Love Janis

Janis Joplin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005EBIN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,536 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The companion CD to the hit musical-not the cast recording, but Janis's original recordings of 12 of her best (the same songs featured in the musical) plus lots of great extras! Her classics Me and Bobby McGee; Piece of My Heart; Get It While You Can; Down on Me , and more join audio excerpts of Janis's personal letters (read by Love, Janis lead Cathy Curtin), rare pix, liners by Janis's sister and more! --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, May 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Janis (Audio CD)

The music, of course, we know it and and love it.

Those who have seen the play (based on the book) have experienced the very poignant connection between Janis's letters home to her family and Janis' music. This cd of Janis' music (by Janis) interspersed with those letter excerpts read (by actress Catheine Curtin) is illuminating, touching, thoughtful, funny. It makes Janis so real, man, as we know she was, a real person, not some "star" or "legend." This cd is done with the cooperation of Laura and Michael Joplin, brother and sister, so the pictures included are very new to at least this member of the public. The liner notes are extensive and fascinating. Very seldom do you get a chance to "hear" the person alongside the "artist" and in 'Love, Janis' we have that rare and wonderful opportunity, very well done.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Piece of Janis' heart, June 15, 2001

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Diana S. Walsh "Diana" (Palm Springs, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Janis (Audio CD)

What a great CD - I played it over and over again - just the way I used to play Janis' LPs when I was a teenager. The "readings" of Janis' letters to her family are so well done that I had to keep reminding myself that they were being done by an actress. So generous of Janis' family to share these letters with us and let us once again hear her passion, her crackling humor, and her masked pain. The world is a duller place without Janis - this CD brings back a little of her heart and soul.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Janis, May 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Janis (Audio CD)

Much better CD than Janis' Greatest Hits collection. While there are no live performances, the selection of songs from her studio CD's is excellent. However, for me, a fanatical Janis fan, what makes this CD worthwhile is Janis' letters. These letters show a side of Janis not always in line with her public image of 60's icon. They remind us of the human being behind the legend.