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Big Brother & the Holding Company is the debut album from Big Brother and the Holding Company and the studio debut of Janis Joplin. The album was originally released in the summer of 1967, following the band's major success at the Monterey Pop Festival. It was then re-released a few months lather with two additional songs that originally were only available as an A side/B side single. The album was a minor success peaking in the top 60 and almost producing a top forty hit with the Joplin song Down On Me. Within a year of its initial release, Big Brother would release their sophmore effort Cheap Thrills which went on to become a massive hit.
[edit] Track listing
- "Bye, Bye Baby" (Powell St. John) – 2:35
- "Easy Rider" (James Gurley) – 2:21
- "Intruder" (Janis Joplin) – 2:25
- "Light Is Faster Than Sound" (Peter Albin) – 2:29
- "Call on Me" (Sam Andrew) – 2:32
- "Women Is Losers" (Joplin) – 2:01
- "Blindman" (Albin, Andrew, David Getz, Gurley, Joplin) – 2:00
- "Down on Me" (arr. Joplin) – 2:02
- "Caterpillar" (Albin) – 2:15
- "All Is Loneliness" (Moondog) – 2:15
- "Coo Coo" (single) – 1:59
- "The Last Time" (single) – 2:17
[edit] 1999 re-release bonus tracks
- "Call on Me" (alternate) – 2:42
- "Bye, Bye Baby" (alternate) – 2:39
