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Janis Joplin - Janis (1993)
Cover Front Album
Artist/Composer Janis Joplin
Length 195:43
Format CD
Genre Blues Rock; Classic Rock
Label Columbia/Legacy
Index 570
Collection Status In Collection
Packaging Jewel Case
Track List
Janis (Disc 1) 63:34
01 What Good Can Drinkin' Do (Live) 02:45
02 Trouble In Mind (Live) 03:03
03 Hesitation Blues 04:05
04 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Easy Rider 02:23
05 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Coo Coo 02:05
06 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Down On Me 02:06
07 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - The Last Time 02:16
08 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - All Is Loneliness 02:19
09 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Call On Me (Live) 03:37
10 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Women Is Losers (Live) 05:07
11 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Intruder 02:32
12 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Light Is Faster Than Sound 02:32
13 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Bye, Bye Baby 02:39
14 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Farewell Song (Live) 04:24
15 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Flower In The Sun (Live) 03:13
16 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Misery'n [Previously Unissued] 04:09
17 Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Road Block (Live) 06:12
18 Ball And Chain (Live) 08:07
Janis [Disc 2] 75:44
01 Combination Of The Two 05:51
02 I Need A Man To Love 04:52
03 Piece Of My Heart 04:28
04 Turtle Blues 04:30
05 Oh, Sweet Mary 04:16
06 Catch Me Daddy 04:56
07 Summertime 04:07
08 Kozmic Blues 04:24
09 Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) 03:58
10 One Good Man 04:11
11 Dear Landlord 02:33
12 To Love Somebody 05:19
13 As Good As You've Been To This World 05:27
14 Little Girl Blue 03:50
15 Work Me, Lord 06:38
16 Raise Your Hand (Live) 02:17
17 Maybe (Live) 04:07
Janis (Disc 3) 56:25
01 Me And Bobby McGee (Alternate Version) 04:49
02 One Night Stand (Alternate Take) 03:10
03 Tell Mama (Live) 05:48
04 Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (Live) 08:15
05 Cry Baby 04:59
06 Move Over 03:42
07 A Woman Left Lonely 03:29
08 Half Moon 03:53
09 Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails) 01:10
10 My Baby 03:45
11 Mercedes Benz 02:14
12 Trust Me 03:17
13 Get It While You Can 03:25
14 Me And Bobby McGee 04:29
Personal
Purchase Date 2004
Details
Spars DDD
Rare No
Sound Stereo
UPC 074644884524
Notes
This three-CD box set is the most thorough and valuable retrospective of Janis Joplin's career. Besides including all of her most essential recordings with and without Big Brother & the Holding Company, this 49-song package features quite a few enticing rarities; 18 of the tracks were previously unissued. These include a 1962 home recording of the Joplin original "What Good Can Drinkin' Do," which marked the first time her singing was captured on tape; a pair of acoustic blues tunes from 1965 with backup guitar by future Jefferson Airplane star Jorma Kaukonen, an acoustic demo of "Me and Bobby McGee," a 1970 birthday song for John Lennon, and live performances from her appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1969. The real showstopper is the previously unissued, eight-minute version of "Ball and Chain" from Big Brother's first set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival (the cut on the Monterey Pop box set is from their second set). The more forgettable tracks from her solo albums are wisely excised, as are the Big Brother songs which did not feature her vocals. This is the rare multidisc set of a major artist which manages to cover all the official milestones and present a bounty of worthwhile rarities at the same time.