In Concert is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...

. It was released in 1972 after Joplin's death as a double

Double album

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-LP

Gramophone record

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. The first record contains performances with Big Brother and the Holding Company

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane. They are best known as the band that featured Janis Joplin as their...

, recorded at various locations in 1968 and 1970, and the second with the Full Tilt Boogie Band

Full Tilt Boogie Band

Full Tilt Boogie Band was a rock band originally headed by guitarist John Till and then by Janis Joplin until her death in 1970. The band was composed of Till, pianist Richard Bell, bassist Brad Campbell, drummer Clark Pierson, and organist Ken Pearson....

.

Side A

1. "Down On Me" – 3:06
   • Recorded March 2, 1968, at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI
2. "Bye, Bye Baby" – 4:27
   • Recorded April 12, 1968, at Winterland, San Francisco, CA
3. "All Is Loneliness" – 5:45
   • Recorded April 4, 1970, Fillmore West
     Fillmore West
     The Fillmore West was an historic music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by concert promoter Bill Graham. Named after Graham's original "Fillmore" location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it stood at Market Street and South Van Ness Avenue and was formerly...
     
     , San Francisco, CA
4. "Piece Of My Heart" – 4:06
   • Recorded March 2, 1968, at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI

Side B

1. "Road Block" – 3:02
2. "Flower In The Sun" – 3:04
3. "Summertime" – 4:45
   • 1-3 recorded June 23, 1968, The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
4. "Ego Rock" – 8:00
   • Recorded April 4, 1970, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA

Side D

1. "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" – 7:51
2. "Get It While You Can" – 7:04
3. "Ball And Chain" – 8:01

The tracks on the second LP were recorded during the Canadian Festival Express concert tour in mid-1970. The first two songs on Side C are from Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, on June 28, 1970. The rest were recorded in Calgary

Calgary

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, Alberta

Alberta

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, on July 4, 1970.

Personnel

• Janis Joplin - vocals
• Big Brother & The Holding Company
  • James Gurley
    James Gurley
    James Gurley was an American musician. He is best known as the guitar player of Big Brother and the Holding Company, a psychedelic/acid rock band from San Francisco which was fronted by singer Janis Joplin from 1966 to 1968.-Early life:James Gurley was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 22, 1939...
    
     - Guitar
  • Sam Andrew
    Sam Andrew
    Sam Andrew is an American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, artist and founding member and guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company. During his career as musician and composer, Andrew has had three platinum albums and two hit singles...
    
     - Guitar
  • Peter Albin - Bass
  • Dave Getz - Drums
• Full Tilt Boogie Band
  Full Tilt Boogie Band
  Full Tilt Boogie Band was a rock band originally headed by guitarist John Till and then by Janis Joplin until her death in 1970. The band was composed of Till, pianist Richard Bell, bassist Brad Campbell, drummer Clark Pierson, and organist Ken Pearson....
  
  
  • John Till
    John Till
    John Till is a Canadian musician. Born in Stratford, Ontario, Till played in local bands until the early 1960s when he was picked to play in Ronnie Hawkins band The Hawks, to replace previous members who had left to tour with Bob Dylan...
    
     - Guitar
  • Richard Bell
    Richard Bell (Canadian musician)
    Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with The Band during the 1990s.-Early life and career:...
    
    - Piano
  • Ken Pearson - Organ
  • Brad Campbell - Bass
  • Clark Pierson - Drums