Big Brother and the Holding Company (album)

Big Brother & the Holding Company
Studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
Released September 1967 [1]
Recorded December 12, 1966–December 14, 1966
Chicago, Illinois
Genre Psychedelic rock, blues rock
Length 33:51 (1999 reissue)
Label Mainstream
Producer Bob Shad
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Big Brother & the Holding Company
(1967)
Cheap Thrills
(1968)
Janis Joplin chronology
The Typewriter Tape
(1966)
Big Brother and the Holding Company
(1967)
Cheap Thrills
(1968)
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Big Brother & the Holding Company is the debut album from Big Brother and the Holding Company and the studio debut of Janis Joplin. The album was originally released in the summer of 1967, following the band's major success at the Monterey Pop Festival. The album was a minor success, peaking at #60[1] and almost producing a top forty hit with the Joplin song "Down on Me". A year after its initial release, Big Brother would release their second album Cheap Thrills which went on to become a massive hit. "The Last Time" and "Coo Coo" do not appear on the original Mainstream release, only available on a 45 rpm single; they were added when Columbia Records reissued the album.[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Bye, Bye Baby"   2:35
2. "Easy Rider"   2:21
3. "Intruder"   2:25
4. "Light Is Faster Than Sound"   2:29
5. "Call on Me"   2:32
6. "Women Is Losers"   2:01
7. "Blindman"   2:00
8. "Down On Me"   2:02
9. "Caterpillar"   2:15
10. "All Is Loneliness"   2:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "Janis Joplin". RockHall.com. Janis Joplin Highlights. http://rockhall.com/inductees/janis-joplin/. Retrieved September 10, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Viglione, Joe. "Big Brother & the Holding Company [Columbia Special Products]" at Allmusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.