Oasis - J.I.L.Y. (1996)

The Oasis tour is finally upon us, and so for any fans who didn't manage to get tickets, here's a little something to ease the pain - the legendary 1996 unreleased live album 'J.I.L.Y.'. The story is that they recorded their gig at Cardiff International Arena in Wales on 19th March 1996 with the intention of releasing it as a live album. However, by this time they knew they were going to play Knebworth and that kind of took over the line of thought, so this album was shelved at Creation for release after the Knebworth gig. They played Knebworth, but then got dragged out to America and so the live album remained shelved. When they returned to the UK, it was decided that after such a successful year it was better to release a 'tour highlights' style video, so '...There And Then' was issued instead, as the biggest shows of the tour had also been filmed. After that they went into the studio to record 'Be Here Now', and so once again it wasn't really the right time to release a live album. By the time anyone realized 'J.I.L.Y.' was still sat on the shelf, other Oasis gigs had become legendary and more sought after: Earls Court, Maine Road, Knebworth, so it was eventually leaked online as a bootleg. That bootleg was good enough as it was, with the sound quality being some of the best you'll ever hear, but Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissued it, and corrected some errors from the original release, such as splitting 'Round Are Way / Up In The Sky' and 'Morning Glory' into separate tracks, and so what we have now is subtly subtitled 'The Perfect Edition'. 

Track listing

01 The Swamp Song
02 Acquiesce
03 Supersonic
04 Hello
05 Some Might Say
06 Roll With It
07 Shakermaker
08 Round Are Way / Up In The Sky
09 Morning Glory
10 Cigarettes & Alcohol
11 Champagne Supernova
12 Whatever / Octopus's Garden (Acoustic)
13 Wonderwall (Acoustic)
14 Slide Away (Acoustic)
15 Don't Look Back In Anger
16 Live Forever
17 I Am The Walrus

For reasons known only to the band and their label, 'J.I.L.Y.' stands for 'Jesus I Love You'.