Janis (1975 Album)
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''Janis'' is a collection of performances by
Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful Rock music, rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and her "electric" ...
, issued in 1975 as a compilation album containing film soundtrack and live recordings. Disc one is subtitled "From the soundtrack of the motion picture '' Janis'' (with substituted performances of 'Piece of my Heart' and 'Cry Baby')". In addition to concert recordings from Toronto and Frankfurt, there are several short TV-interviews. Disc two contains recordings from Austin, Texas (1963 and 1964), plus four recordings from San Francisco (1965). The album booklet contains a photo documentary, with 22 pictures from Janis Joplin's life and career.


Track listing


Disc one: ''Janis''

# " Mercedes Benz" (Janis Joplin,
Michael McClure Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famo ...
) (With The Full Tilt Boogie Band; from the album ''
Pearl A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle (mollusc), mantle) of a living Exoskeleton, shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pear ...
'') # " Ball and Chain" ( W. M. Thornton) (With The Kozmic Blues Band; Frankfurt, Germany Concert 1969) # Rap on "Try" (Toronto, Canada Concert 1970) # "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (
Jerry Ragovoy Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy (September 4, 1930 – July 13, 2011) was an American songwriter and record producer who wrote several pop songs including the instrumental " Time Is on My Side" (under the pseudonym of Norman Meade for Kai Winding), which ...
, C. Taylor) (With Full Tilt Boogie; Toronto, Canada Concert 1970) # " Summertime" (
DuBose Heyward Edwin DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel '' Porgy''. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer Georg ...
,
George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...
) (With The Kozmic Blues Band; Frankfurt, Germany Concert 1969) # Albert Hall Interview (1969) # " Cry Baby" (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns) (With The Full Tilt Boogie Band; from the album ''Pearl'') # "Move Over" (J. Joplin) (With The Full Tilt Boogie Band) # Dick Cavett T.V. Interview (1970) # "
Piece of My Heart "Piece of My Heart" is a romantic soul song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. Franklin's single peaked in December 1967 at number 10 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart ...
" (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns) (With Big Brother and the Holding Company; from the album '' Cheap Thrills'') # Port Arthur High School Reunion # "Maybe" (R. Barrett) (With The Kozmic Blues Band; Frankfurt, Germany Concert 1969) # " Me and Bobby McGee" ( Fred Foster,
Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a m ...
) (With The Full Tilt Boogie Band; from the album ''Pearl'')


Disc two: ''Early Performances''

# " Trouble in Mind" ( Richard M. Jones) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # " What Good Can Drinkin' Do" (Janis Joplin) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # " Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (J. Rhodes, D. Reynolds) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # "Mississippi River" (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # "Stealin'" (L. Stock, A. Lewis) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # "No Reason For Livin'" (Janis Joplin) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # "Black Mountain Blues" (R. Cole) (Recorded 1965 San Francisco with Dick Oxtot Jazz Band) # " Walk Right In" ( Gus Cannon, H. Woods) (Recorded 1965 San Francisco with Dick Oxtot Jazz Band) # "River Jordan" (Recorded 1965 San Francisco with Dick Oxtot Jazz Band) # " Mary Jane" (Janis Joplin) (Recorded 1965 San Francisco with Dick Oxtot Jazz Band) # "Kansas City Blues" (C. Parker) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" (Janis Joplin) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # " See See Rider" ( Ma Rainey) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # "
San Francisco Bay Blues "San Francisco Bay Blues" is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller. Fuller first recorded the song in 1954, which was released by the World Song label in 1955. A " one-man band" renditi ...
" (
Jesse Fuller Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Early life Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta, United States. He was sent by his moth ...
) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # "Winin' Boy" (
Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe ( Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American blues and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz ...
) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # " Careless Love" ( Huddie Ledbetter,
Alan Lomax Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activ ...
) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964) # " I'll Drown In My Own Tears" ( Henry Glover) (Austin, Texas 1963 or 1964)


Charts


Certifications

According to RIAA.COM, the 1975 release did not sell 500,000 copies. The 1993 release did. Two different albums.


References

{{Janis Joplin Janis Joplin compilation albums Albums produced by Paul A. Rothchild Compilation albums published posthumously 1975 compilation albums Columbia Records compilation albums