Kosmik Radiation Radio - Feb 17, 2012 Playlist

The Un-Valentine's Show


CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Big Brother & The Holding Company "Cheap Thrills" 1968 (USA)

Janis Joplin is an iconic rock legend, and with good reason. She was one of the first female rock superstars, and her free-spirited style broke the mold for women in rock (she wore PANTS and hardly any makeup!) But of course the main reason she will be remembered is her stunningly powerful voice. Originally Janis was merely one of several lead singers in a psychedelic San Francisco blues band called Big Brother & The Holding Company; their first album was released to little acclaim in 1967, but that summer they blew the crowd away at the Monterrey Pop Festival and when their second album Cheap Thrills came out in 1968 it went straight to #1 and by the end of the year Joplin left them to go solo. But tragically, she only completed one more album before dying of a heroin overdose (her final album Pearl was released posthumously).
Here's Big Brother performing "Ball & Chain" live at Monterrey Pop, which was Janis' big breakthrough moment. Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot of footage of Janis when she was with Big Brother, though as soon as she went solo she became a superstar -- here's two classic TV performances, "Get It While You Can" and "Raise Your Hand" with Tom Jones! Finally, a latter-day clip of Janis singing Big Brother's biggest hit "Piece Of My Heart" in Germany -- despite her reputation as a dour blues singer steeped in pain and suffering, as you can see she actually spent a lot of time smiling and boogying with the audience. Finally, a revealing interview with Janis.

(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request

Artist	Song	Album	Year (label)	Country
Rush	Need Some Love	Rush	1973	Canada
Minutemen	Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Van Halen)	Double Nickels On The Dime	1984	USA
Talking Heads	I'm Not In Love	More Songs About Buildings And Food	1978	USA
Neil Young	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	After The Gold Rush	1970	Canada
Scott Walker	The Plague	B-side 7" single	1968	USA/UK
William Shatner	How Insensitive (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	The Transformed Man	1968	Canada
The Modern Lovers	Pablo Picasso	The Modern Lovers	rec. 1972, rel. 1976	USA

Big Brother & The Holding Company	Piece Of My Heart (Erma Franklin)	Cheap Thrills CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1968	USA
Big Brother & The Holding Company	Ball & Chain (Big Mama Thornton)	Cheap Thrills CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1968	USA
Big Brother & The Holding Company	Down On Me (live)	Janis Joplin In Concert	rec. 1968, rel. 1972	USA
Big Brother & The Holding Company	All Is Loneliness (Moondog)	Big Brother & The Holding Company	1967	USA
Yoko Ono	Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over The City	Plastic Ono Band	1970	Japan

Black Sabbath	Changes	Volume 4	1972	UK
Gang Of Four	Anthrax	Entertainment!	1979	UK
Sebadoh	Homemade	Bubble And Scrape	1993	USA
Harry Nilsson	You're Breaking My Heart (R)	Son Of Schmilsson	1972	USA
The Plasmatics	Dream Lover (Bobby Darin)	New Hope For The Wretched	1980	USA
Slayer	Necrophilliac	Hell Awaits	1985	USA

Black Flag	I Love You	My War	1983	USA
Killdozer	3/4" Drill Bit	Lil' Baby Buntin'	1987	USA
The Stooges	Dirt	Fun House	1970	USA
Joy Division	Atrocity Exhibition / Isolation	Closer	1980	UK
The Cure	Pornography	Pornography	1982	UK
The Edgar Broughton Band	Why Can't Somebody Love Me?	Wasa Wasa	1969	UK
Suicide	Frankie Teardrop	Suicide	1978	USA
The Pretty Things	Is It Only Love (R)	Silk Torpedo	1974	UK

Little Barrie	Does The Halo Rust?	King Of The Waves (N)	2012 (Tummy Touch)	USA
Henry's Funeral Shoe	Love Is A Fever	Donkey Jacket (N)	2011 (Alive Natural Sound)	USA
Radio Moscow	The Stranger	Where Is Parker Griggs? (N - various artists compilation)	2011 (Alive Natural Sound)	USA
Andre Williams	Mojo Hannah	Hoods And Shades (N)	2012 (Bloodshot)	USA
Charles Bradley	Heartaches & Pain	Heartaches & Pain (N - single)	2011 (Daptone)	USA
Angela Alexander & J. D. Saddler	Don't Make Me Kill You	An Alternative History Of Popular Music (N - various artists compilation)	rec. 1970's (2011 The Numero Group)	USA
The Black Keys	Stop Stop	El Camino (N)	2011 (Nonesuch)	USA

The Mothers Of Invention	Any Way The Wind Blows	Freak Out	1966	USA
Joni Mitchell	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Blue	1971	Canada
Mourning Sun	Where's The Love Gone Today?	An Alternative History Of Popular Music (N - various artists compilation)	rec. 1970's (2011 The Numero Group)	USA