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[Janis Joplin]

Item number (ISN):

376806

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1970 ?

Item number (ISN):

376806

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1991-0316

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1970 ?

Production company:

A-Front Productions

Production credit:

producer, Bob Simmons

Description:

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Radio documentary about the life of Janis Joplin through the use of interviews and songs performed by Janis Joplin. The documentary describes some of the music as "Never before released on record." The documentary starts with an interview of an unidentified old gentleman who says he had never heard such howling in his life. Interviews with fellow students from her high school who describe her as a loud mouthed kid that nobody took seriously. Another former student recounts a tale about Janis who would lie in the middle of a highway as a way to get rides while she hitch hiked. Some audio clips of Janis at home singing Bessie Smith songs . Interviews with Nick Gravenites who wrote and arranged music for Janis, says if Janis had not died from heroin, she would have died from booze. Clips of Janis talking after a concert and remarking on how the audience was so into her performance. Interview with John Cooke, former Janis Joplin road manager who says he was close to Janis as anyone before she died. Interviews with Powell St. John, who is introduced as a former Waller Creek Boys band member, who talks about how Janis came to record his song Bye Bye Baby. The interviews are seperated with various music selections performed by Janis Joplin. Songs included are 'Down On Me', 'Coo-Coo', 'Mercedes-Benz', 'Get It While You Can', 'Trouble in Mind', 'Little Girl Blue', 'Kozmic Blues', 'Piece of My Heart', 'Nobody Knows You', 'Bye Bye Baby', as well as some early Bessie Smith songs sung by Janis. <55mn 30s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. A log of the interview that was included with the 1/4" tape is held in the collection file.~2. Credits were taken from the radio host at the end of the documentary:~3. Nick Gravenites, wrote and arranged music for Janis Joplin.~4. Powell St. John, long time friend of Janis' from Texas and composer of bye Bye Baby.~5. John Cooke, road manager for Big Brother and the subsequent Joplin bands.

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Vault ISN:

430110

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2006-09-0273

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

430470

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2006-09-0046

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

59:13

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1003433

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2006-09-0046

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

2006-09-0273

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2006-09-0046

Restrictions on consultation:

~IDCs currently on-line in MISACS are open for consultation. All other material is not available for consultation.

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~Copyright owner on the majority of the Crawley material is Bill Stevens, President, Crawley Films Limited. See individual IDCs.~Copyright on some titles rests with Michal Ann Crawley. See individual IDCs.~Some materials in this accession belong to other producers/copyright owners than Crawley Films Limited.

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