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The Lost Tapes
Compilation album by
Released2008
Recorded1966–1968
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock
LabelAirline
ProducerDavid Getz

The Lost Tapes is a two-disc compilation album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin as lead singer. The material on the first disc consists of a show at The Matrix on January 31, 1967 that is previously unreleased. The second disc consists primarily of a show at The California Hall on July 28, 1966 that had first seen release in 1984 as Cheaper Thrills, with the final track "Hall Of The Mountain King" taken from a KQED TV broadcast on April 25, 1967. [1] [2]


Track listing

Disc One
  1. "Bye, Bye Baby" - 4:10
  2. "Great White Guru" - 5:46
  3. "Women Is Losers" - 5:09
  4. " Oh My Soul" - 2:34
  5. " Amazing Grace" - 11:30
  6. "Caterpillar" - 4:11
  7. "It's a Deal" - 2:13
  8. "Hi Heel Sneakers" - 3:36
  9. "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill" - 2:22
  10. "Turtle Blues" - 6:46
  11. "All Is Loneliness" - 9:04
  12. "Light Is Faster Than Sound" - 6:26
Disc Two
  1. " (Come On Baby) Let the Good Times Roll" - 2:37
  2. " I Know You Rider" - 3:13
  3. " Moanin' at Midnight" - 4:57
  4. "Hey Baby" - 2:50
  5. " Down on Me" - 2:45
  6. "Whisperman" - 1:46
  7. "Women Is Losers" - 3:48
  8. "Blow My Mind" - 2:34
  9. " Oh My Soul" - 2:34
  10. " Ball and Chain" - 6:43
  11. "Coo-Coo" - 2:30
  12. "Gutra's Garden" - 4:36
  13. "Harry" - 0:37
  14. "Hall of the Mountain King" - 6:51

Personnel

Big Brother and the Holding Company
  • Janis Joplin - vocals, maracas
  • James Gurley - guitar
  • Sam Andrew - guitar
  • Peter Albin - bass, vocals
  • David Getz - drums

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Al. "The Lost Tapes". AllMusic. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Big Brother And The Holding Company* – The Lost Tapes". Discogs. Retrieved January 16, 2014.