The Lost Tapes is a two-disc compilation album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin as lead singer. The material on the first disc consists of a show at The Matrix on January 31, 1967 that is previously unreleased. The second disc consists primarily of a show at The California Hall on July 28, 1966 that had first seen release in 1984 as Cheaper Thrills, with the final track "Hall Of The Mountain King" taken from a KQED TV broadcast on April 25, 1967.
Track listing Disc One "Bye, Bye Baby" - 4:10 "Great White Guru" - 5:46 "Women Is Losers" - 5:09 "Oh My Soul" - 2:34 "Amazing Grace" - 11:30 "Caterpillar" - 4:11 "It's a Deal" - 2:13 "Hi Heel Sneakers" - 3:36 "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill" - 2:22 "Turtle Blues" - 6:46 "All Is Loneliness" - 9:04 "Light Is Faster Than Sound" - 6:26
Disc Two "(Come On Baby) Let the Good Times Roll" - 2:37 "I Know You Rider" - 3:13 "Moanin' at Midnight" - 4:57 "Hey Baby" - 2:50 "Down on Me" - 2:45 "Whisperman" - 1:46 "Women Is Losers" - 3:48 "Blow My Mind" - 2:34 "Oh My Soul" - 2:34 "Ball and Chain" - 6:43 "Coo-Coo" - 2:30 "Gutra's Garden" - 4:36 "Harry" - 0:37 "Hall of the Mountain King" - 6:51
Personnel Big Brother and the Holding Company Janis Joplin - vocals, maracas James Gurley - guitar Sam Andrew - guitar Peter Albin - bass, vocals David Getz - drums
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