Absolute Janis

Tracklist

• 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
  4:10
• 5
  Down on Me
  3:07
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
  3:58
  3.0 ★
• 7
  My Baby
  3:46
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Kozmic Blues
  4:23
  3.4 ★
• 9
  Ball & Chain
  5:17
• 10
  I'll Drown in My Own Tears
  1:44
• 11
  Maybe
  4:08
• 12
  To Love Somebody
  5:18
• 13
  Raise Your Hand (Live)
  3:48
• 14
  Magic of Love
  3:06
• 15
  Bye, Bye Baby
  3:41
• 16
  Buried Alive in the Blues
  2:26
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Me and Bobby Mcgee
  4:33
  4.3 ★
• 18
  Move Over
  3:43
  3.3 ★
• 19
  Little Girl Blue
  3:51
• 20
  Mercedes Benz
  1:49
  3.6 ★
• 21
  Work Me, Lord
  6:38
  3.5 ★
• 22
  Summertime
  4:45
• 23
  Half Moon
  3:54
  3.6 ★
• 24
  Silver Threads and Golden Needles
  2:25
• 25
  San Francisco Bay Blues
  1:50
• 26
  Trust Me
  3:18
  3.4 ★
• 27
  Misery 'N
  4:14
• 28
  One Good Man
  4:12
  4.0 ★
• 29
  Tell Mama
  5:49
• 30
  Medley
  2:39
• 31
  One Night Stand
  3:07

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Release credits

• Bobby Womack
  acoustic guitar [26], guest [26]
• Bobbye Hall
  bongos [1, 1-2, 2-3, 3, 7, 16, 16-17, 17-18, 18, 20, 23, 26], congas [1, 1-2, 2-3, 3, 7, 16, 16-17, 17-18, 18, 20, 23, 26], guest [1, 1-2, 2, 2-3, 3, 7, 16, 16-17, 17, 17-18, 18, 20, 23, 26]
• Brad Campbell
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26], bass guitar [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• Clark Pierson
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26], drums (drum set) [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• David Dillar
  recording [15]
• Elliot Mazer
  producer [27, 29-31]
• Fred Catero
  recording [5]
• Full Tilt Boogie Band
  performer [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26, 29]
• Gabriel Mekler
  producer [6, 8, 12, 19, 21, 28]
• Janis Joplin
  acoustic guitar [17], background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26], lead vocals [1-3, 6-9, 11-13, 16-23, 26, 28-29], vocal [5, 15]
• John Byrne Cooke
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• John Simon
  producer [14]
• John Till
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26], guitar [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• Ken Pearson
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26], organ [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• Kozmic Blues Band
  performer [6, 8-9, 11-13, 19, 21-22, 28]
• Paul A. Rothchild
  producer [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23-26]
• Phil Badella
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• Phil Macy
  engineer [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• Richard Bell
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26], piano [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• Sandra Crouch
  guest [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26], tambourine [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
• Todd Rundgren
  producer [31]
• Vince Mitchell
  background vocals [1-3, 7, 16-18, 20, 23, 26]
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Issues

• A
  (Combined release view)
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  A
  Absolute Janis

  2x CD
  10 October 1997
• A
  Absolute Janis

  Digital Media
  1997