Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. At Your Service
2. Come Over
3. Come Along
4. It's Not Like That Anymore
5. Patience [Alternate Version]
6. Call Back
7. Bye Bye Johnny
8. Hello Baby
9. Women R Dogs
10. You're An Artist [Altnerate Version]
11. 5:09
12. Lilah II
13. Moons Of Jupiter
14. Lunch In Hell
15. Imaginary Song
16. Shadow (I Know You Part V)
DISC 2:
1. Good - (live)
2. Only One - (live)
3. Shoot 'Em Down - (live)
4. Saddest Song - (live)
5. Claire - (live)
6. I Had My Chance [Alternate Version]
7. Buena [Alternate Version]
8. Empty Box [Alternate Version]
9. All Wrong [Alternate Version]
10. Put It Down (Wo-Oh) - (live)
11. Free Love - (live)
12. Sexy Christmas Baby Mine - (live)
13. Scratch - (live)
14. Super Sex - (live)
15. Radar - (live)
16. I'd Catch You
17. Night [Alternate Version], The
18. Take Me With You [Alternate Version]
19. Shade (I Know You Part IV)
| Details | | Producer: | Paul Kolderie, Sean Slade | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Mark Sandman (vocals, guitar, strings, piano, organ); Dana Colley (vocals, saxophone); Jimmy Ryan (mandolin); Chris Ballew, Joe Kessler, Jane Scarpantoni (strings); Jim Fitting (harmonica); Ken Winokur, Rick Barry, Larry Dersch, Billy Conway, Billy Beard, Jerome Deupree (drums, percussion).
Liner Note Author: Ted Drozdowski.
Recording information: Squid Hell; Q Division; Fort Apache; Camp St; The Outpost; Hi-N-Dry; Le Studio WMBR; WMBR-FM MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA (1992); WMBR-FM MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA (1993).
Photographer: Poulain.
Morphine's discography was cut tragically short, but with Rykodisc holding the keys to the vaults, and with a heck of a lot of unissued material (at least 60 tracks), the label released a second compilation of Morphine B-sides to mark the ten-year anniversary of the unexpected death of singer/slide bassist Mark Sandman. Like 1997's B-SIDES & OTHERWISE, AT YOUR SERVICE is more abstract and challenging than the other studio releases available. Many of the songs here take a more free-form approach, potentially because they were never completely finished. Even so, the tracks sound great, and with 35 previously unreleased songs, there's a lot to sort through and a lot to like. Morphine were a unique force as a live trio, and the second disc showcases the group's on-stage chemistry, with nine songs taken from performances at MIT radio station WMBR during 1992 and 1993. As expected, these are solid takes, with Sandman, Colley, and Deupree taking staples from Good, Cure for Pain, and Yes in exciting new directions (including a relentless, double-time version of "Super Sex"). Similarly, alternate versions of fan favorites "Buena," "All Wrong," and later works "The Night" and "Take Me with You" should be of interest. The guitar-oriented reworking of "Patience" (not the Guns N' Roses song) is phenomenal as well, but the most exciting moments come in the 15 unreleased tracks. It's a double-disc comp to complete the true fan's collection. Disc One (subtitled Shadows) ends on "Shadow (I Know You Part V)" and Disc Two (Shade) closes with "Shade (I Know You Part IV)" -- leaving listeners with two of the most soothing Morphine tracks ever recorded.
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