Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits/Live at Winterlan

Performer: Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Company
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Full performer name: Big Brother & The Holding Company. Also available with PEARL, CHEAP THRILLS, I GOT DEM OL' KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA! and bonus disc RARE PEARLS in BOX OF PEARLS: THE JANIS JOPLIN COLLECTION. Big Brother & The Holding Company: Janis Joplin (vocals); Sam Houston Andrew III, Peter S. Albin (guitar, bass); James Gurley (guitar); Dave Getz (drums). Producer: Bob Shad. Reissue producer: Bob Irwin. Recorded in Chicago, Illinois in December 1966. Originally released on Mainstream (6099). Includes liner notes by Sam Andrews and Jud Cost. Big Brother & The Holding Company: Janis Joplin (vocals); James Gurley, Sam Andrew (guitar); Peter Albin (bass); David Getz (drums). Reissue producer: Bob Irwin. Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (1999, Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY FEATURING JANIS JOPLIN: Producer: Bob Shad. Originally released on LP on Mainstream (6099) in 1967. Includes liner notes by Sam Andrew & Jud Cost. GREATEST HITS: Producers include: John Simon, Gabriel Mekler, Paul A. Rothchild, Fred Catero, Bob Shad. Originally released on LP on Columbia (32168) in 1973. Includes liner notes by John Uhelszki. LIVE AT WINTERLAND '68: Recorded live at The Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California on April 12 & 13, 1968. Includes liner notes by Ben Fong-Torres, David Getz, Sam Andrew & Jaan Uhelszki. Six months before becoming an overnight sensation following a blistering set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Big Brother was an unknown group from San Francisco playing a month-long Chicago club engagement. The band, made up of bassist Peter Albin, drummer David Getz, and guitarists James Gurley and Sam Andrew, was completed when the quartet was introduced to singer Janis Joplin by mutual friend Chet Helms. When their gig was cut short, Big Brother avoided returning to California when Bob Shad signed the group to Mainstream Records, his small, struggling jazz label. The three-day recording session in December 1966 resulted in a set of mostly original songs, with the exception of New York City street musician Moondog's "All Is Loneliness" and a more secular arrangement of the gospel standard "Down on Me." Despite Joplin's fiery singing style, Big Brother was still the kind of democracy in which Joplin shared vocals with Sam Andrew on the trippy "Light Is Faster Than Sound" and the more soulful duet "Call on Me." But most of this record featured Joplin reaching back and channeling her hero Big Maybelle on songs like the brassy "Women Is Losers" and the no-nonsense "Intruder."

Uncut (p.96) - "'Piece Of My Heart' brings forth another unbelievable performance that out-souls the original..."

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