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Noel Gallagher has revealed that he has dozens of unreleased songs from his time in Oasis and his subsequent solo career.
Speaking to John Wilson as part of Radio 4's Mastertapes, the singer, who was the main songwriter for Oasis, said: "I've had a stockpile of songs since 1993. I've never written for a specific project, I've never been in the studio with less than 30 songs. I've just recorded an album, but I've still got another 30 songs."
He continued, "We were using five, but I was still writing 15, 20 songs, so there's loads of stuff left over from those days. Albums and albums worth of material. Because you move so fast as a writer, and you can only really do ten songs on an album at a time, lots get left behind."
It's not quite clear whether these superfluous songs were ever actually recorded, or merely remained in the written stages.
In the same interview, Gallagher discussed U2's recent decision to give away their new album to all iTunes users: "I don't agree with music being given away for free," he said, "because it costs a lot of money to make a record. Look, [U2] obviously don't need the money, good for them, but it's not something that I would ever consider…"
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