Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company (1967)

 Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company - Released Year 1967


Tracklist front / back album covers

1967 Mainstream Records release

1. "Bye, Bye Baby" Powell St. John 2:37
2. "Easy Rider" James Gurley 2:23
3. "Intruder" Janis Joplin 2:27
4. "Light Is Faster Than Sound" Peter Albin 2:30
5. "Call on Me" Sam Andrew 2:32
6. "Women Is Losers" Joplin 2:03
7. "Blindman" Albin, Andrew, David Getz, Gurley, Joplin 2:23
8. "Down on Me" Traditional, arr. Joplin 2:04
9. "Caterpillar" Albin 2:18
10. "All Is Loneliness" Moondog 2:30

1967 Columbia records release

1. "Bye, Bye Baby" Powell St. John 2:37
2. "Easy Rider" James Gurley 2:23
3. "Intruder" Janis Joplin 2:27
4. "Light Is Faster Than Sound" Peter Albin 2:30
5. "Call on Me" Sam Andrew 2:32
6. "Coo Coo" (Single) Albin 1:56
7. "Women Is Losers" Joplin 2:03
8. "Blindman" Albin, Andrew, David Getz, Gurley, Joplin 2:23
9. "Down on Me" Traditional, arr. Joplin 2:04
10. "Caterpillar" Albin 2:18
11. "All Is Loneliness" Moondog 2:30

12. "The Last Time" (Single) Joplin 2:15

Big Brother & the Holding Company is the debut album of Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin, their main singer. Recorded during three days in December 1966 for Mainstream Records, it was released in the summer of 1967, shortly after the band's major success at the Monterey Pop Festival. Columbia took over the band's contract and re-released the album, adding two extra tracks, and putting Joplin's name on the cover. Several tracks on the album were released as singles, the most successful being "Down on Me" on its second release, in 1968.