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. It was released on the label

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in September 2000. Recorded by Alan J. Schmit—a fan—on March 7, 1994, at St. Andrew’s Hall in

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, it was edited and mixed under

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’s supervision. He also laid out and delivered the low-fi artwork for the album prior to the band’s final

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. The enhanced CD contains concert footage of "Cure for Pain" and "The Saddest Song", recorded at the

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in 1995.

Track listing

All tracks are written by

. # "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 *

– 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

References

Morphine (band) albums 2000 live albums Rykodisc live albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub