Oasis: Liam Gallagher’s Wonderwall tambourine sold

A tambourine used in the recording of the Oasis (What’s The Story) album Morning Glory was auctioned for seven times its estimate.

Liam Gallagher used the instrument on the hits Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova before throwing it out after recording in Monmouthshire in 1995.

The album defined the era of Britpop and sold more than 22 million copies.

Now the Morning Glory engineer has sold the tambourine, which had a target price of £ 300-500, for £ 3,600 at auction.

“The tambourine was used during the recording of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory,” said Nick Brine, head of sound on the record.

“He was pretty battered at the end of the session and was about to be thrown away. But I claimed it.”

The tambourine was sold to an internet bidder at Hansons Auctions in Derbyshire who wanted “the opportunity to own a slice of British rock history”.

“The price took my breath away, his musical pedigree proved irresistible to bidders,” said Hansons music memorabilia evaluator Josh McCarthy

The band traveled to Rockfield Studio in 1995 to record the new album, where Nick was a sound engineer.

It was voted the best album of the last 30 years at the Brit Awards and one of the best-selling albums of all time, while the hit Wonderwall was the first song of the 90s to reach a billion streams on Spotify.

“That record means so much to so many people, it changed a lot of people’s lives,” said Nick, who has also worked with Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and The Stone Roses.

“It’s the record I am asked for the most. That record sums up the whole era and what the music and the bands were about.”

Nick added that the tambourine has also been used on records by Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, The Verve and Seasick Steve.

The 44-year-old also sold two tailored Oasis football shirts – one worn by Noel Gallagher at a charity football match – for £ 1,750 at the same auction after they were given to him after the Be Here Now album recording session. of the band at Abbey Road in London.