BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY How Hard It Is LP COLUMBIA '71 NICK GRAVENITES
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BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY
SAM ANDREW, PETER ALBIN, DAVID GETZ
plus MIKE FINNIGAN, DAVID SCHALLOCK, KATHY McDONALD, NICK GRAVENITES
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
"HOW HARD IT IS"
1971 LP COLUMBIA RECORDS C 30738 STEREO
PRINTED IN USA ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD COVER
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: COLUMBIA - RED LABEL w/GOLD-YELLOW RIM - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front, spine & inside right panel) C 30738
Catalog on labels: C 30738 (AL 30738) / C 30738 (BL 30738)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ? AL30738-1.E.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ? BL30738-1.F
On labels: rim text reads '® "Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.'
On back cover: Produced by Roscoe & Roy Segel
Recording Studies: Columbia Recording Studios, San Francisco
Cover and Liner Art: Dennis Nolan
Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc. / 51 W. 52 Street, New York, N.Y.
® "Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.
** © 1971 by Heavy Gravy Music......
* © 1971 by Cheap-Thrills Music......
tracklisting
Side A: HOW HARD IT IS - YOU'VE BEEN TALKIN' 'BOUT ME, BABY
HOUSE ON FIRE - BLACK WIDOW SPIDER - LAST BAND ON SIDE ONE
Side B: NU BOOGALOO JAM - MAUI - SHINE ON
BURIED ALIVE IN THE BLUES - PROMISE HER ANYTHING BUT GIVE HER ARPEGGIO
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The second and final of the post-Janis Joplin Big Brother albums for Columbia looks and sounds
like the closing of a chapter. A picture of Big Brother inside the gatefold has the band glowing
with heavenly light; the cover photo is more telling, with faceless men standing in the shadows.
How Hard It Is is right on target. The title track feels like vintage Big Brother.
Kathy McDonald is credited as a guest artist on "Black Widow Spider"; she co-sings the lead,
but it sure sounds like her on "How Hard It Is" and "House on Fire" as well and, eerily,
it is much like when Janis sang in unison with the band. The major difference is that they
can play their instruments better here, four years after the Monterey Pop Festival brought them
to the attention of Clive Davis. Nick Gravenites and McDonald were the perfect choices
to step in, Gravenites having written two tracks on Joplin's Kozmic Blues LP and also
having performed with her on Joplin in Concert. McDonald has sweetness, but can reach
in and find some gravel to complement Gravenites. Everything on this album is listenable,
and the three instrumentals -- "Last Band on Side One," "Maui,"
and "Promise Her Anything, But Give Her Arpeggio" -- are statements
that the band members are real musicians, journeymen with vision...(AllMusic)
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