Oasis post Mustique demo of Stand By Me

Another Mustique Demo has been released by Oasis from the expanded version of Be Here Now which is out on October 14th.

The tracks, recorded by Noel Gallagher and producer Owen Morris on the Caribbean island prior to the full band sessions which would ultimately engulf the finished album in a love-it-or-hate-it wall of indulgent noise, have long been a holy grail for fans and are the most intriguing part of the re-release which is set to be the final part of the band’s Chasing The Sun series.

Pick your way to listen to Stand By Me at this link.

In our retrospective feature on Be Here Now, we declared it an album where ‘the ethos of the group, their era and their generation – however flawed – are captured forever‘.

“For those who adore it, to question their character, their credentials as music fans, is to miss the point entirely. Like ‘Definitely Maybe’ on the day it was born, in the 21st century ‘Be Here Now’ is about escapism. A capsule packed with cherished moments that are all your own, and need no-one else’s justification.”