Noel Gallagher On Final Abbey Road Sessions

Noel Gallagher has revealed that Oasis were forced to pay for their final album in cash.

Oasis are well known for their Beatles fixation, so dates in Abbey Road should have been a dream combination. However sessions at the famous studio ended in disaster in 1997 when the group were banned from the building.

Too noisy, the owners argued and they could have had a point - the resulting album 'Be Here Now' bore all the signs of being constructed during a cocaine binge. Eventually deciding to return to Abbey Road almost a decade later, Oasis were allowed back in on one condition: that they pay up front and in cash.

A little extreme? Perhaps. Speaking in advance of the band's new singles collection, Noel Gallagher explained the move. "We decided to go back to Abbey Road, after being kicked out during the (1997 album) 'Be Here Now' sessions for being a bit wild," he said.

"They let us back in, but we had to pay in cash" he explained. "If they threw us out we lost all the money."

However the sessions resulted in 'Dig Out Your Soul' the most successful Oasis album in a decade. Rising to the Stateside Top Ten, the album was a fine way for the Manchester legends to end their career.

"We were in the studio for five weeks or something. I wrote 'The Shock Of The Lightning' and 'Falling Down' in one weekend just at home sitting at home."

Forthcoming compilation 'Time Flies' contains all of the band's singles. A renowned singles band, Oasis of course littered the releases with demos, unheard tracks and exclusive B-sides some of which were even better than the lead track.

Oasis are set to release 'Time Flies... 1994 - 2009' on June 14th.