JANIS JOPLIN – I GOT DEM OL’ KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA! LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1969 BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY

Janis Joplin – I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
(CBS Records  1969  63546)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges
Original CBS Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to fame in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. She was one of the more popular acts at the Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year solo career include “Down on Me”, “Summertime”, “Piece of My Heart”, “Ball ‘n’ Chain”, “Maybe”, “To Love Somebody”, “Kozmic Blues”, “Work Me, Lord”, “Cry Baby”, “Mercedes Benz”, and her only number one hit, “Me and Bobby McGee”.

Joplin was well known for her performing abilities, and her fans referred to her stage presence as “electric”. At the height of her career, she was known as “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul,” and became known as Pearl among her friends. She was also a painter, dancer and music arranger. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama! is a 1969 studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin. It was the first solo studio album Joplin recorded after leaving her former band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the only one released in her lifetime (Pearl was released three months after Joplin’s death).

Track listing

Personnel

• Janis Joplin – lead vocals, guitar
• Sam Andrew – guitar, vocals
• Michael Monarch – guitar (uncredited)
• Mike Bloomfield – guitar on “One Good Man”, “Work Me, Lord” and “Maybe”
• Brad Campbell – bass guitar, brass instrumentation
• Richard Kermode – electronic organ, keyboards
• Gabriel Mekler – electronic organ, keyboards
• Goldy McJohn – electronic organ, keyboards (uncredited)
• Maury Baker – drums
• Lonnie Castille – drums
• Jerry Edmonton – drums (uncredited)
• Terry Clements – tenor saxophone
• Cornelius “Snooky” Flowers – baritone saxophone, backing vocals
• Luis Gasca – trumpet

Technical

• Alex Kazanegras, Jerry Hochman, Sy Mitchell – engineer
• Robert Crumb – artwork, cover lettering
• Bruce Steinberg – cover photograph