Bootleg Detroit is the only authorized release of a live recording of Morphine.

Recorded by Alan J. Schmit—a fan—on March 7, 1994, at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, Michigan, it was edited and mixed under Mark Sandman’s supervision.

He also laid out and delivered the low-fi artwork for the album prior to the band’s final tour in Italy.

The enhanced CD contains concert footage of "Cure for Pain" and "The Saddest Song", recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1995.

All tracks are written by Mark Sandman.