Label: Sonic Boom
Catalogue number: SON0334
Release date: June 2016
Recording: Live
Format: CD

Tracklist
01. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (3:41)
02. To Love Somebody (3:15)
03. Maybe (3:40)
04. Little Girl Blue (3:44)
05. Raise Your Hand (3:24)
06. Move Over (3:48)
07. Get It While You Can (3:37)
08. Half Moon (4:01)
09. My Baby (4:13)
10. The Last Interview (7:15)
11. Intro/Piece of My Heart (6:11)
12. Summertime (4:52)
13. Coo Coo/Piece of My Heart (Reprise) (8:34)
14. Combination of the Two (7:59)
15. Ball and Chain (8:28)
16. Down on Me (3:23)

Playing time: 01:20:07

В начале 1968 года Джоплин и Big Brother дебютировали на общенациональном телевидении в шоу Дика Каветта, а в течение следующих двух лет она еще трижды появлялась в программе в прайм-тайм. К 1968 году группа была объявлена как «Big Brother & The Holding Company», и освещение в СМИ Джоплин вызвало недовольство внутри группы. Журнал Time назвал Джоплин «вероятно, самой влиятельной певицей, вышедшей из движения белого рока», а журнал Vogue написал, что Джоплин была «самой ошеломляющей ведущей женщиной в роке…
Данная компиляция считается неофициальной, выпущена как в цифровом формате на СД, так и в аналоговом на виниле.

SUPERB COLLECTION OF JANIS S BEST BROADCASTS After splitting from Big Brother, Joplin formed new backup group, the Kozmic Blues Band, composed of session musicians. The band was influenced by the Stax-Volt rhythm and blues bands of the 60s. By early 69, Janis was allegedly shooting at least $200 worth of heroin per day. The Kozmic Blues Band performed on several American television shows with Joplin. On the Tom Jones show, they performed Little Girl Blue and Raise Your Hand, the latter with Jones singing a duet with Joplin. On one episode of The Dick Cavett Show, they performed Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) as well as To Love Somebody . As Cavett interviewed Joplin, she admitted that she had a terrible time touring in Europe, claiming that audiences there are very uptight . The Kozmic Blues album, released in September 1969, was certified gold later that year, but did not match the success of Cheap Thrills. Janis performed at Woodstock starting her set at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, 17th August. She followed Creedence Clearwater Revival. Despite her reportedly not even knowing of the festival's existence until a few days earlier, the Woodstock promoters advertised her as a headliner. Among Joplin s last public appearances were two more broadcasts for The Dick Cavett Show. In a 25th June 1970 appearance, she announced that she would attend her ten-year high-school class reunion. When asked if she had been popular in school, she admitted that her schoolmates "laughed me out of class, out of town and out of the state". In a subsequent Cavett broadcast on 3th August 1970, Joplin discussed her upcoming performance at the Festival for Peace to be held at Shea Stadium three days later. During late August, September and early October 1970, Joplin and her band rehearsed and recorded a new album in Los Angeles with producer Paul Rothchild, who had produced recordings for The Doors. Joplin died before all the tracks were fully completed, but there was enough usable material to compile an LP; this became her final studio album Pearl, released posthumously. Janis Joplin passed away, following an overdose of heroin, on 4th October 1970. This compilation CD features tracks recorded for TV during 1968, 1969 and 1970 and includes the Dick Cavett and Tom Jones show appearances mentioned above. The CD also includes her 1968 performance at the Newport Folk Festival with Big Brother and The Holding Company. A fine tribute to a remarkable woman, this release will prove a delight for all the fans still flying the flag for arguably the finest white soul and blues singer ever to emerge.

Description
In early 1968, Joplin and Big Brother made their nationwide television debut on The Dick Cavett Show, and over the next two years, she made three further appearances on the primetime program. By 1968, the band was being billed as "Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company" and the media coverage given to Joplin generated resentment within the band. The other members of Big Brother thought that Joplin was on a "star trip," while others were telling her that Big Brother was a terrible band and that she ought to dump them. Time magazine called Joplin "probably the most powerful singer to emerge from the white rock movement," and Vogue magazine wrote that Joplin was "the most staggering leading woman in rock... she slinks like tar, scowls like war... clutching the knees of a final stanza, begging it not to leave... Janis Joplin can sing the chic off any listener". Big Brother's second album, Cheap Thrills, went to the top of the Billboard Chart and lead single Piece Of My Heart reached No. 12 on the Hot 100 in the fall of 1968. The band played another East Coast tour during July & August 1968, performing at the Columbia Records Convention.

Tracklist
1. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Live From 'The Dick Cavett Show' 1969)
2. To Love Somebody (Live From 'The Dick Cavett Show' 1969)
3. Maybe (Live From 'Music Scene' 1969)
4. Little Girl Blue (Live From 'The Tom Jones Show' 1969)
5. Raise Your Hand (Live From 'The Tom Jones Show' 1969)
6. Move Over (Live From 'The Dick Cavett Show' 1970)
7. Get It While You Can (Live From 'The Dick Cavett Show' 1970)
8. Half Moon (Live From 'The Dick Cavett Show' 1970)
9. My Baby (Live From 'The Dick Cavett Show' 1970)
10. The Last Interview (Live From 'The Dick Cavett Show' 1970)
11. Intro/Piece of My Heart (Live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island 1968)
12. Summertime (Live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island 1968)
13. Coo Coo/Piece of My Heart (Reprise) [Live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island 1968]
14. Combination of the Two (Live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island 1968)
15. Ball and Chain (Live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island 1968)
16. Down on Me (Live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island 1968)

Notes:
Tracks 1-2 : The Dick Cavett Show 8TH JULY 1969
TRACK 3 : Music Scene 8TH SEPTEMBER 1969
TRACKS 4-5 : The tom Jones Show 4TH DECEMBER 1969
TRACKS 6-7 : THE DICK CAVETT SHOW 25TH JUNE 1970
TRACKS 8-10 : THE DICK CAVETT SHOW 3RD AUGUST 1970
TRACKS 11-16 : NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL, RHODE ISLAND, 27TH JULY 1968