Absolute Janis

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Cry Baby
  3:59
  3.7 ★
• 2
  Get It While You Can
  3:26
  3.1 ★
• 3
  A Woman Left Lonely
  3:30
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Piece of My Heart
  4:12
• 5
  Down on Me
  3:08
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
  3:58
  3.0 ★
• 7
  My Baby
  3:46
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Kozmic Blues
  4:22
  3.4 ★
• 9
  Ball & Chain
  5:18
• 10
  I’ll Drown in My Own Tears
  1:45
• 11
  Maybe
  4:09
• 12
  To Love Somebody
  5:19
• 13
  Raise Your Hand (live)
  3:48
• 14
  Magic of Love
  3:07
• 15
  Bye, Bye Baby
  3:42
• 16
  Buried Alive in the Blues
  2:26
  3.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Me and Bobby McGee
  4:33
  4.3 ★
• 2
  Move Over
  3:43
  3.3 ★
• 3
  Little Girl Blue
  3:51
• 4
  Mercedes Benz
  1:49
  3.6 ★
• 5
  Work Me, Lord
  6:38
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Summertime
  4:45
• 7
  Half Moon
  3:54
  3.6 ★
• 8
  Silver Threads and Golden Needles
  2:25
• 9
  San Francisco Bay Blues
  1:50
• 10
  Trust Me
  3:18
  3.4 ★
• 11
  Misery ’n
  4:14
• 12
  One Good Man
  4:12
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Tell Mama
  5:49
• 14
  Medley: Amazing Grace / Hi Heel Sneakers
  2:39
• 15
  One Night Stand
  3:07
• 16
  Farewell Song
  4:35

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Release credits

• Bobby Womack
  acoustic guitar [10], guest [10]
• Bobbye Hall
  bongos [1.1, 1.1-2, 1.2-3, 1.3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10], congas [1.1, 1.1-2, 1.2-3, 1.3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10], guest [1.1, 1.1-2, 1.2, 1.2-3, 1.3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10]
• Brad Campbell
  background vocals [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16], bass guitar [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10]
• Clark Pierson
  background vocals [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16], drums (drum set) [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16]
• David Dillar
  recording [15]
• Elliot Mazer
  producer [11, 13-15]
• Fred Catero
  recording [5]
• Full Tilt Boogie Band
  performer [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13]
• Gabriel Mekler
  producer [2.3, 2.5, 2.12, 1.6, 1.8, 1.12]
• Janis Joplin
  acoustic guitar [1], background vocals [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16], lead vocals [1.1-3, 1.6-9, 1.11-13, 1.16, 2.1-7, 2.10, 2.12-13], vocal [5, 15]
• John Byrne Cooke
  background vocals [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16]
• John Simon
  producer [1.14, 2.16]
• John Till
  background vocals [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16], guitar [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16]
• Ken Pearson
  background vocals [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10], organ [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10]
• Kozmic Blues Band
  performer [1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11-13, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.12]
• Paul A. Rothchild
  producer [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7-10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16]
• Phil Badella
  background vocals [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10]
• Phil Macy
  engineer [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10]
• Richard Bell
  background vocals [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10], piano [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16]
• Sandra Crouch
  guest [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10], tambourine [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10]
• Todd Rundgren
  producer [15]
• Vince Mitchell
  background vocals [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.16, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10]
• Show all credits (22)

Issues

• 

  A
  (Combined release view)
• 

  A
  Absolute Janis

  2x CD
  10 October 1997
• A
  Absolute Janis

  Digital Media
  1997