Oasis halts auction of '90s Gallagher recordings

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Stop the auction of recordings made by the Gallagher brothers in the 90s and collected by Owain Richards, son of their sound engineer from their first album Definitely, Maybe until 2001. The BBC has confirmed the legal action taken by Oasis to block the initiative of the auction house Littleton Auctions. Ben Homer, Managing Director of the auction house, commented: “Littleton Auctions confirms that the Oasis recordings known as The Desk Tapes have been withdrawn from the auction on 3 October following ongoing legal proceedings.”

Homer added: “We are very sorry that we cannot offer this important archive as planned.” Richards commented: “It is true that Oasis sued me and my father to try to prevent the auctioning of the tapes my father made many years ago.” At the moment Noel and Liam Gallagher have not released official statements regarding the legal action. Ben Homer concluded: "The remainder of the sale will not be affected and will take place as normal. We respect the legal process and will make no further comments on the matter at this stage."