Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company

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KTVU news footage from c1967 in San Francisco with reporter Gary E. Park featuring views of San Francisco rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, rehearsing their version of 'Down on Me' in an old warehouse and then sitting down for an interview. Peter Albin explains the origin of the band's name and Janis Joplin reflects on audience reactions to their performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Dave Getz, Sam Andrew, Albin and Joplin all go on to discuss the evolution of rock music and the band's specific influences. Joplin is asked to try and isolate what makes the local music scene so distinctive and points out how: "the thing that makes what they call the San Francisco music scene, as far as I'm concerned, is first of all the freedom to create here." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

In May 2019 Movette Film Transfer of San Francisco remastered the camera original 16mm b&w reversal film elements used to produce these moving images in 2K resolution (2048x1556 pixels), using a Lasergraphics film scanner. Note that during this process, another 80 seconds of footage was discovered featuring the band playing 'Down on Me', which has never been seen before.

This 16mm b&w reversal film print was re-scanned in 5K (5120 x 3840) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in May 2024.

Originally aired on
KTVU News
Date aired
c1968
Recording medium
16mm b&w magnetic sound film
4:59
Rights for this video belong to
Cox Enterprises Inc/KTVU
Type of material
archival news film
Identifier
KTVU 92-1-5K
Views
32648

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Comments

Over a year ago, Anthony wrote…

Thanks for posting the Big Brother and the Holding Company interview. 

Over a year ago, moreyn kamenir wrote…

Thank you so much for sharing this.

Over a year ago, Paul Capsis wrote…

This rare footage of Big Brother and the Holding Company from 1967 is so beautiful and rare and is just GOLD> wish there was more to see of this session. Great to see everyone talk, well James Gurley was very quiet. Please release any more rare footage of the band that exists. Thanks for sharing.

Over a year ago, Randy wrote…

Thanks for posting the Big Brother and the Holding Company interview.  They were all so young and cute and Janis is charming.  I've been a fan of theirs for decades.  It's a cool band.

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