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It's happened again! At least two tracks that are rumored to be included on Oasis' forthcoming studio album have been leaked online. In addition, demo versions of a handful of tracks from the band's last studio album, Don't Believe The Truth, have also found their way on to the web and into the hands of rabid Oasis fans around the world.

Previously unheard by none other than a few select people on May 3, 2003 at the Zanzibar Club in Liverpool, where Noel Gallagher made an appearance and tested out some new music, is the track "Stop The Clocks". This was amongst those tracks leaked today, and is not to be confused with the band's recent "best of" album by the same name.

The "Stop The Clocks" song has been a much talked about track ever since Noel mentioned it and others claimed to have heard it. A recording of the Zanzibar gig was also rumored to be floating around, but those in possession of it refused to share it with other fans.

Other new songs leaked that are rumored to be on the upcoming album are "Nothing On Me" and "Record Machine". "Nothing On Me" is a Liam Gallagher sung track with a sort of John Lennon vibe to it. Q Magazine had previously described "Record Machine" as a "10 minute psychedelic epic". The version released online is much shorter than 10 minutes at 4:30 in length, but definitely still has that psychedelic, epic feeling to it.

Also released online today were several demo versions of songs on the band's last studio album, Don't Believe The Truth. These tracks include:

* A Bell Will Ring
* Eyeball Tickler
* Lord Don't Slow Me Down (Liam Vocal)
* Love Like A Bomb
* Meaning of Soul


This is not the first time that unreleased songs and demos have found their way onto the web just months before an impending new Oasis album release. In 2005, the entire Don't Believe The Truth album was leaked online. First there were some short, tantalizing snippets of the new songs that gave fans a taste of what was to come. And then, shortly thereafter the full uncut versions of the songs were made available after an iTunes snafu which saw the album made available for purchase in Germany long before its scheduled release date. Oops!

The album before that, Heathen Chemistry, was also leaked online one warm spring day months before its release. The record company was quick to react to the posting of these songs, and as soon as the songs went up, they were coming right back down. But it had gotten into enough hands, and spread like wildfire anyways.

Standing On The Shoulder of Giants, Oasis' fourth studio album, also did not escape an early, unplanned online leak. Tracks from this album found their way on the web several months in advance of the album's release.

In the age of the Internet, it has become commonplace for entire albums to be leaked online ahead of their retail release dates. Oasis has not been immune to this, and may actually even secretly embrace it as often times, unlike other bands, the tracks released are usually demos and differ slightly from the studio versions.

If past patterns play out, we may soon see more new Oasis songs making their way online.

Source: www.clevelandleader.com

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