Janis Ian [Now Sounds] [PA]

Performer: Janis Ian
Engineer: George Schowerer; Brooks Arthur
Producer: George "Shadow" Morton; Steve Stanley (Reissue)
Distributor: n/a

Notes: Personnel: Janis Ian (vocals, guitar, harpsichord, organ, tambourine, siren); Vinnie Bell (guitar, electric sitar); Al Gorgoni, Sal DeTroia (guitar); Artie Kaplan (flute); Artie Butler (piano, harpsichord, organ); George Duvivier (upright bass); Buddy Saltzman (drums). Liner Note Author: Steve Stanley. Photographer: George Schowerer. Arrangers: Janis Ian; Artie Kaplan. Recorded when she was just 15, JANIS IAN is a classic folk-rock protest album that casts the teenage singer-songwriter as a young Dylan with the expressive, mature delivery of Judy Collins. While the then-controversial "Society's Child" seems slightly melodramatic and dated, the rest of the songs hold up surprisingly well over time, and deserve a fresh listen. Complex emotions are aired with great vocal acuity on the freewheeling, heartbreaking "I'll Give You a Stone if You Throw It," and the proud, angular "Pro-Girl" sounds like a Jefferson Airplane album track.

Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Janis Ian captured the frustrations, awkwardness and inner turmoil of teenaged existence with a clarity and maturity well beyond her tender age."

A prolific and mature songwriter by her early teens, Janis Ian burst on the pop scene in 1967 with the hit "Society's Child." Although she did not score another hit until eight years later with "At Seventeen" (which went to number one), many artists have covered Ian's songs. Her gentle, jazz-influenced style has been highly influential to a host of modern singer-songwriters.

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