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Product Identifiers

Record LabelModern Classics, Mdnc

UPC0826853193016

eBay Product ID (ePID)17070895035

Product Key Features

Release Year2023

FormatRecord

GenreRock

ArtistMorphine

Release TitleThe Night-Orange

Dimensions

Item Height0.16 in

Item Weight1.53 lb

Item Length12.35 in

Item Width12.30 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks11

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

TracksThe Night, So Many Ways, Souvenir, Top Floor Bottom Buzzer, Like a Mirror, Good Woman, Rope on Fire, I'm Yours, The Way We Met, Slow Numbers, Take Me with You

Number of Discs1

NotesModern Classic Recordings, an imprint of Light in the Attic Records, proudly announces the deluxe vinyl reissues of Morphine's final two studio albums: _Like Swimming_ (1997) and _The Night_ (2000), marking the very first availability of both titles on wax. Each album has been lovingly remastered by Pete Weiss at Boston's Jade Cow Music, with lacquers cut by John Golden. Both titles were pressed at Austin, TX's Gold Rush Vinyl and are each available in two colorways. The 1xLP _Like Swimming_ (which features such favorites as "Early to Bed, " "French Fries with Pepper, " and "Eleven O'Clock") can be found on opaque blue or translucent red wax, while the 2xLP, 45-RPM edition of _The Night_ (featuring "Rope on Fire, " "Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer, " and "The Night, ") is available on orange translucent or purplish hue vinyl. Rounding out each package is a 20-page booklet, featuring rare and never-before-seen images from the band's archives, including photos by Lana Z. Caplan and Danny Clinch, artifacts from Morphine's career, and unseen art by the band's late frontman, Mark Sandman. A major highlight of both packages are the insightful new liner notes by Ryan H. Walsh-a Boston-based journalist, musician, visual artist, and author of the acclaimed 2018 book _Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968_. Walsh's notes include a handful of new interviews detailing the band's career, including one of the final interviews with Morphine drummer Billy Conway, who sadly passed away in 2021 following a battle with cancer. Both albums are housed in deluxe gatefold jackets, featuring gorgeous art direction and design by Darryl Norsen at D. Norsen Design, also of Boston. Dedicated to the memories of Sandman and late drummer Billy Conway, both albums were produced with the full support of Morphine's surviving members (drummer Jerome Deupree and saxophonist Dana Colley), as well as the band's friends, family members, and collaborators-many of whom shared their memories with Walsh. _Like Swimming_ and _The Night_ follow Modern Classic Recordings' acclaimed vinyl reissue of Morphine's sophomore album, _Cure For Pain_, first reissued on LP in 2011. *MORE ABOUT MORPHINE AND _THE NIGHT_:* Formed in 1989, Morphine quickly gained a name for themselves in Boston's underground scene, thanks to their unconventional instrumentation, their clever, offbeat lyricism, and their utterly unique sound. Named for Morpheus, the Greek God of Dreams, the trio (singer, songwriter, and bassist Mark Sandman, saxophonist Dana Colley, and drummer Jerome Deupree) delivered a mesmerizing blend of tonalities that were moody, yet seductive: Sandman's intriguing baritone vocals and a two-string slide bass guitar (initially outfitted with just one string), Colley's baritone sax (he was known to play two horns at the same time), and the vibrant percussion of original drummer Deupree and then Billy Conway, who frequently stepped in as drummer. When it came to classifying Morphine's music, critics were at a loss. Was it jazz? Blues? Alt-rock? Beat poetry? To avoid the inevitable pigeonholing, Sandman coined his own genre: Low Rock. Forming a creative partnership with producer Paul Q. Kolderie (whose credits read like a who's who of alt-rock heroes, including Radiohead, The Lemonheads, Hole, and the Pixies), the band released their critically-acclaimed debut, _Good_, in 1991. When they followed with 1993's _Cure for Pain_, their fanbase had grown exponentially, leading to tours across the US, Europe, Australia, and Japan. 1995's Yes broke the Billboard 200-by then, the trio had scored several hits on college radio, while videos for "Thursday" (off _Cure for Pain)_ and "Honey White" _(Yes)_ played on MTV. At the same time, Morphine's music was gaining further exposure through synchs in major films, including David O. Russel's feature debut, _Spanking the Monkey_ (1994), Beautiful Girls (1996), and the GRAMMY®-nominated soundtrack for Get Shorty (1995). Amid the '90s signing boom