''Bootleg Detroit'' is the only authorized release of a live recording of
Morphine.
It was released on the label
Rykodisc in September 2000. Recorded by Alan J. Schmit—a fan—on March 7, 1994, at
St. Andrew’s Hall in
Detroit,
Michigan, it was edited and mixed under
Mark Sandman’s supervision. He also laid out and delivered the low-fi artwork for the album prior to the band’s final
tour in
Italy.
The enhanced CD contains concert footage of "Cure for Pain" and "The Saddest Song", recorded at the
Montreux Jazz Festival in 1995.
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Mark Sandman.
# "Intro"
# "Come Along"
# "Dana Intro"
# "Mary Won't You Call My Name?"
# "Banter 1"
# "Candy"
# "Sheila"
# "Billy Intro"
# "Claire"
# "My Brain"
# "Banter 2"
# "A Head with Wings"
# "Cure for Pain"
# "You Speak My Language"
# "Thursday"
# "Banter 3"
# "You Look Like Rain"
# "Buena"
Personnel
Morphine
*
Mark Sandman – vocals, 2-string slide bass
*
Dana Colley
Dana Colley (born October 17, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the baritone and tenor saxophonist in the alternative rock band Morphine.
Early life
Colley was born in Portland, Maine, but he was raised in Hanson, Massachusetts, wh ...
– baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, double saxophone, vocals
*
Billy Conway
Billy Roy Conway (born 31 January 1967) is an English amateur boxer of the 1980s, who was runner-up for the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B (48 kg) title against Joe Morgan (Enfield ABC) at The City of Derby, ...
– drums
Technical personnel
*Phil Davidson – front of house sound engineer for Morphine
*Toby Mountain – mastering
*Brian Dunton – premastering
References
Morphine (band) albums
2000 live albums
Rykodisc live albums
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