Janis Joplin
1963-xx-xx San Francisco, California Coffee Gallery (M1*-SBD)
1353 Grant Avenue, North Beach

*-* NOTHING HERE OFFICIALLY RELEASED. SEE NOTES BELOW *-*

01. Leaving' This Morning (K.C. Blues)
02. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
03. Careless Love
04. Bourgeois Blues
05. Black Mountain Blues
06. Gospel Ship
07. Stealin'

Total Time ::: 18:46

::: Excellent SBD recording for the era. Check samples for yer own judge & jury ear trial or jubilation anticipation.
::: Warts: ALMOST NONE. I missed some dropouts & there are some non-removable ones. Occasional very tiny clicks in left channel.
::: Lower generation, better quality, clearer & less distorted than what circulates on "Blow All My Blues Away" & as "1962-08-10".
::: Circulates as late 1962, early 1963 & 1962-08-10, but this version is simply labeled "1963".
::: "Center Of The Universe", Mr JK himself, has issued the ultimatum. Share before everyone who gives a damn is dead or can't hear anymore.
::: For a finer listening experience turn up the bass!

Recording Information ::: unknown mono reel-to-reel recorder -> master mono reel-to-reel -> DAT x1or2 generations -> 1st(*) analog generation TDK SA-XG 90 cassette, Dolby off.
(* call it what you will).

Playback 2012-05-01 ::: 1st(*) generation TDK SA-XG 90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. This one set a new mastering record for hours of work as it had a COMPLETE 2nd overhaul - hence the re-seed delay. However it is a better gem now & worth the wait. First uploaded week of 2012-05-11.

Line-up (unconfirmed - my tape had musician information added later from another source) ::: Janis Joplin - vocals // Larry Hanks - acoustic guitar, vocals // Billy Roberts - acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals, harmonica. (OR possibly: Roger Perkins - acoustic guitar & vocals instead of Roberts).

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

NOTHING here is on the "Janis" soundtrack (OST) "Early Perfomances" disc (which is clearly labeled with different years anyway) - Totally different live versions, but here's a breakdown to check easily:
"Stealin' MUCH slower than the OST & has harmonica from the start.
"Black Mountain Blues" has no piano & horns - The OST does.
"Leaving This Morning" ("K.C. Blues") MUCH slower than the OST with some lyric differences. Check the last 2 lines.
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" OST has NO harmonica whereas the OST has it right through.
"Careless Love" has different guitar arrangements right from the intro & ends on different words than the OST.

CoolSonics 151 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! ::: Corrections welcome ::: For Tim Hamer who is surely listening in the next world, and for all the people who have made entertaining, appreciative & informative comments on various recordings I've uploaded on DIME. And for Hanwaker who turned me onto some great unissued Janis recordings back in the early 80s. I remember blowing some peoples' minds when they came into the room in the midst of a Big Brother Avalon recording he had sent to me. This one was a lot of work. The reel had clearly been played quite a bit before it was digitised, but fortunately the signal on one side or the other was mostly intact & the highs were/are there. Anyway, the multitude of dropouts (that I noticed) were almost ALL seamlessly patched. This is one for the listening archives for sure. Was the TDK SA-XG 90 the heaviest cassette ever made? Sure feels like it. It's about 3 times the weight of a Maxell XLII-90. A great early set from one of the voices of the last century. Cool it came from a SUPER HEAVY cassette.

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!