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Definitely Maybe was released on DVD on September 6th 2004 to mark the tenth anniversary of its original release. It went triple platinum in the UK. The DVD featured an hour-long documentary about the recording of the album featuring rare and contemporary interviews with the band and its associates. Also included was the album in its entirety, which included "Sad Song", which was originally only released on the UK vinyl version of the album and also on the Japanese CD edition. Other content included live and TV performances of the albums twelve tracks, and the promo videos to "Supersonic" (UK & US versions), "Shakermaker", "Live Forever" (UK & US versions), "Cigarettes & Alcohol" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star".

A limited-edition release in the UK and Ireland included a bonus DVD containing more live footage and anecdotes.

There was also an accompanying made-for-TV documentary, entitled There We Were, Now Here We Are...: The Making Of Oasis. This was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK at 11:30pm on Friday, September 3, three days before the release of the Definitely Maybe DVD. The programme combined existing and unused interview footage from the DVD documentary and focused on the origins of the band, and the four singles from Definitely Maybe. It also included a very rare clip of "All Around the World" performed live at a rehearsal session in the Boardwalk in 1992, five years before it was eventually recorded and released on Be Here Now.

The DVD received the NME award for Best DVD, beating Nirvana’s With the Lights Out, Pixies’ Pixies, Scissor Sisters’ We Are Scissor Sisters and So Are You and The White Stripes’ Under Blackpool Lights.

Extra Content

Hidden Story Segments

Accessed by playing album's audio on disc one and pressing 'Down' on the following tracks:

"Rock 'n' Roll Star": a story about Liam wanting all sorts of strange instruments on the recording.

"Live Forever": about the choice of Live Forever as the vital 3rd track on the album. Includes a surprise revelation about who sung the vocals on a certain part of the song...

"Supersonic": a segment called Musical Theory — an anecdote by Noel.

"Cigarettes & Alcohol": about Noel's neighbour, who was sick of hearing the song.

"Slide Away": a segment called Definitely Maybe?? — revealing the inspiration behind the title.

"Married with Children": a short piece about Guigsy.

Directors' Commentaries

Heard by pressing 'Audio' on the US versions of "Supersonic" and "Live Forever" and the regular UK versions of "Shakermaker" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol" promo videos. (Some of the commentaries don't start until about a minute into the song.)

Alternative Promo Videos
By default, the DVD plays the US versions of "Supersonic" and "Live Forever". To see the UK versions, press 'Angle' once the videos start.

Other Stuff

Wibbling Rivalry: when "Married with Children" ends, the screen will go black for a few seconds. At this time, (and before "Sad Song" starts), press 'down' on your remote, and you'll hear extracts from the infamous Wibbling Rivalry interview.

"Sad Song": the version of the song on the DVD is slightly different to the original version released in 1994. When Noel sings, "Throwing it all away / don't throw it all away", the vocal is double-tracked. No-one outside of the Oasis camp knows why this was done for the DVD release, but if you want to have the original version, you'll have to get the UK vinyl or the Japanese CD edition of Definitely Maybe, or the Japanese CD edition of the "Don't Go Away" single.

Source: Wikipedia

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