London record store owners on Oasis return

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We speak to some local record store owners, and fans of Oasis about the band, different vinyl records and what they think of the return.

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00:00Yeah, I was a massive Oasis fan. I went to Nebworth, which is like the famous gig they did was about 300,000 I think.

00:09And I went to, I saw them, it was cool as well. Yeah, and I loved them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they were like,

00:17I just felt there was something really different and there was just a buzz around them.

00:21Yeah, so I was a big Oasis fan back in the day.

00:24These are like, they're like CD box sets that are singles from Definitely Maybe and singles from What's The Story, Morning Glory.

00:30So, and these came into the shop a few weeks ago. I think they're quite, they're quite rare.

00:34We have had some quite rare Oasis vinyl in here as well.

00:38We had Familiar to Millions, which is really rare, which unfortunately we sold a couple of weeks ago.

00:43Familiar to Millions, we sold that for four, six, five, which is, yeah, I mean a lot of money.

00:48And it was quite, it came in with a collection about a year and a half ago.

00:51And was that after or before the announcement?

00:54That was before the announcement. That had been in the shop for about a year.

00:57So I think there was, there has been an interest online, so I think we sold that.

01:01Due to obviously what's going on with Oasis now.

01:04But, you know, generally we've got all the reissues in stock.

01:08They sort of sell steadily, I wouldn't have said since the announcement,

01:12about their, obviously they've got back together.

01:15It's made a massive amount of difference for us as a shop.

01:18So I'm a bit older than Oasis.

01:21So I was collecting records in the very late 70s, and I've never stopped.

01:26But, yeah, Oasis came along obviously in the very early 90s.

01:30And I remember seeing them at the venue in New Cross,

01:35when they, I think they'd only brought out maybe one or two of their singles.

01:39I don't think the first album had come out at that stage.

01:42And you knew there was something special about this band.

01:45They were already, they were being hyped about the attitude between two brothers.

01:50But the music seemed to be quite interesting as well.

01:54This was pre-Britpop, it was just, it seemed to be a throwback to the 60s and 70s.

02:00What do you think of them coming, what do you think of the comeback?

02:03Do you think it's a good thing for them, for music?

02:06I think for them, financially, it's an amazing thing.

02:11In general, I don't know.

02:14If it gets a few headlines about records and music in general, then it's a good thing.

02:21If it's all about them and just hyping them up and them making a huge amount of money,

02:29well, I'm less impressed.

02:33If I could go, I would go.

02:35But I'm not willing to pay £500 for a ticket.

02:38Like I said, I saw them back in the day.

02:40I'm sure it'll be amazing.

02:43And I think it's obviously financially motivating,

02:47but I know the people who go there will actually...

02:50Yeah, I mean, they have a fantastic life.

02:52And you know, music at the time, the first two albums,

02:55were just, yeah, they were something else.

02:57Just something really different.

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