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Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits

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Released
  
July 1973

Length
  
47:16

Artist
  
Janis Joplin

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1966-1970

Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits(1973)
  
Janis(1975)

Release date
  
July 1973


Genres
  
Rock music, Blues rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Acid rock

Similar
  
Janis Joplin albums, Psychedelic rock albums

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Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits is a 1973 collection of hit songs by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, who died in 1970. The album features the studio version of Me and Bobby Mcgee which is generally absent from most Joplin compilations. It also features live versions of Down On Me and Ball and Chain which were included on the In Concert album the previous year.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:14
  2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 4:02
  3. "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (Ragovoy, Chip Taylor) – 3:57
  4. "Cry Baby" (Berns, Ragovoy) – 4:00
  5. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) – 4:31
  6. "Down on Me" (live) (Janis Joplin) – 3:09
  7. "Get It While You Can" (Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) – 3:27
  8. "Bye, Bye Baby" (Powell St. John) – 2:37
  9. "Move Over" (Joplin) – 3:44
  10. "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton) – 7:59

Bonus tracks on 1999 reissue

  1. "Maybe" – 3:39
  2. "Mercedes Benz" – 1:45

Songs

1Me and Bobby McGee4:31
2Mercedes Benz1:46
3Kozmic Blues4:25

References

Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Wikipedia
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