Janis Joplin - 1968-07-27 - Newport, RI (SBD)

Janis Joplin 

with The Big Brother & The Holding Company

1968-07-27

Newport Folk Festival

Newport, RI

Soundboard Rrecording

320 kbps

Artwork included

01. Piece Of My Heart

02. Summertime

03. Coo Coo

04. Combination Of The Two

05. Ball And Chain

xx. Down On Me (removed  - officially released)

xx. Piece Of My Heart Reprise (removed  - officially released)

Janis Joplin - 1968-07-27 - Newport, RI (SBD)

1960s - #5:  While Janis Joplin's performance at Monterey Pop, is the stuff of legends, most of the country didn't get to see it until D. A. Pennebaker's film documenting the festival was released in 1969. Joplin's first national exposure, therefore, came on July 31, 1968, when she was a guest on Dick Cavet's television show.  Just a few week's after that appearance, Joplin released teh album Cheap Thrills, which went to #1 on the Billbioard charts, a posotion it held for 8 non ocnsecutive weeks. Just  feew days before her natioan TV debut and top selling album rlease, Janis appeared at the Newport Folk Festival on July 27, 1968, 55 years ago today, as captured in this sounboard recording.  her set list included many of the tunes that helped Chaeap Thrills clinb to the top spot on the charts, including Piece of My Heart, Summertime and Ball & Chain.