Taking Care of Your Oasis Vinyl

I personally love Oasis vinyl. Everything is just bigger! Plus if you play your vinyl (some people just collect it) you get that sound only a record can get you. Here are some tips on keeping your Oasis albums tip top:

• Get good quality inner sleeves. If the album is valuable, you'll obviously want to keep the original inner sleeve. However, a lot of older sleeves are poorly made, damaged or missing. Good LP sleeves can help protect your vinyl. Paper sleeves are fine as long as you handle your vinyl with some care. You can store the LP, in a new sleeve, along with the original sleeve in the record jacket.
• If your LP is valuable, store it in an outer poly sleeve to protect it from wear.
• Hold vinyl albums by the edges. This keeps grease or dirt from your fingers from getting into the grooves.
• After playing a vinyl LP, put it back in its sleeve.
• Store your vinyl albums vertically, meaning that they should not be stacked flat, or leaning significantly. If your vinyl is stored correctly, it should be easy to pull out any album, without it being wedged in. Storing records too tightly or wedged in will wear a ring on the cover. Stacking or leaning your records can bend the vinyl over time, leading to warping.
• Store vinyl albums in a cool dry area. Old records are usually stored in a basement, attic or garage, which are about the worst places possible. A closet or shelf away from a window is a good place. Excessive moisture can lead to mold on the vinyl and the labels.
• Avoid temperature extremes. Heat can warp LPs.
• Check your turntable occasionally to ensure that it is setup correctly. The stylus should not be worn or pressing too hard into the grooves. -www.dj-equipment-news.com

Info Sunday: Rock n Roll Star

ROCK N ROLL STAR

Record: Spring 1994
Length: 5:23
Label: Creation Records
Writer: Noel Gallagher
Producer: Mark Coyle & Owen Morris

It is the opening track from their record breaking debut album Definitely Maybe and like all songs from this era, it was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The lyrics allude to an ordinary person who gets dressed up to hit the town in order to feel like a star. Noel said that "Rock 'n' Roll Star" was one of only three songs of which he wanted to say something. "I've pretty much summed up everything I wanted to say in "Rock 'n' Roll Star", "Live Forever" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol", after that I'm repeating myself, but in a different way". It has become a fan favourite and is usually played to open up the band's concerts.

It was released as a radio single in America. The song's video consists of clips of the band performing the song from their Live by the Sea gig, interspersed with clips of them on Southend Pier, in and around the amusement park, 'Adventure Island' then named 'Peter Pan's Playground' and in the bowling alley which was located on Southend Pier before it burnt down in June 1995.

The song was featured on the band's 2000 live album and DVD, Familiar to Millions, and another live version was recorded at a 2 July 2005 concert at the City of Manchester Stadium and released on the band's single "Let There Be Love" in late 2005.

The song opens Oasis' compilation album Stop the Clocks, released in November 2006. In an interview about the song choices for the album, Noel commented: "it's probably my best ever song".

It is also included in the European version of the music video game Rock Band, while it is also available for the Rock Band series as a downloadable song. The version of the song available for this series of music video games includes an extended outro and even a second guitar solo uncovered from the master recording extending the song roughly to six minutes (the album version features a fade-out with feedback instead). -Wikipedia

Oasis Fans Now

Its been a while since that faithful day in August, Oasis fans had had a lot of time to process what has happened. I have been sorting through forums, chatting with follow fans and have broken down where most Oasis fans are now...see if you fall into one of these categories:

Team Noel: Their love for Noel was always apparent, but now its taken over. These fans are secretly (or not so secretly) happy that Noel left and are eagerly awaiting his solo album. Most of them now admit they always thought Liam was a moron.

Team Liam: Just like their Noel counterparts their love for Liam has always been there. The are now cheering the absence of Gallagher Sr. and are eagerly awaiting to see what Liam will do.

Team Denial: Yes these fans just can't see to get past it. As long as Noel and Liam are alive they will hold out hope. They really aren't Oasis fans anymore, they ignore everything non Gallagher brothers and have more then not moved on sadly to something else.

Team Hope: These fans are excited, with Liam making an album and Noel as well... they are hopeful of the fact they will be getting TWO albums not one. They look to the future anxious to see what the Gallaghers will do on their own.

Team Mad: These fans are still angry, they respond negative to anything outside of Oasis. They will not buy any solo records, they are likely to be mad for a very long time.

What team are you on? Did I forget a team? Let me know :)

Oasis Christmas Shopping

Yay I am back! Tis the season right! Here are some OFG pick for your Oasisy gift giving:

Oasisinet 50% off tee shirts
Call it a going out of business sale (lol) still the tees are awesome and they are a lot of them to choose
from!









Oasis bag: How stylish is this?! awesome guy or girl this on my Christmas list!














Pretty Green: Just one of my favorite things at Pretty Green I love this jacket, if I had the cash my husband would be getting this for Christmas! If you can afford it I would go for it!

The Queen of All I've Seen

Lyla Anne was born November 16, 2009 at 5:23pm 8lbs and 20 inches! :)

OFG Hiatus 11/5- 11/30

I am currently having or had a baby! Please hang in there without me, until I can get everything settled with a newborn in the house! I have programed a couple of posts for my hiatus so play stay tuned I will be back! Stay tuned for baby photos as well!

Oasis: A Year On The Road

I know am supposed to be on hiatus, but today at work a follow co-worker bounded out of her office yeilding "Oasis: A Year On the Road". This would make more sense if you know I work at a library and I could not believe that my little old library had an Oasis book I did not have! For I was unaware that this book is availble at US Amazon for $24.95! So go now buy it!