The Lost Tapes (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)

The Lost Tapes
Compilation album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
Released	2008
Recorded	1966–1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock
Label	Airline
Producer	David Getz

The Lost Tapes is a two-disc compilation album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin as lead singer. The material on the first disc consists of a show at The Matrix on January 31, 1967 that is previously unreleased. The second disc consists primarily of a show at The California Hall on July 28, 1966 that had first seen release in 1984 as Cheaper Thrills, with the final track "Hall Of The Mountain King" taken from a KQED TV broadcast on April 25, 1967.^[1][2]

Track listing

Disc One

1. "Bye, Bye Baby" - 4:10
2. "Great White Guru" - 5:46
3. "Women Is Losers" - 5:09
4. "Oh My Soul" - 2:34
5. "Amazing Grace" - 11:30
6. "Caterpillar" - 4:11
7. "It's a Deal" - 2:13
8. "Hi Heel Sneakers" - 3:36
9. "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill" - 2:22
10. "Turtle Blues" - 6:46
11. "All Is Loneliness" - 9:04
12. "Light Is Faster Than Sound" - 6:26

Disc Two

1. "(Come On Baby) Let the Good Times Roll" - 2:37
2. "I Know You Rider" - 3:13
3. "Moanin' at Midnight" - 4:57
4. "Hey Baby" - 2:50
5. "Down on Me" - 2:45
6. "Whisperman" - 1:46
7. "Women Is Losers" - 3:48
8. "Blow My Mind" - 2:34
9. "Oh My Soul" - 2:34
10. "Ball and Chain" - 6:43
11. "Coo-Coo" - 2:30
12. "Gutra's Garden" - 4:36
13. "Harry" - 0:37
14. "Hall of the Mountain King" - 6:51

Personnel

Big Brother and the Holding Company

• Janis Joplin - vocals, maracas
• James Gurley - guitar
• Sam Andrew - guitar
• Peter Albin - bass, vocals
• David Getz - drums

References

1. Campbell, Al. "The Lost Tapes". AllMusic. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
2. "Big Brother And The Holding Company* – The Lost Tapes". Discogs. Retrieved January 16, 2014.