Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin
1966-11-23 & 1966-11-24
California Hall
San Francisco, California, USA

Soundboard recording.
Lineage: Owsley Stanley > Steve Martin (not the comedian) > CDs >

grner1: Pro Tools (normalize, minor seamless fixes and tracking) > WAV files >
xACT (Flac level 8 files) >

Goody's additional lineage: Audition (Pitch Bender, various amounts) >
TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)


Big Brother & The Holding Company:
Janis Joplin - vocals, tambourine, maracas
Sam Andrew - guitar, vocals
James Gurley - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
Dave Getz - drums, vocals

If burning to 2 audio discs, a suggested split would be between tracks 8 and 9.

1966-11-23 S.F., CA (California Hall):
01 Call On Me 4:01
02 talk 0:25
03 Combination Of The Two 6:49
04 Blow My Mind 6:17
05 Down On Me 3:09
06 All Is Loneliness > 9:12
07 drum solo 3:58
08 Roadblock 7:49
09 talk 0:43
10 Light Is Faster Than Sound 5:58
11 talk 0:53
12 Bye, Bye Baby 5:00
13 talk 1:32
14 Goin’ To Brownsville 8:23
15 talk 1:11
16 Ball And Chain 8:29
17 final thanks, applause and announcer 0:35

1966-11-24 S.F., CA (California Hall):
18 [cuts in] I Know You Rider 3:11
19 Farewell Song 4:56
total time - 85:25

Covers by ethiessen1 (Thanks!)

Note: This remastered version of Steve Martin's copy is definitely better sound quality than other trade versions of this show that we've found.

This edition - December 21, 2025

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