer in the band" was the false accusation.

[@DorkniteCrew]

Liams vocals were on fire - a better take here I feel than the final

[@DeeTeaDee]

Same vocals man

[@menezes__d_o_s]

Monnow valley version? It's not a alternate mix of another session?

[@mrjamesgrimes]

WHAT FORRRR!

[@PeterPauls]

It sounds like the vocals exactly the same from the original version or the original version kept his vocals.

[@jonathangreen5804]

The band have said that they used Liam’s vocals from this session on the final album version as the vocals were that good. It’s the only part of the Monnow valley sessions that survived

[@delfirmamento4919]

Backing Vocals!

[@ericwimmer1474]

Great

[@gavinball6852]

Great song and excellent find thanks for posting. Songs miles too long though, as was often the way for them.

[@Dean-zd4sn]

Crazy i wondered what these recordings sounded like..

[@ticianoofficial]

Everything is perfect

[@hockeylake7219]

Never imagined someone with an Adam Fox pfp would be posting Oasis demos haha

[@Skippy12]

Lmao, I’m just a huge fan of them, plain and simple

[@chescos7]

Better than album

[@richwalko81]

This performance was fucking amazing idk what some of you are talking about. Oasis2025

[@ryangraves1397]

Tbh they should have kept that outro

[@alexedge5265]

@Skippy where did you find this?

[@KrisM189]

one of 4 oasis songs I actually like

[@stevens5541]

Plus the other 100

[@daverowe4566]

Fours about right

[@LaurentGRATTEPANCHE]

Will we found this beautiful version in DM30?

[@marcelbr815]

If this is the actual Monow Valley recording, then yes.

[@eughrologh]

It looks like it'll be left off the 30th Anniversary 4LP release. Why??

[@alexedge5265]

From what we’ve heard so far with early releases of Columbia (sawmills outtakes) Up In the Sky (Monnow Valley) there’s noticeable differences to album releases, whereas this (Slide Away) is the album version before the final mix with full outro. Still think they should release it on DM 30th

[@NEUSE7]

I'm in doubt with this version coz Liam's vocal is too similar to the original one and Noel's guitar sounds more mixed

[@michaeljohn1978]

Noel's backing vocals were too loud here. Like he was trying to drown out Liam's vocals, which backing vocals should never do

[@captainfeedback1]

Wow, this really plods without Owen Morris's maximalist mix applied to it.

[@fansheecoffeen4960]

Mo rireeeiii

[@rfvxrfvx5278]

the whole song maybe doesn't sound as good as the official one, but on the official one they fade out the cool outro.... why? never really liked oasis becasue of that champagne supernova song being overplayed but this awesome

[@linuxsauna]

"Definitely Maybe" was a continuation from Nirvana and their last studio album "In Utero" in Finland. Oasis happened to be a perfect "fit" with breath of fresh air!

[@joshkingh3912]

Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about bananas

[@OffYourTrees]

Lol, Noel hated grunge music, especially Kurt Kobain and Nirvana. He literally wrote "Live Forever" to put something more positive out there.

[@linuxsauna]

@@OffYourTrees Often times some stuff have been spiced a bit for a striking story - just like the media usurped Oasis vs. Blur "thing". Noel actually loved the bloke. Here's one quote of many similar: "The only person I have any respect for as a songwriter over the last ten years is Kurt Cobain. He was the perfect cross between Lennon and McCartney. He belted it out like Lennon, but his melodies were so Paul McCartney". (Far Out Magazine)

[@konraddusinski3193]

SalyPatria🏰

[@facundomarin4416]

Is this real?

[@StaticIanCovers]

Pretty flat version compared to what made the record .

[@orionroach4028]

Nostagic Band from the UK, actually LOL

[@DenKulesteSomFins]

Sounds kinda lifeless except the vocals and the lead guitar. The drums are the worst

[@badgasaurus4211]

Hence why Owen had a lot of work to do

who produced this? It's terrible!

[@jonahjones1702]

Noel's backing vocals ruin this

[@willowed3651]

sorry this is awful compared to the final mix

[@ohiosoundsgood]

Oasis were plodding boring toe tapping dad rock in the 90s. And they still sound just as tepid decades later. Shame they never had the sound or songs to match their swagger and personality. Backyard Babies did this thing way better on their album Total 13

[@ryangraves1397]

Rage bait

[@ohiosoundsgood]

@@ryangraves1397 ah it’s not intended to be honestly. I know what you mean about people who post needlessly aggro statements for attention. My more considered and in the sober light of day approach is: I just don’t get Oasis. I genuinely don’t get the fuss about them. I know one person’s toothpaste is another person’s dog shit and all. But they were just a very average band who were great in interviews. There were bands and artists from that same era who were way better and had more to say - or were more original. Oasis are like London. I just dont get it. I think that’s probably a less rage bait looking comment. I don’t mind that lots of people will disagree with me. I’d still recommend checking out Backyard Babies’ Total 13 album - what Oasis would sound like if they walked the walk as well as talked the talk

[@leomomento1901]

Backyard who ?

[@ryangraves1397]

@@ohiosoundsgood I would have to take a hard disagree. Love them or hate them they had magic in the 90’s. One thing to do is look past all there “popular songs” and look at some of the less known ones. They have B-Sides that bands would die to create. Also I don’t really think there were many bands in the same era that produced music like Oasis, Oasis made true rock music, by the time Oasis came around, grunge was dying, rap had begun growing, and they stepped up and brought in some real rock. And as to the backyard babies album, they aren’t for me, however if you want to here some Oasis that has more punk to them, listen to Headshrinker, Fade Away and Up in the Sky

[@ohiosoundsgood]

@@ryangraves1397 well just have to agree to disagree dude. Don’t get me wrong, I like some of Oasis’ songs - Stand By Me is a great tune. But I don’t get the hype surrounding them. And I guess I never will! I’ll still have a listen to those songs you mentioned though. And if I can have the final word: Northern Uproar - who also came from Manchester and played guitar music / Britpop - should have enjoyed the success Oasis did.

[@msgretrogamer]

I kind of like the sound, but it's not as good as the version we ended up with, there's just something missing.