Portishead ‎– Dummy
Label:
Go! Beat ‎– 828 522-1
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, First Press
Country:
Europe
Released:
22 Aug 1994
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Trip Hop, Downtempo
 
Tracklist
Position    Title/Credits    Duration
A1    Mysterons
Theremin [Thereman] – Adrian Utley
4:56
A2    Sour Times
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond] – Neil Solman
Written-By – H Brooks*, L Schifrin*, O Turner*
4:05
A3    Strangers
Written-By – W Shorter*
3:49
A4    It Could Be Sweet
Drum Programming – Richard Newell (3)
4:10
A5    Wandering Star
Drums – Geoff Barrow
Organ [Hammond] – Gary Baldwin
Written-By – M Dickerson*, C W Miller*, H R Brown*, H Scott*, J Goldstein*, L Oskar*, L Jordan*, S Allen*
4:46
B1    Numb
Organ [Hammond] – Gary Baldwin
3:43
B2    Roads
Arranged By [Strings Arrangement] – Adrian Utley, Geoff Barrow
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Neil Solman
Nose Flute – Dave Mc Donald*
Strings – Adrian Utley, Strings Unlimited
4:56
B3    Pedestal
Trumpet – Andy Hague
3:30
B4    Biscuit
Written-By – J Ray*
4:34
B5    Glory Box
Organ [Hammond] – Adrian Utley
Written-By – I Hayes*
4:49
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Go! Discs Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Go! Discs Ltd.
Marketed By – Barclay
Marketed By – Metronome Musik GmbH
Pressed By – DFI
Credits
Bass – Adrian Utley (tracks: B1 to B3)
Drums – Clive Deamer (tracks: A1, A3, A5 to B4)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Geoff Barrow (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4)
Engineer – Dave Mc Donald*
Guitar – Adrian Utley (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2, B5)
Management – Fruit (8)
Producer – A Utley*, Portishead
Programmed By – Geoff Barrow (tracks: A5 to B3, B5)
Vocals – Beth Gibbons
Written-By – A Utley* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3, B5), B Gibbons*, G Barrow*
Notes
Sleeve is semi-gloss flat colour sleeve with full-colour gloss-varnish inset image.
Label and Cover include "Marketed in France by Barclay and in Germany by Metronome Musik/GmbH"
Quotation marks around "Dummy" on label are of the COMPLIMENTARY, '66' '99' variety
Spine reads PORTISHEAD DUMMY 828 522 - 1 GO! BEAT [not GO!! BEAT]
The inner sleeve is thick paper/thin card and has a thumb cut-out on the opening at the back
All tracks recorded at State of Art and Coach House Studios, Bristol, with additional mixing at Moles Studio, Bath.
The 'corrected' version of this release can be found here
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MISPRINT:
The following samples are wrongly attributed (later fixed for ALL subsequent releases);
Biscuit: Warner Chappell Music/Philips later changed to Carlyle Music Publishing/Sony Music Entertainment
Glory Box: "Isaac Moods" later changed to "Ike's Rap II". Rondor Music/Fantasy Records later changed to Rondor Music (London) Ltd./Under License from Fantasy Inc.
Strangers: MCA Music/CBS Records later changed to MCA Music/Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Wandering Star: Polygram Music/ABC Records later changed to Avenue Records/Polygram Music Publishing
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Track A2 contains samples from "Danube Incident" written & performed by Lalo Schifrin and a percussion sample from "Spin-It Jig" written by Henry Brooks and Otis Turner performed by Smokey Brooks
Track A3 contains samples from "Elegant People" written & performed by Weather Report
Track A5 contains samples from "Magic Mountain" written & performed by Eric Burdon & War
Track B4 contains samples from "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" written & performed by Johnnie Ray
Track B5: THIS release states samples are from "Isaac Moods", the ACTUAL samples are from "Ike's Rap II" written & performed by Isaac Hayes
©1994 Go! Discs Limited.
℗1994 Go! Discs Limited.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text): 0 42282 85221 2
Label Code: LC 7192
Price Code: BA 281
Rights Society: BIEM / STEMRA
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Hand-etched): 828-522-1-A-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): DFI 94 6
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Hand-etched): 828-522-1-B-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped (Label Overlap)): DFI 94 6 828 522 B1