Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 18:12:52 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Glory Box PORTISHEAD PNYC Polydor CD 314 559 424-2 MC 314 559 424-4 Out as of November 3rd After Portishead's performance at Roseland in New York City, people were quoted as saying "a truely religious experience", "mesmorizing". This live recording captures the true essence of this wonderful performance enabling every Portishead fan to re-live the experience of hearing the band perform in concert. PNYC includes the smash single "Sour Times" as well as the hauntingly beautiful tracks "Glory Box", "Mysterons", "All Mine", "Strangers", and "Only You". Track Listing 1. Humming 7. Over 2. Cowboys 8. Glory Box 3. All Mine 9. Sour Times 4. Mysterons 10. Roads 5. Only You 11. Strangers 6. Half Day Closing Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:28:37 +0100 From: Emiel Efdee Subject: PORTISHEAD "PNYC" PORTISHEAD "PNYC" Release date worldwide 2nd November 1998 and USA 3rd November 1998 In support of the group's self-titled second album the band have just completed a 10-month world tour. Both the tour and second album were christened with a special live engagement on 24 July, 1997 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City dubbed "PNYC". The one-night-only performance was an exclusive reworking of the band's tracks from both "Dummy" and "Portishead" and featured a full orchestra and horn section and filmed in front of an intimate audience. PNYC is now to be released as a special live recording capturing that evening on longform video, CD, double vinyl, cassette and special limited edition digipak in slipcase with booklet and ECD element. About the show: The Roseland performance marked the first time any of the new songs from Portishead were being performed live and rather than performing on the ballroom stage, Portishead opted for a more informal and, ultimately, more intimate setting. The band and orchestra assembled in the round directly on the ballroom floor surrounded by the audience. Says Utley of the setup, "We wanted to get more people involved in the atmosphere around us. Being in a circle, more people could see what was going on. The musicians could all look at each other and have this intimate thing." The Video: 1 Humming 2 Cowboys 3 All Mine 4 Half Day Closing 5 Over 6 Only You 7 Seven Months 8 Numb 9 Undenied 10 Mysterons 11 Sour Times 12 Elysium 13 Glory Box 14 Roads 15 Strangers 16 Western Eyes "The whole look of it was inspired by this old Gil Evans and Miles Davis film I have at home," explains Adrian Utley of Portishead. "Shots with cameras moving slowly or having to look through cymbals to see Geoff across the room. Not you usual rock n'roll camera work, we wanted it to have a slowed down, drifting across the room feeling." Interspersed among the Roseland footage are documentary scenes of Portishead and the show filmed during the week-long rehearsal and show. The video features sixteen tracks taken from "Dummy" and "Portishead" and in addition a short film "Road Trip" and an exclusive booklet with stills from the show and information on the performers. "Road Trip" directly precedes the Roseland performance and the 10-minute film is accompanied by a soundtrack comprising a mix of Portishead instrumentals spliced together by the group's touring DJ, Andy Smith. "Road Trip" was shown as the introduction to each of the group's live shows on the world tour. The Album: 1 Humming 2 Cowboys 3 All Mine 4 Mysterons 5 Only You 6 Half Day Closing 7 Over 8 Glory Box 9 Sour Times 10 Roads 11 Strangers The album contains nine tracks recorded live at the roseland show featuring the orchestra and horn section and two tracks drawn selectively from the band's 1997/98 world tour - the reworked Sour Times recorded live at the Warfield, San Francisco on April 1st 1998 and a version of Roads recorded live at the Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway on July 3rd 1998. The Digipack CD carries the short film "Road Trip" as an enhanced cd element for your PC and MAC and a special extended booklet carrying stills taken at the Roseland show. Enhanced CD The new Portishead Live album, PNYC, will contain "enhanced" content. Those who buy the CD will also be able to put it in their Mac or PC to get an exclusive bonus track. Portishead DJ Andy Smith has done a special mix to accompany the infamous 'Road Trip' video, also included on the eCD. Macintosh users should read this: http://www.portishead.co.uk/ecd (!) The enhanced version of the album will be available in limited numbers only. The double vinyl package carries the same tracks with a poster included. BTW: Humming and Half Day Closing can also be found on the second disc of the 'Over' cd-single release (1997) source: http://www.portishead.co.uk