Live at Winterland '68

Live at Winterland '68
Live album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
Released	June 2, 1998 (June 2, 1998)
Recorded	April 12–13, 1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	75:46
Label	Columbia/Legacy
Big Brother and the Holding Company chronology
Can't Go Home Again (1997) Live at Winterland '68 (1998)
Janis Joplin chronology
The Collection (1995) Live at Winterland '68 (1998) Live at Woodstock: August 19, 1969 (1999)

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Live at Winterland '68 is an album by Janis Joplin with her band Big Brother and The Holding Company. It was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom on April 12, 1968, and April 13, 1968 and includes live renditions of songs from their studio albums.

The return to San Francisco comes after a successful tour in the east coast. Acts like B. B. King and Albert King would open for the band during the tour. This album has lengthier renditions of their associated songs including "Light Is Faster Than Sound" extending over 7 minutes. Overall, the recordings are just another instance of the band's growing interest.

Live at Winterland '68 includes many tracks from Cheap Thrills, the band's breakthrough studio album. "Ball and Chain" is the only track from Cheap Thrills recorded live and it is a live rendition from one of these 1968 shows at the Winterland Ballroom.

Track listing

1. "Down on Me" (Janis Joplin)
2. "Flower in the Sun" (Sam Andrew)
3. "I Need a Man to Love" (Janis Joplin, Sam Andrew)
4. "Bye Bye Baby" (Powell St. John)
5. "Easy Rider" (James Gurley)
6. "Combination of the Two" (Sam Andrew)
7. "Farewell Song" (Sam Andrew)
8. "Piece of My Heart" (Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns)
9. "Catch Me Daddy" (Janis Joplin, Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley)
10. "Magic of Love" (Mark Spoelstra)
11. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
12. "Light Is Faster Than Sound" (Peter Albin)
13. "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton)
14. "Down on Me" (second version) (Janis Joplin)

References

Janis Joplin
Studio albums	Big Brother & the Holding Company (1967) Cheap Thrills (1968) I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) Pearl (1971)
Live albums	In Concert (1972) Live at Winterland '68 (1998) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (2012)
Compilations	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (1973) Janis (1975) Wicked Woman (1976) Farewell Song (1982) Janis (1993) This Is Janis Joplin (1995) 18 Essential Songs (1995) Love, Janis (2001) The Lost Tapes (2008) Move Over! (2011) Blow All My Blues Away (2012)
Songs	"Ball 'n' Chain" "Careless Love" "Cry Baby" "Down on Me" "Flower in the Sun" "Hesitation Blues" "Kozmic Blues" "Mary Jane" "Me and Bobby McGee" "Mercedes Benz" "Move Over" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Piece of My Heart" "See See Rider" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "Summertime" "Tell Mama" "To Love Somebody" "Trouble in Mind" "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" "Work Me, Lord"
Related	Big Brother and the Holding Company Full Tilt Boogie Band Janis (1974 documentary) Love, Janis (2001 musical) Nine Hundred Nights (2001 documentary) Festival Express (2003 documentary) Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015 documentary) Sam Andrew Jorma Kaukonen Gabriel Mekler Michael Monarch Monterey Pop Festival Woodstock Festival Port Arthur, Texas
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