Janis Joplin - In Concert

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In Concert is a  by . It was released in 1972, after Joplin's death, as a -. The first record contains performances with  and the second with the , recorded at various locations in 1968 and 1970. The album lacks any live recordings with her first solo effort with the Kozmic Blues band though songs that had been produced with that band were performed in the recordings of the Full Tilt Boogie Band. The Photographs used for the gatefold album were taken by photographer David Gahr in New York City in 1969 and 1970.

The live performances of "" and "" included on the double album would appear on  album a year later. Two songs, "All Is Loneliness" and "Ego Rock", were performed April 4, 1970 when Joplin reunited with Big Brother & the Holding Company over a year after leaving the group, to perform at the  venue in . While the recordings with Big Brother and the Holding Company were taken from various performances from 1968 and 1970, the entire live recordings with the Full Tilt Boogie Band were performed at the Festival Express in Toronto and Calgary in Canada on June 28, and July 4, 1970, respectively.

On the original copies of the album side one was backed with side four, and side two backing side three, which was relatively common with multi-LP albums to promote automatic record changers. - Wikipedia.

Columbia Records 1972  C2X31160


Track listing

Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength1.""traditional; arranged by March 2, 1968 at the , , 3:072."Bye, Bye Baby"April 12, 1968 at the , , 4:273."All Is Loneliness"April 4, 1970, at the , , 5:454."", March 2, 1968, Grande Ballroom4:09 Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength5."Road Block"Joplin, Pete AlbinJune 23, 1968, the , San Francisco, California2:596.""June 23, 1968, Carousel Ballroom3:037."", June 23, 1968, Carousel Ballroom4:458."Ego Rock"Joplin, April 4, 1970, Fillmore West8:02 Side threeNo.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength9."Half Moon"John Hall, Joanna HallJune 28, 1970, , , 5:1410.""Joplin, June 28, 1970, Festival Express, Toronto4:4511."Move Over"JoplinJune 28, 1970, Festival Express, Toronto6:37 Side fourNo.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength12."Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)"Ragovoy, July 4, 1970, Festival Express, , 7:5113."Get It While You Can"Ragovoy, July 4, 1970, Festival Express, Calgary7:0414.""July 4, 1970, Festival Express, Calgary8:03Total length:76:50