Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Janis Joplin - vocal [click here to see more vinyl featuring Janis Joplin]
Cornelius "Snooky" Flowers, Terry Clements (sax); Luis Gasca (tr); Richard Kermode, Gabriel Mekler (org); Sam Andrew (g); Brad Campbell (b); Maury Baker, Lonnie Castille (dr)
Written by Jerry Ragovoy (A1), Chip Taylor (A1), Richard Barrett (A2), Janis Joplin (A3, B2), Nick Gravenites (A4), Barry Gibb (B1), Robin Gibb (B1), Gabriel Mekler (B2), Lorenz Hart (B3), Richard Rodgers (B3), Nick Gravenites (B4)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : Columbia
Recording: June - August 1969 by Sy Mitchell, Jerry Hochman, and Alex Kazanegras
Production: Gabriel Mekler
Originally released in 1969
Reissued in July 2007
Tracks :
Side A :
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
- Maybe
- One Good Man
- As Good As You've Been To This World
Side B :
- To Love Somebody
- Kozmic Blues
- Little Girl Blue
- Work Me Lord
Reviews :
When Janis Joplin died in October 1970 at the early age of 27, thus involuntarily confirming the beatnik adage »live fast, love hard, die young«, it was only a matter of time before she was crowned the “Queen of Rock”. Of greater importance than this posthumous entry into rock ’n’ roll’s hall of fame is the recognition during her lifetime of her explosive vocal style, which – so Vogue – "turned the whole history of singing upside down".
Janis Joplin’s discography is just as short and changeable as her life. After two LP releases with the standard 'cast' of rock musicians in the band Big Brother And The Holding Company, with whose excellent musical support she obtained her first recording contract with Columbia Records in 1968, the company provided her with a group augmented with organ and winds. Their intention was to broaden her vocal expression with blues and funk elements, which, however, her most loyal fans regarded as betrayal of the ideals of rock music. Rock fans in the Old World were less critical, especially since Joplin and her Kozmic Blues Band went on a two-month tour of Europe. For those Woodstock fans whose ears are still ringing with the band’s full, meaty wind sound and Janis’s bluesy soul singing, this album is an absolute must.
Ratings :
Allmusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : Rate Your Music :