Janis Joplin - 1969 Transmissions (2019)

This is a real find! I was a little hesitant due to the lack of product information, but luckily an earlier reviewer spelled it out pretty clearly. My only concern was "do I already have most of these?" Bottom line, I already had exactly one cut: the Amsterdam 'Maybe' and it's always good to have a spare anyway. Everything else is new to me, and trust me, I own alot of Joplin. (And she owns me, but that's another story.). If the sound of her voice in song has as disproportionate an affect on your psyche (to the good) as it does on mine, you probably better pick this up. Two Maybe's, two Try (A Little Harder)s (OMG I've never heard anything like EITHER of these), a couple of Summertimes (each with all new ways of accentuating vowels, consonants, switching between octaves and of course stretching out the final note for your ecstatic enjoyment), and of course a 'Ball And Chain' as unique and beautiful as the rest of them.

There's an instrumental up front, and she hands the mic to Snooky Flowers for one other song, and there's plenty of chatter with the crowd. IN FACT, I don't think I've ever been as jacked about her voice NOT in song as I have been listening to this CD (listen for the 'Hey,, Hey, Hey' when she's thanking Snooky - just dynamite!.), Ah, the good things that are gone by…sigh… and thank our lucky stars for recorded music. Especially stuff like this.

-Amazon review BrizeBooks

Tracklist
1 Me (Instrumental) 5:04
2 Maybe 4:08
3 Summertime 4:52
4 Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) 5:22
5 Can't Turn You Loose 8:34
6 Combination Of The Two 5:59
7 Ball And Chain 6:41
8 Piece Of My Heart 3:51
9 Raise Your Hand 5:13
10 As Good As You've Been To This World 6:52
11 Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) 6:24
12 Maybe 3:46
13 To Love Somebody 4:58
14 Summertime 4:30
Janis Joplin - Honolulu 1970