Society's Child Too Old To Go 'Way Little Girl Hair Of Spun Gold Then Tangles Of My Mind I'll Give You A Stone If You'll Throw It Pro-Girl Younger Generation Blues New Christ Cardiac Hero Lover Be Kindly Mrs. McKenzie Janey's Blues The basics: Produced by Shadow Morton; recorded Mira Sound Studios, NY, 1966; released March 1967 (Verve/Forecast). Society's Child recorded 1965, released 3 times (1965-1967). Grammy nomination "Best Folk Performance 1966 - Janis Ian"; Society's Child #1 single in US after being featured by Leonard Bernstein on TV special "Inside the Rock Revolution"; album #12. Inside scoop: Society's Child was originally recorded for Atlantic Records, who paid for the session; after they heard it, they quietly returned the master, saying they could not release it. Years later Jerry Wexler (president of Atlantic at the time) apologized publicly to Janis for this, saying "If any company should have released Society's Child, it was us". Artie Butler played both organ and Janis' harpsichord intro on this; because it was recorded onto only eight tracks, he had to run back and forth between the two instruments during the session. **Point of Interest: In 2001 "Society's Child" was an inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame, chosen by a panel of music professionals. There were 585 titles in the hall at that time, selected because they are considered timeless and influential forces in music history. Original album is out of print, but available in the "Society's Child: The Verve Recordings" Collection Songbook of this album available here! |