Big Brother & The Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin

Here is Big Brother and the Holding Company WITH Janis Joplin, not yet famous, playing more for the joy than the Benjamins. The studio was used to recording jazz musicians and kept asking the band to turn down their sound, which is humorous now but then it caused the group to produce a record with a very clean sound. Janis was not half-drunk, the band was not self-important, the musicians were actually darned good so this album is indeed a gem. You can hear various influences in their style, a tiny bit of Jefferson Airplane, some folk, lots of blues included in the rocking recording. I think BBHC deserves some credit for being a band worthy of respect and not simply the guys playing behind Janis. Here is the group before fame and fortune and all the dangers thereof had come to them. I love it! Who would have thought that the first of their albums would be recorded far from The City in Chicago??! Yet if you think of it, since Chicago is a blues haven, it is apropos. Five stars!

This was an order of three cds. I got two of them together and one separate. The order was correct and I got it on time.

I bought this as an LP back in the day, one of the first of the San Francisco bands to make it to LP. (Their second album would really put them on the map; then Janis went solo.) This one is, oddly, constrained. Not a single track, including the bonus tracks, is longer than 2:41! One is only 1:56! This from an era, and a city, known for extended jams. That said, it's not bad, definitely has its moments. It's somewhere between a garage band or a folk-rock band and the actual San Francisco sound.

Slight Crack in Jewel Case but CD was GREAT. Reminded again whil the only one who should sing in Big Brother was Janis : 0

Simply titled Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967), the album is Janis's one attempt to be part of a group ensemble instead of the "star." The performances are proof-positive that Janis never succeeded at blending in - she had too much power. In the opening number, "Bye, Bye Baby," Janis's voice is double-tracked. Thanks to the elegant re-mastering job, the raw beauty of that performance can now be fully appreciated. The group itself produced a fine debut album, but it's doubtful that the album would have been treated to such a lavish re-mastering job without the historical connection that Joplin provided. This is the best of the San Francisco sound: raw, driven rock where the musicians were genuinely talented. Sounds great!!

Music from my childhood

love listenng to my high schol days. Introdced my kids to another member of the 27 club. sad that so much potential was lost but her music lives on.

My favorite Janis Joplin record. With really good sound and extra tracks

Un gran disco,donde podemos ver los inicios de Janis Joplin. El disco llego en tiempo, forma y buen estado

Un disco storico per chi ama come meJanis Joplin.

Super quelle voix.

Als Janis Joplin zum zweiten Mal in ihrem Leben nach San Francisco aufbrach, um sich als Sängerin durchzusetzen(das erste Mal scheiterte sie und ging dann aufs College), hatte sie weitaus mehr Glück und wurde herzlich von der bereits bestehenden Band "Big Brother & The Holding Company" aufgenommen. Der gemeinsame Plan war von nun an, Janis nach und nach als Leadsängerin der Band zu etablieren, da die Jungs von ihrer kraftvollen Stimme total begeistert waren. Man arbeitete also schrittweise darauf hin. Dies ist die erste Platte der Band mit ihrem neuen Mitglied Janis und die Songs sind durchaus gelungen und sehr hörenswert. Janis kommt kraftvoll rüber, genauso wie auf ihren späteren Alben auch. Die Negativkritik einiger Rezensenten kann ich überhaupt nicht nachvollziehen. Dieses Album ist das Erstlingswerk einer Band in Neuformation, sowohl personell wie auch musikalisch; und wirklich gut.

ジャニスジョプリンのファーストアルバムは荒削りなサウンドで若干稚拙ではありますが良しとしましょう‼️