Like Swimming

Description

First time on vinyl. Pressed on 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 art work by Mark Sandman, along with new liner notes by Ryan H. Walsh.

Pressed on two special colour wax editions: Opaque Blue Wax & Translucent Red Wax.

Modern Classic Recordings, an imprint of Light in the Attic Records, proudly announces the deluxe vinyl reissue of Morphines 1997 album Like Swimming, marking the very first availability of the title on wax.

The album has been lovingly remastered by Pete Weiss at Bostons Jade Cow Music, with lacquers cut by John Golden. The record was pressed at Austin, TXs Gold Rush Vinyl and is 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 180-gram opaque blue or translucent red wax.

Rounding out the 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 is 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. The album is housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket, 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.