Live - 1. Live at Winterland '68

Live at Winterland '68

Released

1998

Recorded

April 12 - 13, 1968

Length

75:46

Columbia/Legacy

Professional reviews

Can't Go Home Again
(1997)

Live at Winterland '68
(1998)

The Woodstock Experience
(2009)

Live at Winterland '68 is an album by Big Brother and The Holding Company with Janis Joplin as lead singer. It was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom on April 12, 1968 and April 13, 1968. This album shows Janis and Big Brother and the Holding Company at the height of their mutual career working through an inspired selection of tracks from their studio albums. The only songs from this album to make it onto their next album Cheap Thrills were "Ball and Chain", "Piece of My Heart", "Summertime", "I Need a Man to Love", and "Combination of the Two".

1. Track listing.

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