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Cheaper Thrills

1984 live album by Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company

Cheaper Thrills is a live album by Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin as their lead singer. Recorded live at one of their earliest concerts in San Francisco at California Hall on July 28, 1966, it includes the band's rendition of the song "Let the Good Times Roll," which was ten years old at the time. The recording of this concert became officially available to the public for the first time in 1984. The LP was originally released by Rhino Records as RNLP 121. Big Brother drummer David Getz produced and contributed liner notes to the back cover with his personal reminiscences of the circumstances leading to the formation and success of the band.

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The live material on this release was also released as Cheaper Thrills, 1984, Edsel Records (UK), and Live in San Francisco 1966, 2002, Varese.[2]

The CD versions' track listing are in a different order, with the Varese version adding the bonus track, "Hall of the Mountain King."

Track listing

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Personnel

Big Brother and the Holding Company
Technical
  • Dana Joe Chappelle – engineer
  • Skip Saylor – engineer
  • Stanley Mouse – front cover art, calligraphy
  • Herb Greene ~ front cover photograph

References

  1. [1]
    Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
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    "Grateful Dead Family Discography:Big Brother & the Holding Company Live".
  3. [3]
    "Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheaper Thrills (1984, Vinyl)". Discogs.
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