Janis Joplin - Blow All My Blues Away

9 cd compilation

1962 - 1970

This set of archival recordings lets us witness the formation of arguably the most powerful and expressive voice in rock history. From the earliest known performances in the small bars of Texas to the first sessions with Big Brother to her mesmerizing live shows, Janis never left behind her raw roots. She drew upon them to impel emotional performances as if by exposing her pain she gained power over her past and transformed it into a gift. In these newly sourced pearls, we can hear as never before the birth and fast burning flame of Janis Joplin.

Included are outtakes and unreleased songs from the 1968 "Cheap Thrills" studio sessions, demos for the 1969 Kozmic Blues album and vast improvements on all existing vintage (1962-65) live recordings. The vintage recordings, in particular, are wonderful and although we
had some of this material from the long out of print "Janis" movie
soundtrack vinyl release, this collection has 39 (!) tracks recorded
between 1962-65 including the ubiquitous "Typewriter Tapes" made by Jorma. The final CD finally unchains the urgent expression and lets it be heard in a complete Big Brother concert from 1967. Sit down by your window, put this set on, and blow all your blues away.


CD#1 (66:29) The Early Years 1962-63

John Riley's Home, Austin, Texas 1962 //1. What Good Can Drinkin Do
Threadgill's Bar, Austin, Texas 1962 / 2. CC Rider / 3. San Francisco Bay Blues / 4. Wining Boy Blues / 5. Careless Love / 6. I'll Drown In My Own Tears / San Jose Coffeeshop w/Jorma Kaukonen & Steve Mann 1962 / 7. Honky Tonk Angel / 8. Empty Pillow On My Bed / Grant Ave. Coffeehouse, late 1962 or early 1963 / 9. Gospel Ship / 10. Stealing / 11. Leaving This Morning / 12. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy / 13. Careless Love / 14. Bourgeois Blues / 15. Black Mountain Blues, Austin, Texas Reel #1: 1963 / 16. Trouble In Mind / 17. What Good Can Drinking Do / 18. Silver Threads & Golden Needles / 19. Mississippi River / 20. Stealing
21. No Reason For Living, Austin, Texas Reel #2: 1964 / 22. I'll Drown In My Own Tears / 23. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy / 24. Careless Love / 25. San Francisco Bay Blues / 26. Wining Boy Blues / 27. CC Rider / 28. Leaving This Morning

CD#2 (73:25) The Middle Years 1964-68

"The Typewriter Tape" w/Jorma Kaukonen & Margaretta Kaukonen (typewriter)
San Jose, CA 25 June 1964 Jorma's Mother's House1. Typewriter Talk / 2. Trouble In Mind / 3. Kansas City Blues / 4. Hesitation Blues / 5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / 6. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy / 7. Long Black Train Blues
San Francisco 1965 w/Dick Oxtrot Jazz Band
8. Black Mountain Blues / 9. Walk Right In / 10. River Jordan / 11. Mary Jane
Janis & Big Brother & The Holding Company Sessions 1967-68
Mainstream LP Session Outtakes with Big Brother & The Holding Co.
12. (1967) Call On Me / 13. (1967) Bye, Bye Baby
Cheap Thrills Studio Session Outtakes w/Big Brother & The Holding Co.
14. (03/19/68) Its A Deal / 15. (03/19/68) Easy Once You Know How / 16. (03/25/68) Roadblock / 17. (03/25/68) Flower In The Sun / 18. (03/25/68) Misery'n / 19. (03/25/68) Catch Me Daddy / 20. (03/25/68) Farewell Song / 21. (03/28/68) Summertime


CD#3 (70:06) The Late Years 1968-70

Cheap Thrills Studio Session Outtakes cont.
1. (04/01/68) Misery'n / 2. (04/01/68) Catch Me Daddy / 3. (06/12/68) Harry
The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI 01/02 MAR 1968
4. Magic Of Love / 5. Down On Me / 6. Piece Of My Heart
Amsterdam 01 APR 1969 w/The Kozmic Blues Band
7. Maybe / 8. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) / 9. Ball And Chain
Kozmic Blues Outtakes & Demos - June & July 1969
10. Dear Landlord (outtake) / 11. Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out (Demo) / 12. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (Demo) / 13. Let's Don't Quit (Demo) / 14. Get It While You Can #1 (Demo) / 15. Get It While You Can #2 (inc.) (Demo)
3/28/70 Studio Session Outtakes with The Butterfield Blues Band
16. One Night Stand (1) Outtake / 17. One Night Stand (2) Outtake
"The Dick Cavett Show" ABC-TV 25 JUN 1970
18. Get It While You Can


CD#4 (73:59) Live Big Brother

California Hall, San Francisco, CA 12 FEB 1967
w/Big Brother & The Holding Co.
1. Call On Me / 2. Combination Of The Two / 3. Blow My Mind / 4. Down On Me / 5. All Is Loneliness/Drum Solo / 6. Road Block / 7. Light Is Faster Than Sound / 8. Bye Bye Baby / 9. Goin' To Brownsville / 10. Ball And Chain / 11. I Know You Rider

CD#5 Early Janis

Studio (unknown, from acetate) backed by jazz band, date? early

1) Black Mountain / 2) Careless Love

San Francisco, CA, unknown venue, Fall 1962

3) Gospel Ship / 4) Stealin' / 5) Leavin' This Mornin' / 6) Daddy Daddy Daddy / 8) Careless Love / 9) Bourgeoise Blues / 10) Black Mountain

Folk Theater, San Jose, CA DEC 1962 with Steve Talbot

11) Honky Tonk Angel / 12) Empty Pillow / 13) Red Mountain Burgundy / 14) ?? unknown title / 15) Mary Jane

KPFA Studios, San Francisco, CA 18 JAN 1963 with Larry Hanks, RogerPerkins& host Gert Cherito

16) Black Mountain / 17) Columbus Stockade

Jorma Kaukonen's House, San Jose, CA, probably 1964 with Steve Mann

18) Winin' Boy Blues / 19) Trouble in Mind

CD# 6 Live Big Brother

Big Brother & The Holding Co. Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA 23 JUN 1968 (low gen. 1/2 track reel)

1) (cuts in) Combination of the 2 -> / 2) I Need A Man To Love / 3) It's Just History / 4) Light Is Faster Than Sound / 5) Summertime / 6) Mr. Natural (cuts)

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA 1968 (FM)

7) Bye Bye Baby / 8) Women is Losers / 9) All is Loneliness / 10) Call On Me / 11) Ball & Chain

CD#7 Various Outtakes and Live Sets I

1) So Sad to Be Alone (1965) / 2) San Francisco Blues (San Francisco 1963) / 3) Apple of My Eye / 4) 219 Train / 5) Codine / 6) Down & Out / 7) Turtle Blues / 8) I Ain't Got A Worry / 9) Brownsville (circa 1965) / 10) Catch Me Daddy (Brownsville) / 11) Piece of My Heart(from the D.A. Pennebaker out-of-print video "Comin' Home." Recorded at the New Generation Club, NYC, April 1968) / 12) Down On Me(Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco 1966) / 13) Summertime14) / I Need A Man To Love / 15) (chat with Don Adams)(Hollywood Palace Show, 26 OCT 1968) / 16) Combination of the Two / 16) Farewell Song("Cheap Thrills" outtakes 1968)

CD#8 Various Outtakes and Live Sets II

1) Piece of My Heart / 2) Summertime / 3) Coo Coo / 4) Combination of the Two / 5) Ball & Chain / 6) Down On Me / 7) Piece of My Heart (reprise)(Newport Festival, August 1968) / 8) interview / 9) Piece of My Heart / 10) Summertime / 11) Me / 12) Raise Your Hand / 13) Work Me Lord(Swedish TV, April 1969) / 14) Stay With Me / 15) Walk Right(Winterland, San Francisco, 21 March 1969)

CD#9: Various Outtakes and Live Sets III

1) Dick Cavett introduction / 2) To Love Somebody / 3) interview (Dick Cavett Show, July 1969) / 4) Little Girl Blue / 5) Raise your Hand (w/Tom Jones) / 6) Kosmic Blues / 7) Ego Rock (w/ Johnny Winter) / 8) Help Me Baby (w/ Johnny Winter; title uncertain)(Boston Music Hall, 11 December 1969) / 9) One Night Stand (w/ Paul Butterfield Band)(Columbia Studios, March 1970) / 10) Mercedes Benz / 11) Try / 12) My Baby (Final Concert, Harvard Stadium, 12 August 1970) / 13) My Baby(Dick Cavett Show, March 1970) / 14) Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down(Ken Threadgill's Birthday Party,Austin, TX, 10 July 1970)

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