Roseland NYC Live is a live album by English electronic music band Portishead. It was released on 2 November 1998 by Go! Beat. A PAL format VHS video was released the same year, with a DVD version following four years later. Although the New York Philharmonic is credited as appearing in the video, none of the musicians are members of the Philharmonic, nor is the Philharmonic credited in the audio album.
Content The album was engineered by Rik Simpson.
Unlike the CD, all the tracks on the DVD were recorded at the Roseland Ballroom. The DVD version has a bonus elements section, containing the music videos for "Numb", "Sour Times", "All Mine", "Over" and "Only You", as well as short films "Road Trip" and "Wandering Star" and the Portishead short film To Kill a Dead Man.
Track listing
Video "Humming" "Cowboys" (Barrow, Gibbons) "All Mine" "Half Day Closing" "Over" "Only You" "Seven Months" "Numb" "Undenied" (Barrow, Gibbons) "Mysterons" "Sour Times" "Elysium" "Glory Box" "Roads" "Strangers" "Western Eyes"
25th Anniversary Reissue In 2023, a newly Remastered and Expanded Version was released.
The tracklisting now includes "Undenied" and "Numb" from the concert film, and the full length performance of "Western Eyes", which was played in part over the credits of the film. Also, "Sour Times" and "Roads" are now the actual Roseland Ballroom versions, since previously these were substituted on the 1998 album release with recordings from other live performances. These new remastered tracks were available digitally/online in late 2023, while the CD and Vinyl versions were released on 26 April 2024.
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Roseland NYC Live.
Portishead Geoff Barrow – decks ; drums ; musical direction Beth Gibbons – vocals Adrian Utley – Moog ; guitar ; musical direction, orchestral arrangements
Additional musicians
John Baggott – keyboards Jim Barr – bass John Cornick – trombone Dave Ford – trumpet ; flugelhorn Will Gregory – oboe ; baritone sax Andy Hague – trumpet ; flugelhorn Ben Waghorn – alto flute ; alto sax Clive Deamer – drums ; percussion Andy Smith – decks Nick Ingman – conducting ; orchestral arrangements New York Philharmonic – orchestra Jeffry Carney, David Finck, John Miller – bass Stephanie Cummins, Susie Katayama, Jesse Levy, Carol Paisner – cello Alfred Brown, Harold Colette, Susan Follari, Olivia Koppell Israel Chorberg, Richard Clark, Natalie Cummins, Katsuko Esaki, Joyce Hammann, Ashley Horne, Regis Iandiaro, Joanna Jenner, Byung Kwak, Carmel Malin, Joel Pitchon, Carol Pool, Pamela Porta, Anthony Posk, Lenard Rivlin, Andrew Stein, Belinda Whitney-Barratt – violin
Technical
Portishead – production Dave McDonald – front of house Keith Grant – live audio engineering Ian Huffam – engineering Rik Simpson – engineering John Thompson – backline technician Huw Williams – backline technician Andy Taylor – concert sound Jeff Hoffberger – concert sound Dave Hewitt – audio recording Sean McClintock – audio recording Phil Gitomer – audio recording Øystein Halvorsen – engineering Erik Lloyd Walkoff – production Paul Read – engineering assistance Geoff Barrow – production Adrian Utley – production John Neilson – engineering
Artwork Sarah Sherley-Price – design
Charts +1998 chart performance for Roseland NYC Live Chart (1998) Peakposition European Albums (Music & Media) 54 +2024 chart performance for Roseland NYC Live Chart (2024) Peakposition
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