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Oasis Reunion Fever Sparks Record Guitar Sale and High Court Legal Battle Over Master Tapes
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Firstpost•05-10-2026, 18:56
Oasis Reunion Fever Sparks Record Guitar Sale and High Court Legal Battle Over Master Tapes
- •Noel Gallagher's 1996 MTV Unplugged Takamine acoustic guitar sold for a record-breaking $299,376 at Propstore's London auction.
- •A separate auction in Worcestershire featured a 1997 Epiphone Supernova prototype that fetched £12,000.
- •Oasis filed a High Court legal action to successfully halt the auction of over 100 hours of unreleased 1990s live concerts and studio rehearsals known as The Desk Tapes.
- •The band's swift legal action highlights their determination to maintain strict control over their intellectual property and unreleased recording vault amidst worldwide reunion excitement.
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Noel Gallagher's Takamine acoustic guitar played during the 1996 MTV Unplugged concert sold for $299,376 at Propstore’s Spring Music Memorabilia Live Auction in London, setting a new world record for an Oasis acoustic guitar.
Oasis filed a High Court legal action to stop the sale, citing intellectual property concerns over the archive containing over 100 hours of unreleased 1990s live concerts and studio rehearsals.
The Manchester City blue Epiphone Supernova guitar was originally supplied as one of five prototypes to Noel Gallagher before being gifted to sound engineer Huw Richards, whose son later put it up for bidding.
