Oasis The Masterplan LP/Vinyl

THE MASTERPLAN is a collection of Oasis B-sides of UK singles and EPs. Oasis: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Bonehead, Alan White. Additional personnel: Paul Weller. Includes liner notes by Paul Du Noyer. After proving their staying power with 1997's BE HERE NOW, Oasis culls together b-sides and tracks which were previously available only as imports in the US on THE MASTERPLAN. This aptly titled collection fleshes out the legend, going back to older b-sides like Fade Away and (It's Good) To Be Free and newer flip-sides like Stay Young. Opening with explosive live favorite Acquiesce, THE MASTERPLAN will satiate the rabid completist but, with tracks as powerful as the slow-building anthem Half the World Away, it's also sure to convert any newcomers. The ambitious (though, truth be told, not surprising) live cover choice of I Am The Walrus rounds out this energetic, often unexpected chapter in the story of this modern pop phenomenon.