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The Essential Janis Joplin (CD)

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Janis Joplin Artist Snapshot:

Texas-born blues-rock singer Janis Joplin's sadly short career saw her change from coffehouse folkie into a feminist blues icon for the psychedelic '60s generation, all in the space of four years. Though she started out as a solo singer, it was as the frontwoman for Bay Area acid-blues-rockers Big Brother & The Holding Company that she skyrocketed to fame, her outsized voice, image, and personality making her natural star material. Eventually, she proved too big for the confines of Big Brother and went the solo route. A breakthrough album was recorded just before her early death, adding a tragic aura to her small body of work.

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DISC 1 for The Essential Janis Joplin (CD) Album By Janis Joplin (Artist)
1   Down On Me
2   Coo Coo
3   Women Is Losers
4   Bye, Bye Baby
5   Ball And Chain - (live)
6   Roadblock
7   Piece Of My Heart
8   Misery'n
9   I Need A Man To Love
10   Summertime
11   Flower In The Sun - (live)
12   Farewell Song - (live)
13   Raise Your Hand
14   To Love Somebody - (previously unreleased, live)
15   Kozmic Blues - (previously unreleased)
 
DISC 2 for The Essential Janis Joplin (CD) Album By Janis Joplin (Artist)
1   Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
2   Maybe
3   One Good Man
4   Little Girl Blue
5   Work Me, Lord
6   Tell Mama - (live)
7   Move Over
8   Cry Baby
9   Woman Left Lonely, A
10   Half Moon
11   My Baby
12   Me And Bobby McGee
13   Mercedes Benz
14   Trust Me
15   Get It While You Can
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (1/23/03, p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This two-disc thirty track anthology gets the balance right..."
Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, pp.122-3) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...When she sang it straight she was worthy of her lineage, possessing all the dignity of Irma, Aretha, Etta and all the other heroines..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Janis Joplin (vocals); Big Brother & The Holding Company.

Producers include: Paul Rothchild, Gabriel Mekler, John Simon, Bob Shad, Lou Adler.

Compilation producer: Bob Irwin.

Includes liner notes by Holly George-Warren.

This two-disc set breaks from the usual pattern of Legacy's ESSENTIAL series by presenting a large number of concert performances, in this case, focusing more Janis Joplin's tremendous power as a live vocalist than her comparatively sedate studio appearances. Other than a handful of tracks (the immortal "Down on Me" from BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY, three from CHEAP THRILLS, and others), the entirety of the first disc consists of live recordings. These include two previously unreleased tunes ("Kozmic Blues" and the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody," a la Wilson Pickett) from Joplin's solo debut at Woodstock. The second disc contains more live tracks, plus the best tunes from Joplin's two solo albums and the various outtakes that were released after her death (like the scorching performance of "Tell Mama" that was previously available only as a bonus track on PEARL), providing a well-rounded overview of Joplin's brief career.

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