Janis Joplin

01 Down On Me (Eddy Head, arr. Janis Joplin)

02 Flower In The Sun (Sam Andrew)

03 I Need A Man To Love (Janis Joplin, Sam Andrew)

04 Bye, Bye Baby (R. Powell St. John, Jr.)

05 Easy Rider (James Gurley)

06 Combination Of The Two (Sam Andrew)

07 Farewell Song (Sam Andrew)

08 Piece Of My Heart (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns)

09 Catch Me Daddy (Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley, Janis Joplin)

10 Magic of Love (Mark Warren Spoelstra)

11 Summertime (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin)

12 Light Is Faster Than Sound (Peter Albin)

13 Ball and Chain (Willie Mae Thornton)

14 Down On Me (Eddy Head, arr. Janis Joplin)

second version

1. ACK 64869-S2
   CD Columbia 2/6/1998
   promo
2. CK 64869
   CD Columbia 2/6/1998
3. 64869
   CD, Cassette Legacy Records 2/6/1998
   Full performer name: Janis Joplin/Big Brother & The Holding Company. Big Brother & The Holding Company : Janis Joplin (vocals); Sam Andrews, David Gurley (guitar, background vocals); Peter Albin (bass, background vocals); David Getz (drums, background vocals). Recorded live at The Winterland, San Francisco, California on April 12 & 13, 1968. Digitally mastered by Vic Anesini at Sony Music Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Dave Getz, Sam Andrew, Beng Fong-Torres, Jaan Uhelszki, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Meredith Brooks, Deborah Harry, Kim Gordon, Amy Ray, Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde, Stevie Nicks. Thirty years after Big Brother And The Holding Company signed with Columbia Records comes LIVE AT WINTERLAND '68. Returning to San Francisco upon completing a triumphant East Coast tour that found acts such as B.B. King and Albert King opening for them, Big Brother were hailed as conquering heroes prior to their hitting the studio to record what would become CHEAP THRILLS. At the center of it all was Janis Joplin, a raw-throated Texan whose love of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith was channeled through her music every night. More than a mere lover of the blues, Joplin's amply displayed her impressive range as she crooned her way through the standard "Summertime," poured her soul into Erma Franklin's "Piece Of My Heart" and belted out folkie Mark Spoelstra's "Magic Of Love." Whether it was Joplin's trading vocals with James Gurley on "Easy Rider" or the chugging insistency of "Combination Of The Two," WINTERLAND perfectly demonstrates the fluid synergy between Pearl and Big Brother's brand of acid-rock and intensity that this impressive unit carried through the two sets that make up this disc.

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