The Night

Description

First time on vinyl. Double LP set pressed on 45 RPM 180-gram wax.

Remastered from the original tapes by Pete Weiss.

Housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket and featuring art direction and design by Darryl Norsen 20-page booklet featuring lyrics, unseen photos, ephemera and artwork by Mark Sandman, along with new liner notes by Ryan H. Walsh

Pressed on two special colour wax editions: Orange Translucent Wax & Purplish Hue Wax.

Modern Classic Recordings, an imprint of Light in the Attic Records, proudly announces the deluxe vinyl reissues of Morphines 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 Bostons Jade Cow Music, with lacquers cut by John Golden. Both titles were pressed at Austin, TXs 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 OClock) 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 bands archives, including photos by Lana Z. Caplan and Danny Clinch, artifacts from Morphines career, and unseen art by the bands late frontman, Mark Sandman. A major highlight of both packages are the insightful new liner notes by Ryan H. Walsha Boston-based journalist, musician, visual artist, and author of the acclaimed 2018 book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968. Walshs notes include a handful of new interviews detailing the bands 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 Morphines surviving members (drummer Jerome Deupree and saxophonist Dana Colley), as well as the bands friends, family members, and collaboratorsmany of whom shared their memories with Walsh.

Like Swimming and The Night follow Modern Classic Recordings acclaimed vinyl reissue of Morphines sophomore album, Cure For Pain, first reissued on LP in 2011.