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DESERT ISLAND DISCS: NOEL GALLAGHER (320kbs-m4a/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 19th July 2015
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the musician, Noel Gallagher.
He was the principal songwriter of the band Oasis - his younger brother, Liam was the lead singer. Born to Irish parents, as a child he spent his summers visiting his mother's family in rural County Mayo, in sharp contrast to the Manchester council estate where they lived. He taught himself to play the guitar and loved music: he was road manager for the Inspiral Carpets before joining Liam in Oasis.
Their debut album in 1994 marked the beginning of the band's rise to fame as part of the Britpop movement. In 1996 they played in front of 250,000 fans over two consecutive nights at Knebworth and following the Labour landslide in 1997, Noel attended what became known as the Cool Britannia party held in Downing Street by Tony Blair. Oasis won six BRIT Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards before disbanding in August 2009.
He's since formed his own band - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
Producer: Cathy Drysdale.
Be My Baby by The Ronettes - CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE
On the Road by Jack Kerouac - BOOK CHOICE
Guitar and plectrum - LUXURY ITEM
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Virgin]
David Bowie - Let's Dance [EMI]
Pink Floyd - Nobody Home [EMI]
The Smiths - Hand In Glove [Warner]
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Original Mix) [CD Pool]
U2 - With Or Without You [Island]
The Ronettes - Be My Baby [ABKCO]
The Beatles - Ticket To Ride [Parlophone]
NOEL GALLAGHER'S PAUL WELLER PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th May 2024
A Playlist selected and hosted by Noel Gallagher spanning Paul Weller's career from The Jam to recent releases interspersed with personal recollections, anecdotes and impressions. The programme also includes highlights from The Jam recorded live during what Noel Gallagher describes as their 'imperious phase' at the Rainbow Theatre in 1979 & the Golders Green Hipodrome in 1981.
The Jam - Start! [Polygram Tv]
The Jam - That's Entertainment [Polydor]
The Jam - A Town Called Malice [Polydor]
The Jam - Shopping [UMC]
The Jam - No One In The World [UMC]
The Style Council - Speak Like A Child [Polydor]
The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods [Polydor]
The Style Council - Shout To The Top [Polydor]
The Style Council - It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands [Polydor]
The Paul Weller Movement - Into Tomorrow [Island]
Paul Weller - Wild Wood [Island]
Paul Weller - Broken Stones [Island]
Paul Weller - Push It Along [Universal]
Paul Weller - Have You Made Up Your Mind [Island]
Paul Weller - White Horses [Parlophone]
The Jam - It's Too Bad (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - Thick As Thieves (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - Away From The Numbers (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - Butterfly Collector (Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979)
The Jam - The Gift (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - In The Crowd (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Pretty Green (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Absolute Beginners (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Tales From The Riverbank (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Circus (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
The Jam - Boy About Town (Golders Green Hippodrome 1981)
FIRST AND LAST - NOEL GALLAGHER ON SONGWRITING (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 4th December 2022
In this episode of the second series of First & Last, legendary musician and songwriter Noel Gallagher shares his unique song-writing journey with Cerys Matthews, beginning with the Oasis hit Supersonic and finishing with Pretty Boy from the latest Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album. Listeners will follow the journey between these two songs, hearing about Noel's inspirations, creative process and what he's learnt about song-writing, and himself, along the way.
Noel says: 'There are no rules to this. There's no one to say, this is how you do it. It's just how you're expressing something that's within you. Who knows what that is. Who knows why I picked up the guitar in the first place. I'm just glad that I did.'
Noel Gallagher was the chief songwriter, lead guitarist and co-vocalist of rock band Oasis, after which he formed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. He is the writer of eight UK number-one singles, and widely considered to be one of the most influential songwriters in the history of British rock music.
MASTERTAPES SERIES 4 - 10. NOEL GALLAGHER (THE B-SIDE) (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 7th October 2021
John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 10, the B-side. Having discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his first studio album since leaving Oasis, Noel Gallagher responds to questions from the audience, performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album and looks forward to his next musical project "Chasing Yesterday" due out in 2015.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
MASTERTAPES SERIES 4 - 9. NOEL GALLAGHER (THE A-SIDE) (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 6th October 2021
John Wilson continues with the latest series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 9, A-side. 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' with Noel Gallagher
In 2009 Noel Gallagher left Oasis – one of the seminal bands of the Britpop era with seven multi-platinum albums including: 'Definitely Maybe', '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' and 'Be Here Now' – which became the fastest selling album in UK chart history. Two years later Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also went to Number 1 in the UK with tracks like "Everybody's On the Run", "AKA... What A Life!" and "The Death of You and Me". Praised for its psychedelic tinges and eternal themes of love, loss and hope, it's been described as the best collection of songs "since his Morning Glory days".
With tracks inspired by New Orleans ragtime rhythms and Ennio Morricone-like strings, it put paid to rumours that its creator entered into a state of inertia after the end of Oasis. Noel Gallagher said of the album: "I won't criticize anything about Oasis because I loved being in that band and I was in charge of it, but there was always the feeling: how will this go down in Wembley, with 70,000 people braying for good times? This time I didn't have to think about that. I've got a guy playing wine glasses on one song, a saw on another. This is not Oasis."
Producer: Paul Kobrak
ALL BACK TO MINE - NOEL GALLAGHER (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th August 2019
Noel Gallagher talks to Sean Rowley about the music that has shaped him. Sean visits Noel at home and lets him talk about his life and some of the music that has influenced him.
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Virgin]
Sugar Bear - Don't Scandalize Mine [Champion]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Supersonic [Big Brother]
Bee Gees - Earnest Of Being George [Polydor]
The Beatles - It's All Too Much [Parlophone]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 9 - 1. NOEL GALLAGHER (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 30th January 2018
Noel Gallagher shares the musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2015.
He remembers his first exposure to music (country and western and Irish bands such as Dermot Hegarty and Big Tom & the Mainliners) and the way football terrace anthems inspired him. He chats about the impact of the Sex Pistols, the Dammed, Leo Sayer (honestly) and his passion for the holy trinity of the Smiths, the Stone Roses and the Jam (and he may well mention the Beatles)
He also looks back on the very first Oasis rehearsal ("Mindblowing") and gig ("Great"), the difficult birth of their debut album Definitely Maybe and the all-important issue of what length your guitar strap should be. He also recalls his visit to Paul McCartney's meditation bubble, what it's like becoming so famous that when you get a haircut it ends up on the front pages of the tabloids ("the whole business is one huge joke"), as well as his realisation that Oasis had come to the end of the road and his feelings about stepping up to become a solo artist.
And, as you would expect, he's as charismatic, honest and funny as ever.
Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol [Creation]
Oasis - She's Electric [Creation]
Dermot Hegarty - Love Is Teasing [Harp]
Big Tom & The Mainliners - Before I Met You [MCA]
Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On [Polygram TV]
Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver [Columbia]
Sex Pistols - Bodies [Shout! Factory]
The Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat [Big Beat]
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon [Revolver]
Oasis - Live Forever [Big Brother]
Oasis - Columbia [Creation]
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? [Rhino]
The Beatles - She Loves You [Apple]
The Smokin' Mojo Filters - Come Together [Go! Discs]
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Radio 1 Top Gear, 1 Jul 1968)
Oasis - Morning Glory [Creation]
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - The Death Of You And Me [Sour Mash]
Real McCoy - I Get So Excited [Sanctuary]
