Portishead - Toy Box (Special Edition)

[verbal]

I came across this but I can't seem to find any info on it. Anyone know anything about it?

Originally Posted by Info File

artist :: Portishead
record :: Toy Box (Special Edition)
year :: 2002
mood :: Trip-Hop
date :: 08-11-2002
ripper :: WOS
encode :: fhg radium 1.263
quality :: true stereo hq
grab :: eac
number :: 316


.tracklist........................................ ...........
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01 5:22 Glory Box (Mudflap Mix)
02 5:39 Toy Box
03 3:24 Sheared Box
04 3:54 Sour Sour Times
05 4:19 Lote More
06 4:02 Sheared Times
07 5:06 Airbus Reconstruction
08 6:01 Scom
09 4:18 Theme From To Kill A Dead Man
10 5:01 Roads
11 4:50 Wandering Star
12 3:32 Glory Box (Edit)
13 3:56 Over
14 3:53 Numb
15 3:55 Strangers
16 4:25 Melody (w Jane Birkin) (Bonus)
17 2:26 Ballad De Melody Nelson (w Jane Birkin)
(Bonus)
18 2:45 Ah Melody (w Jane Birkin) (Bonus)
19 3:21 En Melody (w Jane Birkin) (Bonus)

TOTAL: 1hr 20min - 110MB
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[sloff]

I saw/listened to that a while ago and decided it was someones collection of some singles and the Glory Times EP. The extra tracks (w Jane Birken) sounded like a cheap attempt to make you listen to someone's demos.
That's my take, anyone have any different ideas about this?

[joethelion]

well...

where did you get this info? was it a download or something?

but anyways...

While, I do think that there was some sort of 'Toy Box' promo (or maybe it was just from the title of the remix?) this thing does not look legit. Especially with the inclusion of "Over" which was on their second album

[stimpee]

a comprehensive Portishead site lists the complete discography

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by sloff

I saw/listened to that a while ago and decided it was someones collection of some singles and the Glory Times EP. The extra tracks (w Jane Birken) sounded like a cheap attempt to make you listen to someone's demos.
That's my take, anyone have any different ideas about this?

Not heard them yet, but I don't think that is a fair assessment of Jane Birkin somehow. OK, she is not a megastar in anglophone countries, but she is a highly respected artist in francophone ones.

[sloff]

I'd never heard of her and didn't find those tracks to be very impressive. Obviously not Portishead (in all aspects, no similarities) though, I don't know why anyone would throw those on there even as a bootleg collection.

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by sloff

I'd never heard of her and didn't find those tracks to be very impressive. Obviously not Portishead (in all aspects, no similarities) though, I don't know why anyone would throw those on there even as a bootleg collection.

Beth Gibbons did a collaboration with Jane Birkin in 2004 called Rendez-Vous.