Big Brother and the Holding Company: Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (Columbia Legacy)
This 71-minute sonic document was recorded and produced by the late Owsley "Bear" Stanley (famed personal soundman to the Grateful Dead), who stated, shortly before he died last year, "I believe this album will be hailed as the definitive Big Brother live album of all time."
I think he's correct. Even before I pulled out the booklet and read the notes, I was already thinking that I’d never heard lead singer Janis Joplin sound so explosive.
Not even the odd mix, with vocals and drums in one channel and other instruments in the other channel, can dim the vividness of this performance (it helps to push your speakers together, eliminating separation). She and the band perform with great freedom and intensity; one suspects they had little or no idea that this night (Sunday, June 23) would live...
This 71-minute sonic document was recorded and produced by the late Owsley "Bear" Stanley (famed personal soundman to the Grateful Dead), who stated, shortly before he died last year, "I believe this album will be hailed as the definitive Big Brother live album of all time."
I think he's correct. Even before I pulled out the booklet and read the notes, I was already thinking that I’d never heard lead singer Janis Joplin sound so explosive.
Not even the odd mix, with vocals and drums in one channel and other instruments in the other channel, can dim the vividness of this performance (it helps to push your speakers together, eliminating separation). She and the band perform with great freedom and intensity; one suspects they had little or no idea that this night (Sunday, June 23) would live...
- 5/12/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
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