Bootleg Detroit Explained

Bootleg Detroit
Type:	live
Artist:	Morphine
Cover:	Morphine_Bootleg_Detroit.jpg
Released:	September 26, 2000
Recorded:	March 7, 1994^[1]
Venue:	St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, Michigan
Genre:	Alternative rock, jazz rock
Label:	Rykodisc^[2]
Prev Title:	The Night
Prev Year:	2000
Next Year:	2003

Bootleg Detroit is the only authorized release of a live recording of Morphine.^[3] 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.

1. "Intro"
2. "Come Along"
3. "Dana Intro"
4. "Mary Won't You Call My Name?"
5. "Banter 1"
6. "Candy"
7. "Sheila"
8. "Billy Intro"
9. "Claire"
10. "My Brain"
11. "Banter 2"
12. "A Head with Wings"
13. "Cure for Pain"
14. "You Speak My Language"
15. "Thursday"
16. "Banter 3"
17. "You Look Like Rain"
18. "Buena"

Personnel

Morphine

• Mark Sandman – vocals, 2-string slide bass
• Dana Colley – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, double saxophone, vocals
• Billy Conway – drums

Technical personnel

• Phil Davidson – front of house sound engineer for Morphine
• Toby Mountain – mastering
• Brian Dunton – premastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morphine Bootleg Detroit. exclaim.ca.
2. Web site: Morphine: Bootleg Detroit. September 25, 2000. PopMatters.
3. Music. Philip van. Vleck. Wired . November 1, 2000. www.wired.com.