18 Essential Songs

by Janis Joplin

Overview

18 Essential Songs is a one-disc distillation of the triple-disc Janis box set. Running 70 minutes, it is a more extensive best-of than the ten-track 1973 Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits album. But it is denied "first pick" status because, unlike that album, it does not contain the hit version of Joplin's only number one single, "Me and Bobby McGee." (It does, however, contain an alternate demo version of that song.) ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/1995
Label:	Legacy / Columbia/Legacy
UPC:	0074646700525
Rank:	10015

Tracks

1. Trouble in Mind
2. Down on Me
3. Bye Bye Baby
4. Ball and Chain
5. Piece of My Heart
6. I Need a Man to Love
7. Summertime
8. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
9. One Good Man
10. Kozmic Blues
11. Raise Your Hand
12. Tell Mama
13. Move Over
14. Mercedes Benz
15. Get It While You Can
16. Half Moon
17. Trust Me
18. Me and Bobby McGee

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Janis Joplin   Primary Artist
Roy Markowitz   Drums
Lonnie Castille   Drums
Cornelius "Snookey" Flowers   Sax (Baritone),Vocals (Background)
David Getz   Drums
Maury Baker   Drums
John Till   Guitar
James Gurley   Guitar
Gabriel Mekler   Keyboards
Peter Albin   Bass
Sam Andrew   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Brad Campbell   Bass
Ken Pearson   Organ
Clark Pierson   Drums
Richard Kermode   Keyboards
Terry Clements   Sax (Tenor)
Luis Gasco   Trumpet
Richard Bell   Piano

Technical Credits

David Gahr   Photography
Mary Katherine Aldin   Liner Notes
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer
Richard M. Jones   Composer
Powell St. John   Composer
Willie Mae Thornton   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Marcus Daniel   Composer
Joel Zimmerman   Art Direction
Steve Cropper   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
Big Mama Thornton   Composer
Bob Neuwirth   Composer
Alvertis Isbell   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bob Irwin   Compilation Producer
Bobby Womack   Composer
Fred Foster   Composer
Clarence Carter   Composer
Gabriel Mekler   Composer
Eddie Floyd   Composer
Johanna Hall   Composer
Elliot Mazer   Musical Consultant
Janis Joplin   Arranger,Composer
Don DeVito   Executive Producer
John Hall   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Sam Andrew   Composer
Chip Taylor   Composer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
J. Hall   Composer
Gary Pacheco   Project Director
Vic Anesini   Remixing,Remastering
Wilbur Terrell   Composer
Michael McClure   Composer
Jerry Shulman   Executive Director