The Oasis compilation has turned 25.
The anniversary of Oasis‘ celebrated B-sides collection The Masterplan is to be marked with a remastered reissue.
Limited edition versions of the album will be out on CD, cream cassette and double vinyl formats on November 3rd, almost exactly a quarter-of-a-century on from its release in 1998 – a time when first week sales of 122,000 copies were only enough for the No.2 position on the UK Album Chart.
With a tracklist originally compiled from a fan vote (with a few vetoes from Noel Gallagher), The Masterplan remains a crucial document of the magic of early Oasis, when B-sides combined with hit singles and album tracks to make the band seem at one time invincible.
Indeed, few others can lay claim to having such a catalogue embedded in the public consciousness; cuts such as Acquiesce, Half The World Away, Talk Tonight and the title-track as much fan favourites as anything they once backed.
