Ball and Chain
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
Track listing:
"Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:14
"Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 4:02
"Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (Ragovoy, Chip Taylor) – 3:57
"Cry Baby" (Bert Berns, Ragovoy) – 4:00
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) – 4:34
"Down on Me" (Janis Joplin) – 3:09
"Get It While You Can" (Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) – 3:27
"Bye, Bye Baby" (Powell St. John) – 2:37
"Move Over" (Joplin) – 3:44
"Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton) – 7:59
Bonus tracks on 1999 reissue:
"Maybe" – 3:39
"Mercedes Benz" – 1:45
In Concert - album 1972
Side A
1. "Down On Me" – 3:05
Recorded March 2, 1968, at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI
2. "Bye, Bye Baby" – 4:29
Recorded April 12, 1968, at Winterland, San Francisco, CA
3. "All Is Loneliness" – 5:44
Recorded April 4, 1970, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
4. "Piece Of My Heart" – 4:19
Recorded March 2, 1968, at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI
Side B
1. "Road Block" – 2:53
2. "Flower In The Sun" – 3:07
3. "Summertime" – 4:31
1-3 recorded June 23, 1968, The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
4. "Ego Rock" – 8:32
Recorded April 4, 1970, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
Side C
1. "Half Moon" – 4:36
2. "Kozmic Blues" – 6:05
3. "Move Over" – 5:09
Side D
1. "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" – 8:13
2. "Get It While You Can" – 7:04
3. "Ball And Chain" – 9:15
The tracks on the second LP were recorded during the Canadian Festival Express concert tour in mid-1970. The first two songs on Side C are from Toronto, Ontario, on June 28, 1970. The rest were recorded in Calgary, Alberta, on July 4, 1970
Janis Joplin - vocals
Big Brother & The Holding Company:
James Gurley - Guitar
Sam Andrew - Guitar
Peter Albin - Bass
Dave Getz - Drums
Full Tilt Boogie Band:
John Till - Guitar
Richard Bell - Piano
Ken Pearson - Organ
Brad Campbell - Bass
Clark Pierson - Drums
Pearl - album 1971
Track listing:
"Move Over" (Janis Joplin) - 3:43
"Cry Baby" (Jerry Ragovoy, Sam Bell) - 3:58
"A Woman Left Lonely" (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham) - 3:29
"Half Moon" (John Hall, Johanna Hall) - 3:53
"Buried Alive in the Blues" (Nick Gravenites) - 2:29
"My Baby" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) - 3:26
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) - 4:33
"Mercedes Benz" (Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure) - 1:48
"Trust Me" (Bobby Womack) - 3:17
"Get It While You Can" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) - 3:27
1999 remastered edition bonus tracks :
"Tell Mama" (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell) - 6:32
"Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:50
"Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (Jerry Ragovoy, Chip Taylor) - 6:52
"Cry Baby" (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns) - 6:29
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Janis Joplin - lead vocals, guitar
Sam Andrew - guitar, vocals
Michael Monarch - guitar (uncredited)
Mike Bloomfield - guitar (One Good Man)
Brad Campbell - bass, brass instrumentation
Richard Kermode - electronic organ, keyboards
Gabriel Mekler - electronic organ, keyboards
Goldy McJohn - electronic organ, keyboards (uncredited)
Maury Baker - drums
Lonnie Castille - drums
Jerry Edmonton - drums (uncredited)
Terry Clements - tenor saxophone
Cornelius Flowers - baritone saxophone
Luis Gasca - trumpet
"Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (Jerry Ragovoy, Chip Taylor) - 3:57
"Maybe" (Richard Barrett) - 3:41
"One Good Man" (Janis Joplin) - 4:12
"As Good As You've Been to This World" (Nick Gravenites) - 5:27
"To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) - 5:14
"Kozmic Blues" (Janis Joplin, Gabriel Mekler) - 4:24
"Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:51
"Work Me Lord" (Nick Gravenites) - 6:45
CD reissue bonus tracks:
"Dear Landlord" (Session Outtake) (Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin) - 2:32
"Summertime" (Live at Woodstock) (George Gershwin)- 5:04
"Piece of My Heart" (Live at Woodstock) (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns) - 6:31
Cheap thrills - album 1968
Peter Albin – Bass, Guitar
Sam Andrew – Bass, Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Author
David Getz – Piano, Drums, Author
James Gurley – Bass, Guitar, Engineer
Janis Joplin – Vocals, Engineer, Performer
John Simon – Piano, Producer
Side one
"Combination of the Two" (Sam Andrew) – 5:47
"I Need a Man to Love" (Andrew, Joplin) – 4:54
"Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:00
"Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:15
Side two
"Turtle Blues" (Joplin) – 4:22
"Oh, Sweet Mary" (Peter Albin, Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley, Joplin) – 4:16
"Ball and Chain"(Big Mama Thornton) – 9:02
Re-Release Bonus Tracks
"Roadblock" (studio outtake)
"Flower in the Sun" (studio outtake)
"Catch Me Daddy" (live)
"Magic of Love" (live)
Big Brother & the Holding Company (album 1967)
Janis Joplin - vocals
Peter Albin- bass
Sam Andrew - guitar
David Getz - drums
James Gurley - guitar
"Bye, Bye Baby" (Powell St. John) – 2:35
"Easy Rider" (James Gurley) – 2:21
"Intruder" (Janis Joplin) – 2:25
"Light Is Faster Than Sound" (Peter Albin) – 2:29
"Call on Me" (Sam Andrew) – 2:32
"The Last Time" (Janis Joplin) 2:17
"Women Is Losers" (Joplin) – 2:01
"Blindman" (Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley, Joplin) – 2:00
"Down On Me" (Traditional, arranged Joplin) – 2:02
"Caterpillar" (Peter Albin) – 2:15
"All Is Loneliness" (Moondog) – 2:15
"Coo Coo" (Traditional, arranged Joplin) – 1:59
1999 re-release bonus tracks:
"Call on Me" (Alternate Version) – 2:42
"Bye, Bye Baby" (Alternate Version) – 2:39