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Relix Premiere: Big Brother and The Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968 "Call On Me"

On March 13, Columbia/Legacy Recordings will release Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin: Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968, a previously unavailable live concert recording from June 23, 1968, taped by legendary soundman Owsley “Bear” Stanley. Bear supervised the mastering of this release prior to his fatal car accident on March 12, 2011, in his adopted homeland of Australia. The release marks the one-year anniversary of his passing and is dedicated to Bear.

Relix is offering an exclusive premiere of one of the live album’s tracks, “Call On Me,” which you can now stream here.

“Care was taken to preserve and ensure the integrity of the music as well as to present an accurate snapshot of the masterful talent of one of the greatest singers of her generation and one of the hottest live bands in the San Francisco scene,” wrote Bear’s widow, Sheilah Stanley, in her dedication to Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968. “This is Bear’s vision—how he heard the band live, and how he wanted to transmit that to you…this truly is Bear’s presentation of this phenomenal band and inspirational music.”

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elizabeth peggs March 9, 2012, 21:47:32

how can I get a poster, print or ?? of the cover art?

Andy M. March 10, 2012, 00:59:02

Elizabeth, there’s a CD release party on Monday night in Mill Valley, CA and cover artist Stanley Mouse will be signing commemorative posters. Here’s the link on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/204768029630289/

Karen Hughes March 11, 2012, 10:54:38

I still have my original LP of Big Brother and the Holding Company. Purchased when I was a junior in collage, along with my Andy Warhol banana album presenting the Velvet Underground. Saw her perform at the Dallas rock festival in 1969.

Sage B Foster March 11, 2012, 15:00:41

Thanks for bringing us more of her music and energy when we need it most of all!

The Owsley Stanley Foundation March 16, 2012, 11:11:52

If anyone is interested, you can get CDs and the special edition poster at the Owsley Stanley Foundation website at owsleystanleyfoundation.org —-profits go to our SAVE THE TAPES campaign, to help digitize, preserve, and release more tapes from Bear’s archive of live concert Sonic Journals from 1966-75.

Maria April 23, 2012, 02:36:54

I started lisnenitg to your music since Hopkins. I went back and purchased your older material. You are a wonderful musician and I love the new album.