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Info on Worktapes & Demos Vol. 1:
Tracks:
- Applause
- The Man You Are in Me
- Jesse
- Thankyous
- Page Nine
- Without You
- I Love You Best
- The Come On
- From Me to You
- One-Armed Johnny
- Lover’s Lullaby
- In the Winter
- Belle of the Blues
- Boy, I Really Tied One On
- Roses
- Aftertones
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Don’t Cry, Old Man
From Janis: Once I lost the ability to perform as a vocalist, Jeff and I began talking about long-delayed projects we still wanted to do. Realizing that my archives contain hundreds of work tapes, live shows, demos, rough mixes and the like, we began putting together a series of potential "albums" that would feature the original versions of songs that later made it to albums. We also wanted to include some songs that were originally slated for those albums but never made it. A "worktape" is just that - a tape of a recent work, sometimes recorded for copyright purposes, sometimes so I could listen back and find out what was bothering me (that extra section in "Lover's Lullabye" for instance), sometimes for the arranger and producer to hear. All of these are from the very first time I sang them into a microphone. Minimal "fixing" was done in order to preserve the integrity of the originals. Enjoy!
* These recordings were culled from “best available”, which included DATs, minidiscs, old cassettes, reel-to-reel, and other formats. Our goal was to present them as close to the original sound as possible; you may hear small glitches in some, including one drop-out. Any further attempts to manipulate the audio and remove more hiss, or clean up external sounds, resulted in a loss of fidelity Janis was not willing to entertain. Thank you for understanding!
Produced by Jeff Evans and Janis Ian
Photography by Peter Cunningham
Cover design by Jeff Evans
Mastered by Eric Conn for Independent Mastering, Nashville, TN.
For more information, lyrics, etc, visit https://janisian.com.
Pianos: Janis Ian
Guitars: Janis Ian, Sal Di Troia, Jeff Layton
Drums, percussion: Barry Lazarowitz
Upright bass: Richard Davis
Electric bass: Stu Woods, Steve “Fontz” Gelfand
Second vocalist: Claire Bay
All songs by Janis Ian
The Man You Are In Me, Jesse, Thankyous, and Without You c. Taosongs Two. All rights reserved; used by permission.
All others © Mine Music Ltd. administered by Sony Publishing. All rights reserved; used by permission.
Master ℗ Rude Girl Records, Inc. All rights reserved; used by permission.
Much thanks to Esther Friedman, Eriko Nitta, and Kathleen Brogan for their assistance with this project.
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Info on Live At The Calderone Theater 1975:
Tracks:
- When the Party's Over
- From Me To You
- The Man You Are In Me
- Boy, I Really Tied One On
- Tea and Sympathy
- Watercolors
- In the Winter
- Applause Applause
- Dance With Me
- This Must Be Wrong
- Between the Lines
- You've Got Me On a String
- At Seventeen
- Stars
- Bayonne Blues
From Janis: To be honest, the mid seventies were pretty much a blur for me. I was touring ten months a year and trying to write an album, arrange and record it, do press appearances, and live my life all at once. So unless the concert was really awful - either because of my own lack of preparedness, or because the audience or promoter were a problem - I don't remember specific dates. I do, however, remember that this theater was absolutely gorgeous!
*Recorded on November 29, 1975. Due to the age of the source material, there are occasional imperfections in this recording. It's impossible to completely clean those up without sacrificing the integrity of the performance. Glad you understand!
Produced by Jeff Evans and Janis Ian
Photography by Peter Cunningham
Cover design by Jeff Evans
For more information, lyrics, etc, visit https://janisian.com.
Janis Ian: Guitars, piano
Barry Lazarowitz: Drums, percussion
Stu Woods: Electric bass
Jeff Layton: Guitars
Claire Bay: Second vocals, percussion
All songs by Janis Ian
Stars, The Man You Are in Me © Taosongs Two. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.
All other songs © Mine Music Ltd. administered by Sony Publishing. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.
Master ℗ Rude Girl Records, Inc. All rights reserved; used by permission.
Much gratitude to Esther Friedman, Eriko Nitta, and Elizabeth Gonser for their assistance with this project.
Visit the Janis Ian website.
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