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Anyone Ocean Colour Scene our mastertapes? OCS lose early recordings
afuture1 by Andrew Future May 24th, 2004
Ocean Colour Scene have had a number of early mastertapes stolen from a lock up in Birmingham.

The Britpop outfit were a prominent force in the mid-to-late 1990s - 'The Riverboat Song' was used repeatedly on TFI Friday to introduce guests - have had the masters for that very song and many others stolen.

OCS, who recently lost original bassist Damon Minchella, are now derided for being dull and backward. Fellow Britpop survivors Oasis seem to be applauded for the same traits and are due to headline Glastonbury in June.

Ocean Colour Scene are scheduled to play the Nokia-sponsored Isle of Wight Festival this summer.

DiScuss: To those who hate OCS - have you honestly never owned one of their records?



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