Never seen a copy of the original pressing which is not off-centre on one side of the first disc and often the second as well. We also run our own record label, we host a show on Solar radio and produce mixes of our favourite sounds on Mixcloud. Review: Two decades have passed since Massive Attack signaled a new stage in their career with the dark, paranoid and claustrophobic brilliance of "Mezzanine", their third studio album.

The inter band friction created some gems; 'Inertia Creeps' is drenched in menace, and 'Teardrop' features the ethereal vocals of Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins - both of these a benchmark not just for the band, but for the trip-hop genre. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. He sees his purchase of OK Computer and underneath it says "if you like this you'll love this even more". ok, first off - I didn't use the following option, but it's AWESOME: the vendor had the consideration to provide a download to keep you patient while you wait for your shipment to arrive.Mezzanine is the third studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack, released in April 1998. Great record, sounds fantastic on vinyl, only gripe is Teardrop at the end of a side, meaning inner groove distortion even with a very decent stylus, it's already a very complex track. If you like Mezzanine, take the plunge and splurge on it ;) I was unsure at first and bounced around the idea for over a week. After numerous bootlegs over the years, Virgin have done the right thing and presented this official reissue of Mezzanine to appease fans of Massive Attack and it's clear the LP has lost none of it's bewitching power. years on, the set still sounds sublime: a radical translation that frequently bares only a passing resemblance to the Bristol band's original.

Cover is single sleeve , would have preferred a double as this is spread over two records But inner sleeves have all the info on. Related Artists - Carlton, Horace Andy, Martina Topley Bird, Nearly God, Nicolette, Shara Nelson, Son Of Dave, Starving Souls, Tricky, Wild Bunch, Young Fathers.

Licensed courtesy of Fiction Records; East/West Records, Australia, and Elektra Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products, Inc. This is one of them and I loved it when it was released all those years ago and I still love it to this very day. But I bought this one in late July of the year 2023 and received an amazingly good sounding set of records that aren't cut too loud but still using the space of one disc's side for two to three tunes, making them sound like a 12" 45. Great to have this in my paws at long last, even if the lack of deluxe feel/artwork after such a long wait means I'm dropping 1 star!

All-time classics such as "Unfinished Sympathy", "Safe From Harm" and "Hymn of the Big Wheel" have lost none of their soulful, mood-enhancing brilliance, while lesser celebrated cuts such as "Five Man Army" and "Lately" still sound great despite their vintage. Mezzanine" is a murky, dank, haunting, atmospheric, brooding (if Batman was a real person this would be on his playlist for sure!Bristol's original trip-hop pioneers had, on previous albums 'Blue Lines' and 'Protection', fused turntable wizardry to the warmest of soul. It's very apparent on "Dissolved Girl," as soon as the vocals come in with "shame, s*s*such a shame".