Big Brother & The Holding Co. - Cheaper Thrills (1983) [Reissue 2000]

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Title: Cheaper Thrills
Year Of Release: 1983/2000
Label: Acadia [ACA 8001]
Genre: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 45:53
Total Size: 105 mb / 294 mb
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Recorded on July 28, 1966, before the band had cut any studio material, this performance was one of Janis Joplin's first gigs with Big Brother. The sound is decent, with several famous staples of their repertoire already in place -- "Down on Me," "Coo-Coo," "Ball and Chain." Yet in comparison with their best studio and live recordings from 1967 and 1968, this is a bit limp. Big Brother were never noted for their polish, but made up for that with reckless bravado; however, that's largely missing at this juncture in their development, which finds them sounding somewhat tentative in their adaptation of R&B and garage-band ethos to heavy guitar arrangements. Big Brother were never noted for their songwriting ability either, and this set is pretty reliant on R&B staples like "Let the Good Times Roll" and "I Know You Rider"; the unabashedly psychedelic workout "Gutra's Garden" hasn't aged well at all. Joplin's vocals are fairly strong, but these early versions of "Down on Me" and, especially, "Ball and Chain" don't hold a candle to her performances of the same tunes at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Other members of the band take the lead vocal on a few numbers, emphatically proving -- as they always did when given a chance -- that Joplin was necessary to put them on the map. This recording is an interesting glimpse into the group's formative days, though, and features eight songs not on their late-'60s albums.

TRACKLIST:

1 Come On Baby Let The Good Times Roll 2:37
2 I Know You Rider 3:16
3 Moanin' At Midnight 5:03
4 Hey Baby 2:48
5 Down On Me 2:47
6 Whisperman 1:49
7 Women Is Losers 3:43
8 Blow My Mind 2:35
9 Ball & Chain 6:44
10 Coo-Coo 2:29
11 Gutra's Garden 4:41
12 Harry 0:36
13 Hall Of The Mountain King 6:51

Janis Joplin - vocals, maracas
James Gurley - guitar
Sam Andrew – guitar
Peter Albin – bass, vocals
David Getz - drums

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