It was, says Oasis confidant Brian Cannon, "a meteoric rise". "It was like The Beatles. Everything just clicked and they became massive so quickly." To fans, the album's cover, with the band's ...

Some might say Oasis' first album was recorded in Wales ... was salvaged from the aborted Monnow Valley sessions. The cover picture of their debut single Supersonic was also shot at Monnow ...

former Wigan Observer photographers Gary Brunskill and Nick Fairhurst spoke about when a reporter came to them to make them aware about Oasis shooting an album cover at the top of Darlington Street.