Some might pay: Noel Gallagher guitar used to write Oasis’s second album to be auctioned
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What to know about Some might pay: Noel Gallagher guitar used to write Oasis’s second album to be auctioned
Incredibly, some critics were lukewarm about Oasis’s second album, with one calling it “laboured and lazy” and another dismissing it as a “marginally less hook-laden reprise” of their debut.
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What happened
Incredibly, some critics were lukewarm about Oasis’s second album, with one calling it “laboured and lazy” and another dismissing it as a “marginally less hook-laden reprise” of their debut.
Why it matters
went on to become the bestselling British album of the 90s and a guitar Noel Gallagher used to write it will, Sotheby’s has announced, be a star lot of its April rock and pop sale.
Common ground
Gallagher’s signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar will feature alongside a handwritten lyric sheet for Don’t Look Back in Anger and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar used by Gallagher for a decade.
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Read the original article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/07/some-might-pay-noel-gallagher-guit…
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.
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Claim 1: “The Los Angeles Times called it 'The Battle of Britain'”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm The Los Angeles Times' 'Battle of Britain' reference.
Claim 2: “The Guardian sent out reporters to talk to fans in record shops to assess who was winning the chart battle between Oasis’s Roll With It and Blur’s Country House”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm The Guardian's 1995 report on the Britpop battle.
Claim 3: “The guitar will feature alongside a handwritten lyric sheet for Don’t Look Back in Anger and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar used by Gallagher for a decade”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm details about the guitar auction lot.
Claim 4: “Online bidding for the auction opens on 9 April”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 5: “The Wall Street Journal, in January 1996, declared: 'There is no sitting on the fence. Either you are a Blur fan or you are for Oasis.'”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm The Wall Street Journal's 1996 quote about Britpop fandom.
Claim 6: “The album was recorded in just 15 days”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the 15-day recording timeline.
Claim 7: “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? went on to become the bestselling British album of the 90s”
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Wikipedia entries mention the album's release, production, and track details but do not provide sales data or comparative rankings as claimed. No other sources (cross-references or web search) were found to corroborate the best-selling British album claim.
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— (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What's_the_Story)_Morning_Glo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(What's_the_Story)_Morning_Glo…
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— "Morning Glory" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher and included on the band's second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, in September 1995. It was given a commer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_(Oasis_song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_(Oasis_song)
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— Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose taxonomy and systematics remain in flux. These species a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glory
Claim 8: “Sotheby’s has announced that Gallagher’s signed Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic guitar will be a star lot of its April rock and pop sale”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm Sotheby's announcement about Gallagher's guitar.
Claim 9: “It sold a phenomenal 350,000 copies in its first week of release in October 1995”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the 350,000 first-week sales figure.
Claim 10: “Roll With It, also on the album, was a major player in that summer’s 'Battle of Britpop' rivalry with Blur”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm 'Roll With It's role in the 1995 Britpop rivalry.
Claim 11: “It would go on to sell 22m, making it one of the top 50 of all time”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the 22 million sales figure or top-50 ranking.
Claim 12: “The guitar was given by Gallagher to a roadie and it was bought from them by the person selling it”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 13: “The guitar, which is being auctioned for the first time, has an estimate of $60,000-$80,000 (£45,000-£60,000)”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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