Noel Gallagher's 'holy grail' Oasis lyric notebook could make £50,000 at auction

25 November 2023 , 19:37

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Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher (Image: Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Oasis fans will be mad for it when Noel Gallagher’s 1994 notebook goes up for auction on Tuesday.

The A4 pad, filled with ideas ahead of the band’s smash-hit second album, 1995’s (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, is likely to sell for £30,000 to £50,000.

It includes a large collection of handwritten lyrics, including a working version of 1996 hit Champagne Supernova, track ­listings and Noel’s doodles and sketches. There are even scribbled phone numbers – plus the guitarist’s ­reaction to a bizarre dream he had about his teeth falling out.

The lot also includes 24 pages removed from the book that have early lyrics for What’s The Story’s She’s Electric and Not Finished/Untitled, which became Bonehead’s Bank Holiday, plus draft words for Rockin’ Chair as well as Going Nowhere and All Around the World from Oasis’s third album, Be Here Now.

The book of lyrics

Rockin' Noel performing live on stage (Redferns)

A spokesman for Cheshire-based auctioneer Omega said: “This ­notebook is a holy grail for any Oasis collector. It is essentially an embryo of what was to become their second album.”

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He added the book is a “musical history in its finest form” and captures an important time in the history of the band, which sold 75 million records – including 22 million copies of What’s The Story.

Louise Lazell