Janis Joplin : I Got dem Ol'kozmic Blues Again Mama

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues 

Again Mama! 

is a 1969 

studio album 

by

 Janis Joplin

 It was the first

 solo studio album

 Joplin recorded after

 leaving her former band, 

Big Brother

 and the 

Holding Company,

 and the only one

 released in her lifetime 

Pearl 

was released

 3 months after 

Joplin's death

Recording began on

 June 16, 1969

in New York City 

and ceased on

 June 26. 

For the album, 

Joplin recruited

 guitarist 

Sam Andrew

 of the Holding Company 

to take part

 in development, 

along with

 the Kozmic Blues band. 

Joplin installed a

 brass and horn section

 into the tracks,

 a feature her 

previous band 

would not allow.

 It was a total contrast

 to Joplin's previous

 psychedelic rock

 as the compositions 

chosen were more soul

 and blues driven.

 All but two tracks 

were cover versions

 that producer 

Gabriel Mekler 

and

 Joplin chose. 

The other two tracks,

 "One Good Man"

 and

 "Kozmic Blues", 

were written by

 Joplin herself. 

Overall, 

the album was a 

more polished work,

 but with the

 lack prominent

 accompanists like

 the Holding Company, 

the album was not 

as successful as

 Cheap Thrills

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues 

Again Mama! 

also contains the hits

 "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)",

 "Kozmic Blues" 

and

 "To Love Somebody".

 The CD reissue 

of the album 

includes the 

outtake cover of 

Bob Dylan's

 "Dear Landlord", 

with new lyrics

 and arrangements

 provided by Joplin, 

and versions of

 "Summertime" 

and

 "Piece of My Heart"

 recorded live at

 Woodstock

 as

 bonus tracks.

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