Description: Robert Crumb designed the front cover art. Approved by the Hell's Angels Frisco. This is the Holland release of "Cheap Thrills". On the album cover there is a half-page photo of "Janis Joplin" and liner notes ( The German release of "Cheap Thrills" has a full-page photo of Janis Joplin and is missing the liner notes ) .
A full transcript of the album's liner notes, with two reviews of Janis Joplin's Live performances
New York's golden ears came out ringing from the Saturday evening performances of Janis Joplin at the Anderson Theatre on Second Avenue. The two shows were the East Coast premiere of Big Brother and the Holding Company—long the favourite group of the San Francisco dance halls—but it was all Janis. Outside of soul, no girl has emerged with the sexual pazazz of male singers like Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. Now, with Janis, all this is over.
She looks like the girl next door, but you live on the Lower East Side. Although not beautiful in the usual sense, she sure projects. Janis is a sex symbol in an unlikely package. Her belting. groovy style combines Bessie Smith's soul with the finesse of Aretha Franklin covered all over with James Brown drive. She jumps and runs and pounces, vibrating the audience with solid sound. The range of her earthy dynamic voice seems almost without limits. At times she seems to be singing harmony with herself.
Janis Joplin is a classic figure, the woman who has been kicked around and, having lost her innocence so long ago she's forgotten it and having lost her self-respect, she sings merely to keep herself in liquor Her voice is whiskey-soaked: notes become harsh chords as if a bow is being drawn indiscriminately and simultaneously across all four strings of an untuned violin. And then, suddenly, like a sun breaking through black clouds, the voice is sweet, a tantalising, cruel return to purity. And then the black clouds return.
Music Genre: |
Psych, Acid, Progressive Rock, Blues |
| Record collector's information for: |
Robert Crumb designed the front cover art. Approved by the Hell's Angels Frisco. Liner notes by "The Village Voice" and "David Finkle" - Record World |
Album Packaging / Information: |
Producd Thomas Weir 1967. Engineers: Fred Catero, Jerry Hochman, Roy Segal, Janis Joplin and James Gurley. L ive material recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium |
Record Label Information: |
CBS 32004 |
Media Format: |
12" LP Vinyl Gramophone Record |
Year & Country: |
1968 Made in Holland |
Band Members and Musicians on: Janis Joplin Big Brother & Holding Company - Cheap Thrills |
Track Listing of: Janis Joplin Big Brother & Holding Company - Cheap Thrills |
Robert Crumb designed the front cover art.
Large black and white photo of Janis Joplin, as liner notes by David Finkle on the album back cover
Record Label Details: Orange and Yellow Colour CBS 32004, Made in Holland, LC-0149 ℗ 1968 CBS Inc Sound Copyright
Janis Joplin (Full-name: Janis Lyn Joplin ) twas an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the blues rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. She was born on 19 January 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas, and grew up in a middle-class family.
Joplin started her music career as a folk singer in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California. In 1966, she joined the band "Big Brother and the Holding Company" and became their lead singer. The band's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 helped to establish Joplin's reputation as a powerful and charismatic performer.
Her powerful and bluesy voice, combined with her raw and soulful style, earned her the nickname "The Queen of Rock and Roll." Joplin's early recordings with Big Brother and the Holding Company, including their hit album "Cheap Thrills," showcased her unique style and earned her critical acclaim.
In 1968, Joplin left Big Brother and the Holding Company to pursue a solo career. She released her first solo album, "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!," in 1969. Her second and final studio album, "Pearl," was released posthumously in 1971 and is considered one of her greatest works.
Joplin struggled with drug and alcohol addiction throughout her career and died of a heroin overdose on 4 October 1970, at the age of 27. Despite her relatively short career, Joplin's influence on rock music and her powerful performances have made her one of the most iconic figures in the history of rock and roll.
Today, Joplin is remembered as a pioneering female rock star who paved the way for future generations of female musicians. Her music continues to inspire and influence musicians across genres and her legacy continues to live on.