Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company - Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

 Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company - Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! - Released Year 1969


Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" Jerry Ragovoy, Chip Taylor 3:57
2. "Maybe" Richard Barrett 3:41
3. "One Good Man" Janis Joplin 4:12
4. "As Good As You've Been to This World" Nick Gravenites 5:27
5. "To Love Somebody" Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb 5:14
6. "Kozmic Blues" Joplin, Gabriel Mekler 4:24
7. "Little Girl Blue" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 3:51
8. "Work Me, Lord" Nick Gravenites 6:45

1999 CD reissue bonus tracks

9. "Dear Landlord" (Session Outtake 6.17.69) Bob Dylan, Joplin 2:32
10. "Summertime" (Live at Woodstock, August 1969) George Gershwin 5:04

11. "Piece of My Heart" (Live at Woodstock, August 1969) Ragovoy, Bert Berns 6:31

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! is a 1969 studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin. It was the first solo studio album Joplin recorded after leaving her former band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the only one released in her lifetime.

Recording began on June 16, 1969 in New York City and ceased on June 26. For the album, Joplin recruited guitarist Sam Andrew of the Holding Company to take part in development, along with the Kozmic Blues Band. Joplin installed a brass and horn section into the tracks, a feature her previous band would not allow. It was a total contrast to Joplin's previous psychedelic rock as the compositions chosen were more soul and blues driven. All but two tracks were cover versions that producer Gabriel Mekler and Joplin chose. The other two tracks, "One Good Man" and "Kozmic Blues", were written by Joplin herself. Overall, the album was a more polished work, but with the lack of prominent accompanists like the Holding Company, the album was not as successful as Cheap Thrills.