Janis Joplin - In Concert (1972)

While her studio albums do a decent job of representing the power and the passion of her artistry, it's Janis Joplin's concert recordings that truly capture the sheer visceral intensity the singer was capable of generating.

This double LP is the one to get if you want to listen to Joplin at her best. Some of the songs were recorded with Big Brother & The Holding Company in 1968 while the others come from gigs with Full Tilt Boogie in 1970. The versions of 'Piece of My Heart', 'Down on Me', 'Move Over' and 'Ball and Chain' here remain strikingly unaffected by the passage of time.