Best of Morphine

The Very Best of Marianne Faithfull' is a particularly strong collection of Marianne's earliest recordings made for Decca between 1964 to 1968. This album contains every one of her singles which made the charts both in Britain and America during those fruitful four years.

There is no shortage of Marianne Faithfull collections, but the compact, digitally remastered, 11-track 20th Century Masters set comes close to being the best document of her post-comeback period, which began with 1979's Broken English. That addictively eccentric album is well-represented here with the title track, Shel Silverstein's "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan," and John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" making up the three leadoff tracks. Faithfull's '80s versions of "Sister Morphine" (which she co-wrote with the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) and "As Tears Go By" are also here, along with her exotic cover of Patti Smith's "Ghost Dance" and the anti-ballad "So Sad."

UK collection of tracks from one of the most respected Psychobilly bands of all-time. This Best of has long been out-of-print and is now re-pressed here due to global demand. This comprehensive CD is the perfect introduction to this highly acclaimed band. Many of the tracks feature Morrissey's long-time bassist Gary Day, who has a cult following in his own right…

Mark Sandman (Morphine) - Sandbox, The Music Of Mark Sandman (2004) {2 CD plus DVD5 NTSC, Hi-N-Dry Recordings 85524 00011}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 714 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 266 Mb
DVD5 -> 3.58 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | Dolby AC3, 2 ch | ~ 197m | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 223 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2004 Hi-N-Dry Recordings | 85524 00011
Rock / Low Rock / Indie Rock / Jazz Noir

Morphine leader Mark Sandman was the inventor of a sound called "low rock" — the distinctive blend of sonorous saxophone, bass and deep grooves that, along with Mark’s lyric poetry, propelled Morphine to fame. But Mark created much more than the brilliant music of Morphine. He was a tireless musical experimenter who wrote and recorded constantly throughout his life. Although Morphine and the seminal swamp-blues quartet Treat Her Right became well known and successful, much of his work was never commercially released and remains unheard — except by his large circle of friends, who he regularly commandeered to critique his latest, usually over a bottle of Patron.