Neil Westwater and Adam White from The Vinyl Whistle Record Store in Headingley reflect on the impact of Oasis ahead of the band's reunion.
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00:00I'm Neil Westwater, the owner of the Vinyl Whistles record store, heading Leeds.
00:04And I'm Adam White, the store and events manager.
00:07I can't remember when I first heard of Oasis, I guess it was probably from
00:11Melody Maker Music Magazine, but I remember I bought Supersonic on the day it came out, so
00:16I was definitely aware of them from the start. Getting all the early 12 inches,
00:20and then the albums as they came out, and then building up to going to see them at Nedworth in
00:241996.
00:26I'm obviously a little bit younger than Neil. I can remember sort of when I was
00:31maybe around seven or eight, I can remember Dad badly playing guitar.
00:35I can remember him playing Morning Glory and going, oh I quite like that one.
00:39And when I sort of got a bit older, sort of discovered who Oasis were,
00:44but unfortunately they'd split by then.
00:47I think it was a lot easier to get tickets in those days, no dynamic pricing.
00:50I can't remember how much a ticket was, but I'm guessing it was probably more like about
00:53£30 or something.
00:55But yeah, I remember being excited driving down from Leicester where I was living at the time,
01:01and I guess you had a feeling of a moment in time about it really,
01:03you kind of knew it was special on that front,
01:05and they had loads of great bands supporting them as well, so it was a magical day really.
01:10Liam did two shows at Nedworth himself, what, last year, year before?
01:15Which shows obviously, there's still the appetite for it.
01:18Me and a lot of my friends have seen both of them live, both the brothers.
01:22I can remember seeing Noel do Champagne Soup and Over Life.
01:25That was at an age where I was very sort of malleable to music,
01:29and I remember going, wow, this is brilliant.
01:31I think because of the sibling rivalry, and I guess splitting when they did,
01:37I guess it's kind of created that higher level of interest in them above the music,
01:42I guess the whole fashion about them, the whole scene around them.
01:46That's kind of continued in social media these days,
01:48whereas I guess if it was the 60s or 70s,
01:50it probably would have been more behind closed doors,
01:53but I guess it's, yeah, I suppose it's been an interesting spot,
01:56and I guess it's going to be quite interesting to see
01:58how they react towards one another when they're on stage to get through again.
02:02There's three bands and artists that sort of got me into music.
02:06It was The Beatles, it was Bob Marley, and it was Oasis
02:09that sort of first grabbed me and went, wow, this is brilliant.
02:13So obviously when I saw that it was happening,
02:17it consumed me for the best part of the week.
02:20I was fortunate enough to get a pre-sale link,
02:23so I didn't quite have the stress that a lot of my mates had.
02:27For people of my age and a little bit younger, like, this is it,
02:32this is Oasis for us, you know, we didn't see them in 96.
02:37So this is as close to the real thing we're getting.
02:39So we're also now just trying to gauge that level of interest
02:41in how much it's going to last.
02:43I think I accidentally ordered twice the amount of Oasis records that I went to,
02:48and actually it's probably going to be fine,
02:50we're going to sell them all.
02:50So, you know, whether it's represses,
02:52or we've got a few, you know, secondhand copies,
02:55originals from the 90s.
02:57Yeah, I think that interest will remain.