Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds ‘Back The Way We Came’ unboxing video

Fascinating track-by-track guide by Noel: https://youtu.be/zMhcfPa3d3E

If needed it proves an artist has a different view on his own songs, and why they were selected for this compilation, as much (or more) on the creation of it and not just the end result.

It’s nice enough. Pricey though. Agree about the book. Noel usually has a lot to say so it’s a shame he couldn’t cobble a few words together for this! A DVD would’ve been nice. I’d ask for a hi res option, but it probably wouldn’t sound great anyway.

Another cash grab is the RSD colour vinyl version of the double LP. Its release just happens to coincide with the album’s actual release, so it is in effect just another variant of a new album release. Except they call it a RSD release and the price goes up because as we know each RSD release has a price mark up compared to “normal” releases. This release is £10 more than its equivalent black vinyl issue. And to top it off it is limited to 11,000 copies which is what they would have pressed if the album was released away from RSD. But hey its RSD so lets jack the price up accordingly.

Yeah, the book looks pretty lame as a document of 10 years as a solo artist. He could have taken more images from his photo book Any Road Will Get Us There as that’s infinately more interesting than this.

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Great unboxing video. Thanks. Very honest. This box is just for fans.

A very honest unboxing video, Paul. I did enjoy the way you chucked the 7″ single back in the box near the end – that was about as much as it deserved, to be fair.

Oddly enough the time I really felt like the most minimum of minimum effort had been applied was another Gallagher. Rory. The Limited Edition (300 sets) box of reissues from 2018. It was 15 Lps and each one was in it’s shrink wrap exactly as a normal retail version and the slip box was literally just that, a slip box with a number, no other booklet… a picture on the front, a picture on the back and that was it.

Noel gallagher is a formidable songwriter and a reasonable musician
he is not a natural clothes horse and not worthy of a photospread
He also seems to view his customer base as eminently fleeceable.
Not this time sir, your back catalogue is not as good as oasis and you
don’t deserve this pumped up retrospective. Pass !

Not sure about that photo – it might make sense if he was as good-looking as Phil Collins, perhaps…

As you say , looks like a minimum-effort cash-grab . Even Noel Gallagher’s mother wouldn’t want a whole book of photos of Noel Gallagher.

I hadn’t realised this, but the book is exactly the same as the £15 3cd version. It’s just blown up to vinyl size, rather than cd size.

The whole release is disappointing. The lack of enticing extras (I already have half the deluxe extra tracks) is a real turnoff. I would normally pick up the super deluxe version but couldn’t justify this one in any way at all due to its extreme laziness (exemplified by that rubbish packaging for the extra material in that box). Casual fans aren’t going to stump up £80 for the super deluxe, so it’s aimed at mugs like me who have previously picked up the deluxe editions of both Oasis and NG stuff, only with no care at all as to the contents. A real cynical cashgrab.

So instead I bought the coloured vinyl on RSD because it’s at least a beautiful thing, and got the deluxe edition as lossless FLAC downloads from 7 Digital for £3.49 (still at that price, weirdly) just to get the handful of tracks I don’t already own.