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3RD ORIGINAL BOX SET FROM 2008 STARTS THE SET   It's been ten long years since PNYC and the wait is over! Third is the 2008 album from Portishead and it comes in a limited edition box set with double vinyl LP and 1GB USB which features the album, and these five films 'The Truly Spectacular Universal Conference Film', 'The Rip at Mr Wolfe's', 'Ade's House,' 'Machine Gun,' and 'We Carry On'. The etched 12-inch vinyl features 'Machine Gun'. Also included is the limited edition print from Nick Uff. Portishead are a trip-hop group from Bristol, England, named after the nearby town of the same name.

Portishead's Third has been a long time coming, the result of a lengthy creative torpor following 1997's dark, distinctly underrated album Portishead. Importantly, though, they've shaken it. While the core trio of Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley remains, this is quite a different band to Portishead's 90s incarnation: gone is the slo-mo turntable scratching and smoky jazz feel, replaced by heavy, brooding rhythms, vintage-sounding electronics, and spindly guitar. Still present, though, is that sense of emotional fracture and deep gloom. "Silence" opens with a dense drum loop which suddenly falls away to reveal Gibbons' voice, cold but magnificent: "Wounded and afraid, inside my head/Falling through changes". "Nylon Smile", meanwhile, is a fine example of Third's occasional folksy edge, an acoustic song reminiscent of Leonard Cohen that, around its midpoint, lifts off on a propulsive electronic rhythm, Gibbons holding one clear, hard note as synthesisers bubble beneath. At times, it's a harsh and foreboding listen: the electronic drums of "Machine Gun" might put off the listener hoping for smooth dinner party fare. But Third is a brave and forward-thinking return, and one great enough to justify its lengthy gestation.

Portishead's first album, Dummy, was released in 1994 and the first single was "Numb". The album was successful in both Europe and the United States . Dummy spawned two hit singles, "Glory Box" and "Sour Times", and went on to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize in 1995.

After their initial success, Portishead withdrew from the spotlight for three years until their second album, Portishead, was released in 1997. The album's sound differed from Dummy, the main differences being that much of the music was composed and played by the band, not sampled from records, and had a grainy, harsher sound.

In 1997, the band performed a one-off show with strings by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at Roseland Ballroom in New York. A live album primarily featuring these new orchestral arrangements of the groups songs was released in 1998. For the next few years, the band members concentrated on solo and other pursuits, until February 2005, the band appeared live for the first time in seven years at the Tsunami Benefit Concert in Bristol, UK.

Musicians:

Geoff Barrow

Beth Gibbons

Adrian Utley

Dave McDonald

Features:

 BOX SET Limited Edition

 Double LP

Selections:

LP 1

1. Silence

2. Hunter

3. Nylon Smile

4. The Rip

5. Plastic

6. We Carry On

LP 2

1. Deep Water

2. Machine Gun

3. Small

4. Magic Doors

5. Threads

PLUS WE ARE ADDING Portishead Portishead LIMITED EDITION 2LP SET

Dramatic, monotone and eerie describe some of the vocals by Beth Gibbons on this dark trip-hop album. Portishead's self-titled album follows their debut album, "Dummy", with darker music infused with jazzy percussion and experimental intense beats. The group of Geoff Barrow, Adrian Utley, Dave McDonald (engineer and producer) and Beth Gibbons left sampling behind when choosing to record their own unique sounds for their second collection of tunes.

Features:

 Double Vinyl

Selections:

LP 1

1. Cowboys

2. All Mine

3. Undenied

4. Half Day Closing

5. Over

LP 2

1. Humming

2. Mourning Air

3. Seven Months

4. Only You

5. Elysium

6. Western Eyes

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