BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY Be A Brother LP COLUMBIA 1970 NICK GRAVENITES
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BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY DAVID SCHALLOCK, SAM ANDREW, PETER ALBIN, JAMES GURLEY, DAVID GETZ, NICK GRAVENITES
plus MICHAEL FINNIGAN, KATHY McDONALD, MARK NAFTALIN, TOWER OF POWER, JANIS JOPLIN, RICHARD GREEN, etc.
Big Brother are primarily remembered as the group that gave Janis Joplin her start.
There's no denying both that Joplin was by far the band's most striking asset, and that
Big Brother would never have made a significant impression if they hadn't been fortunate
enough to add her to their lineup shortly after forming. But Big Brother also occupies
a significant place in the history of San Francisco psychedelic rock, as one of the bands
that best captured the era's loosest, reckless, and indulgent qualities
in its high-energy mutations of blues and folk-rock
"BE A BROTHER"
1970 LP COLUMBIA RECORDS C 30222
PRINTED IN USA ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: COLUMBIA - RED LABEL w/GOLD-YELLOW RIM - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: C 30222
Catalog on labels: C 30222 (AL 30222) / C 30222 (BL 30222)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ? PAL 30222 1-A A5 T1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ? PBL 30222 1-A C1 T1
On labels: rim text reads '® "Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.'
On back cover: Produced by Nick Gravenites
Recording Studios: Golden State CBS, L.A. Wally Heider Pacific Recording
Album Design and Photograph: Bob Seidemann, thanks to John Van Hammersveld
Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc. / 51 W. 52 Street, New York, N.Y.
® "Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.
Tower Of Power courtesy of San Francisco Records
tracklisting
Side A: KEEP ON - JOSEPH'S COAT
HOME ON THE STRANGE - SOMEDAY - HEARTACHE PEOPLE
Side B: SUNSHINE BABY - MR. NATURAL - FUNKIE JIM
I'LL CHANGE YOUR FLAT - TIRE, MERLE - BE A BROTHER
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Whether Big Brother & the Holding Company would have made any waves at all in the
late-'60s San Francisco music scene sans Janis Joplin could be argued. Be A Brother is a
good indicator of what they would have sounded like without her amazing voice.
Recorded in 1970, guitarist David Schallock and singer/songwriter/producer Nick Gravenites
were added to help fill the space created with the absence of Joplin. These ten original
compositions include "Home on the Strange," "Mr. Natural," "Funkie Jim," and
"I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle" dedicated to Merle Haggard.
This is a decent blues-based session similar to early Butterfield Blues Band records,
which isn't a bad thing at all...(AllMusic)
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