“CHEAP THRILLS” JANIS JOPLIN LP 360 Sound Stereo - R. CRUMB Cover

CHEAP THRILLS BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY

“JANIS JOPLIN”

1968 USA PRESS - COLUMBIA RECORDS

Released August 12, 1968

Recorded Live recordings March 8 at the Filmore East

Columbia Label

Producer John Simon

VINYL - some minimal scratches - see pictures

COVER - Shows wear - see pictures

Big Brother obtained a considerable amount of attention after their 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival and had released their debut album soon after. The album was a great success, hitting #1 on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968. Columbia Records offered the band a new recording contract, but it took months to get through since they were still signed to Mainstream Records. The album features three cover songs ("Summertime", "Piece of My Heart" and "Ball and Chain"). The album also features Bill Graham, who introduces the band at the beginning of "Combination of the Two". "Ball and Chain" is the only song on the album recorded entirely live, and even though the cover credits assert that the live material was recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, it was actually taken from a concert at the Winterland Ballroom in 1968. The album's overall raw sound effectively captures the band's energetic and lively concerts. The LP was released in both stereo and mono formats with the monophonic pressing now a rare collector's item. The album had been considered for quadraphonic format in the early 70's and eventually in 2002, was released as a Multichannel Sony SACD. The original quadraphonic mix remains unreleased.

The cover was drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb after the band's original cover idea, a picture of the group naked in bed together, was dropped by the record company. Crumb had originally intended his art for the LP back cover, with a portrait of Janis Joplin to grace the front. But Joplin—an avid fan of underground comics, especially the work of Crumb—so loved the Cheap Thrills illustration that she demanded Columbia Records place it on the front cover.

It is number nine(9) on Rolling Stone's list of one hundred greatest album covers.Initially, the album was to be called Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills, but the title was not received well by Columbia Records.A variation of the title on the cover is used as the logo for the Cheap Thrills record label, owned by British DJ Hervé

Track listing

Side one

No. Title Writer(s) Length

1. "Combination of the Two"   Sam Andrew 5:47

2. "I Need a Man to Love"   Andrew, Janis Joplin 4:54

3. "Summertime"   George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward 4:01

4. "Piece of My Heart"   Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy 4:15

Side two

No. Title Writer(s) Length

1. "Turtle Blues"   Joplin 4:22

2. "Oh, Sweet Mary"   Peter Albin, Andrew, David Getz, James Gurley, Joplin 4:16

3. "Ball and Chain"   Big Mama Thornton 9:02

Personnel

    Janis Joplin – vocals, engineer, performer

    Peter Albin – bass guitar, guitar

    Sam Andrew – bass guitar, guitar, arranger, vocals

    James Gurley – bass guitar, guitar, engineer

    David Getz – piano, drums

Additional personnel

    John Simon – piano, producer

    Vic Anesini – mastering, mixing

    Nicholas Bennett – packaging manager

    Steven Berkowitz – A&R

    Fred Catero – engineer

    John Byrne Cooke – liner notes

    Robert Crumb – cover artwork

    David Diller – engineer

    Mark Feldman – project director

    David Gahr – photography

    Diana Reid Haig – digital editing, mixing

    Jerry Hochman – engineer

    Bob Irwin – producer, reissue producer

    Elliott Landy – photography, tray photo (gatefold photograph)

    Jim Marshall – photography

    Patti Matheny – A&R

    Elliot Mazer – producer, mixing, assistant producer

    Nathan Rosenberg – digital editing

    Roy Segal – engineer

    Smay Vision – art direction

    Thomas Weir – photography, back cover

    Jen Wyler – editing, mastering, assembly[disambiguation needed], authoring

    Robert Honablue – engineer

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