The Lost Tapes (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)

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
 * 1) "Bye, Bye Baby" - 4:10
 * 2) "Great White Guru" - 5:46
 * 3) "Women Is Losers" - 5:09
 * 4) "Oh My Soul" - 2:34
 * 5) "Amazing Grace" - 11:30
 * 6) "Caterpillar" - 4:11
 * 7) "It's a Deal" - 2:13
 * 8) "Hi Heel Sneakers" - 3:36
 * 9) "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill" - 2:22
 * 10) "Turtle Blues" - 6:46
 * 11) "All Is Loneliness" - 9:04
 * 12) "Light Is Faster Than Sound" - 6:26


 * Disc Two
 * 1) "(Come On Baby) Let the Good Times Roll" - 2:37
 * 2) "I Know You Rider" - 3:13
 * 3) "Moanin' at Midnight" - 4:57
 * 4) "Hey Baby" - 2:50
 * 5) "Down on Me" - 2:45
 * 6) "Whisperman" - 1:46
 * 7) "Women Is Losers" - 3:48
 * 8) "Blow My Mind" - 2:34
 * 9) "Oh My Soul" - 2:34
 * 10) "Ball and Chain" - 6:43
 * 11) "Coo-Coo" - 2:30
 * 12) "Gutra's Garden" - 4:36
 * 13) "Harry" - 0:37
 * 14) "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