[{"id":"5802","cataloger_name":["Ben,Joseph"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Reading in BC Collection"],"source_collection_label":["Reading in BC Collection"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 199"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Janis Joplin singing performance, 1970 #553"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Studio recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"rights_notes":["Potentially belongs to Columbia Records?"],"creator_names":["Joplin, Janis","McClure, Michael"],"creator_names_search":["Joplin, Janis","McClure, Michael"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/7574301\",\"name\":\"Joplin, Janis\",\"dates\":\"1943-1970\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/71493269\",\"name\":\"McClure, Michael\",\"dates\":\"1932-2020\",\"notes\":\"she sings Mercedes Benz by Michael McClure\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Performance_Date":[1970],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/6121/Reading in BC_MsC199_553.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"Second generation from Reel-to-Reel\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"Stereo\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Very Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"2 track\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J-card\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"playback_mode":["Stereo"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"553-side-1.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:31\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"41.4 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"553-side-2.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:32\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"41.7 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1970\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"content_notes":["SFU BC Readings formatting"],"contents":["Side\tTrack\tNo.\tComments\nOne\t\t000\tMove Over\n\t\t081\tCry Baby\n\t\t173\tA Woman Left Lonely\n\t\t261\tHalf Moon\n\t\t364\tBuried Alive in the Blues\nTwo\t\t000\tMy Baby\n\t\t082\tMe and Bobby McGee\n\t\t188\tMercedes Benz (by Michael McClure)\n\t\t232\tTrust Me\n\t\t318\tGet It While You Can"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"The Full Tilt Boogie Band were the musicians who accompanied her on the Festival Express, a concert tour by train of Canada, in the summer of 1970. Many of the songs on this album were recorded on the concert stage in Canada two months before Joplin and the band started their Los Angeles recording sessions. The band also appeared twice on The Dick Cavett Show. They also played many American cities, both before and after Festival Express, although no recordings of those concerts have been officially released.\\n\\nAll nine tracks that she sings on were personally approved and arranged by Joplin. Pearl features the number one hit \\\"Me and Bobby McGee\\\", on which she played acoustic guitar, written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster; \\\"Trust Me\\\", by Bobby Womack, written for Joplin; Howard Tate's \\\"Get It While You Can\\\", showcasing her vocal range; and the original songs \\\"Move Over\\\" and \\\"Mercedes Benz\\\", the latter co-written by Joplin, Bobby Neuwirth and Michael McClure.\\n\\nJoplin sang on all tracks except \\\"Buried Alive in the Blues\\\", which remained an instrumental because she died before recording vocals. The song's writer Nick Gravenites was offered the opportunity to sing it as a tribute to Joplin, but he turned it down.\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670553972375552,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.384Z","score":5.3581686}]