Janis (1993 album)
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Janis is a compilation album by Janis Joplin
, released in 1993. The album features a broad overview of her career from her very first recording in December 1962, to the last songs she did during the sessions for Pearl
just a few days before her death in October 1970.
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
, released in 1993. The album features a broad overview of her career from her very first recording in December 1962, to the last songs she did during the sessions for Pearl
Pearl (album)
-Personnel:* Janis Joplin – vocals, guitar on "Me and Bobby McGee"* Richard Bell – piano* Ken Pearson – organ* John Till – electric guitar* Brad Campbell – bass guitar* Clark Pierson – drums-Additional personnel:...
just a few days before her death in October 1970.
Disc one
- "What Good Can Drinkin' DoWhat Good Can Drinkin' Do (song)"What Good Can Drinkin' Do" is a blues song by Janis Joplin, the first song she ever recorded.The song has six verses, following the 12-bar blues pattern...
" (live) – 2:45 - "Trouble in MindTrouble in Mind (song)"Trouble in Mind" is a slow eight-bar blues song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones. The song was recorded in 1924 by singer Thelma La Vizzo with Jones providing the piano accompaniment...
" (live) – 3:03 - "Hesitation BluesHesitation Blues"Hesitation Blues" is a popular song adapted from a traditional tune. One version was published by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham. Another was published by W.C. Handy as "Hesitating Blues." Because the tune is a traditional tune many artists have given themselves credit as...
" – 4:05 - "Easy Rider" – 2:24
- "Coo Coo" – 2:05
- "Down on Me" – 2:06
- "The Last Time" – 2:17
- "All Is Loneliness" – 2:19
- "Call on Me" (live) – 3:37
- "Women Is Losers" (live) – 5:08
- "Intruder" – 2:32
- "Light Is Faster than Sound" – 2:32
- "Bye, Bye Baby" – 2:39
- "Farewell Song" – 4:24
- "Flower in the Sun" (live) – 3:13
- "Misery'n" (previously unissued) – 4:09
- "Road Block" (live) – 6:12
- "Ball and Chain" (live) – 8:07
Disc two
- "Combination of the Two" – 5:52
- "I Need a Man to Love" – 4:53
- "Piece of My HeartPiece of My Heart"Piece of My Heart" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. The song came to greater mainstream attention when Big Brother and the Holding Company covered the song in 1968 and had a hit with it...
" – 4:28 - "Turtle Blues" – 4:30
- "Oh, Sweet Mary" – 4:16
- "Catch Me Daddy" – 4:56
- "SummertimeSummertime (song)"Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP....
" – 4:07 - "Kozmic Blues" – 4:24
- "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" – 3:58
- "One Good Man" – 4:11
- "Dear Landlord" (previously unissued) – 2:33
- "To Love Somebody" – 5:19
- "As Good as You've Been to This World" – 5:27
- "Little Girl Blue" – 3:51
- "Work Me, Lord" – 6:38
- "Raise Your HandRaise Your Hand"Raise Your Hand" is a song written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and Alvertis Isbell . It was recorded by Floyd and appeared on his 1967 debut album Knock on Wood...
" (live) – 2:17 - "Maybe" (live) – 4:07
Disc three
- "Me and Bobby McGee" (alternate version) – 4:49
- "One Night Stand" (alternate take) – 3:10
- "Tell Mama" (live) – 5:48
- "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (live) – 8:16
- "Cry Baby" – 4:59
- "Move Over" – 3:42
- "A Woman Left Lonely" – 3:29
- "Half Moon" – 3:53
- "Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails)" – 1:10
- "My Baby" – 3:45
- "Mercedes Benz" – 2:14
- "Trust Me" – 3:17
- "Get It While You Can" – 3:25
- "Me and Bobby McGeeMe and Bobby McGee"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Others performed the song later, including Kristofferson himself, and Janis Joplin who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second...
" – 4:29