Morphine – Cure For Pain LP (Music On Vinyl, 180g, Audiophile)

The second release on light in the attic records' new imprint modern classics recordings - audio lovingly remastered for 180-gram wax in expanded gatefold jacket with 4-page insert featuring interviews with surviving band members. 'low-rock' and 'fuck-rock' are two descriptors enigmatic morphine front man mark sandman used to describe his band's beat-inspired blues-jazz-rock holy racket. along with sandman's baritone vocal delivery and oddball two-string bass styling, co-founder dana colley played a saxophone as his lead instrument of choice instead of the expected guitar, creating a quirky and burning sensibility. original drummer jerome deupree, who was replaced by percussionist billy conway during the recording of 1993's 'cure for pain', flushed out the unorthodox trio. hailed by the alternative college-rock community in the mid-1990s after motion picture soundtrack placements in spanking the monkey and the mtv animated series beavis and butt-head, such commercial endorsements did little to distract from 'cure for pain's deep soul. do you have a spare 150 neither do we, but that seems to be the average out-of-reach price for an original vinyl copy of 'cure for pain' these days. oddly, the lp has only been available as a vintage limited run brazilian pressing. tragically, morphine honcho sandman passed away on-stage at an italian gig with the group in 1999, leaving their devoted audience with five engaging albums and a lifetime of musical memories. today, the group is hailed as one of the great band's of the last 25 years and was recently profiled in the feature-length documentary 'cure for pain: the mark sandman story' (2011).