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Big Brother & The Holding Company

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Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane. They are best known as the band that featured Janis Joplin as their lead singer. Their 1968 album ''Cheap Thrills'' is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the ''Billboard'' charts, and was ranked number 338 in ''Rolling Stone'' 's the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 Live 2012-03-13 itunes amazon
The Lost Tapes Compilation 2008-06-24 itunes amazon
Live in San Francisco, 1966 Live 2002-04-30 itunes amazon
Be a Brother Album 1970 itunes amazon
How Hard It Is Album 1970 itunes amazon
Cheap Thrills Album 1968-08-17 itunes amazon
Big Brother & The Holding Company Album 1967-09 itunes amazon
Do What You Love unknown   itunes amazon
1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San… Live   itunes amazon
Cheaper Thrills unknown   itunes amazon
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