Digital color print, approx. 14.5"h x 20"w image size (approx. 18"h x 22"w overall print size), from a limited edition of 250 prints on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, signed, numbered and titled (" Janis Joplin with Big Brother & The Holding Company & the Joshua Light Show, Fillmore East, NYC, 1968") in black marker by the artist, photographer Elliott Landy. Unmatted/unframed ( Click here for framing options and costs) - please note that actual print will NOT feature the Elliott Landy copyright/watermark shown in the illustration, above!
Also available in a smaller (10" x 14" image size), open edition signed/titled print - click here to view this item. In Elliott's own words -
"Big Brother with Janis were the best concerts I have ever seen. As far as my own experience, the energy and musical mastery which Big Brother created has never been equaled in a live performance. It was not only about Janis, as the band is still playing together and I recently saw a show which was as powerful as their old ones were.
The light shows were really several visual musicians playing with the music - 3-6 people behind the stage, each doing their own thing, jamming with the band. It was a very different and much more powerful experience than the electronically programmed video and light shows of today.
This photo was used in the packaging for the band’s 1968 major-label debut record, Cheap Thrills. I just gave the producers of Cheap Thrills all of my photos of Janis and that is the one they chose."
After their jaw-dropping live performance at the previous year's Monterey Pop Festival, Big Brother & the Holding Company's eagerly-awaited 1968 major label debut proved that the band and their dynamic lead singer were more than just media darlings - they could make amazing records as well.
The record featured the hit single "Piece of My Heart" and the soon-to-be-classics "Summertime" (already a Gershwin classic, brought to new heights by the singer and her cooking band) and the foot-stomping blues of "Ball and Chain".
The record also featured a classic R. Crumb cartoon front cover (which was originally supposed to be the LP's back cover and was enshrined in Rolling Stone Magazine’s 1991 list of “100 Greatest Album Covers” (it was #9).
Guitarist Frank Zappa's label released their own Cheap Thrills greatest hits package a number of years later, also featuring a great cover by Cal Schenkel. | 
