JANIS JOPLIN / THE EARLY YEARS 1962-1964 (1CDR)

John Riley's Home, Austin, Texas 1962
01. What Good Can Drinkin Do

Threadgill's Bar, Austin, Texas 1962
02. CC Rider
03. San Francisco Bay Blues
04. Wining Boy Blues
05. Careless Love
06. I'll Drown In My Own Tears

San Jose Coffeeshop w/Jorma Kaukonen & Steve Mann 11/62
07. Honky Tonk Angel
08. Empty Pillow On My Bed

Grant Ave. Coffeehouse, late 1962 or early 1963
09. Gospel Ship
10. Stealing
11. Leaving This Morning
12. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
13. Careless Love
14. Bourgeois Blues
15. Black Mountain Blues

Austin, Texas Reel #1: 1963
16. Trouble In Mind
17. What Good Can Drinking Do
18. Silver Threads & Golden Needles
19. Mississippi River
20. Stealing
21. No Reason For Living

Austin, Texas Reel #2: 1964
22. I'll Drown In My Own Tears
23. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
24. Careless Love
25. San Francisco Bay Blues
26. Wining Boy Blues
27. CC Rider
28. Leaving This Morning

A rare compilation featuring precious demos and club performance recordings from the legendary rock queen Janis Joplin, dating from before her major-label debut! This is a highly recommended collection of rare early recordings that captures the roots of Janis Joplin—featuring everything from her earliest demos recorded in her home state of Texas and live tracks from her days in a folk-blues duo with future Jefferson Airplane member Jorma Kaukonen, to session recordings that clearly reveal the influence of blues legends like Bessie Smith and Lead Belly.