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How Hard It Is

Big Brother and The Holding Company

Initial release : 1971

Columbia 30738

The fourth Big Brother album. The last before the band split in 1972.

Tracks

  • How Hard It Is (Getz / Andrew)
  • You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby (Rivera / Hirsch / Garnett)
  • House on Fire (Getz / Rappaport)
  • Black Widow Spider (Andrew)
  • Last Band on Side One (Andrew / Roscoe)
  • Nu Boogaloo Jam (Andrew / Nudelman)
  • Maui (Andrew / Roscoe)
  • Shine On (Albin / Andrew / Getz)
  • Buried Alive in the Blues (Gravenites)
  • Promise Her Anything But Give Her Arpeggio (Schallock)
Musicians

Big Brother and The Holding Company;

  • Sam Andrew - guitar, vocals
  • James Gurley - bass
  • Peter Albin - bass, guitar, mandolin, vibraslap
  • David Getz - drums, piano, marimba, percussion
Guest artists;
  • Mike Finnigan - organ, piano, vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9)
  • David Schallock - guitar (on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10)
  • Kathi McDonald - vocals (on track 4)
  • Nick Gravenites - vocals (on track 9)
Credits

  • Producer - Roscoe, Roy Segal
  • Engineer - Roy Segal
  • Recordists - Dave Brown, Mike Larner, George Engfer, George Horn
  • Special thanks to - Colin, Wayne, Richard
  • Cover art, liner art - Dennis Nolan
  • Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, San Francisco
Related releases

One single was released in conjunction with this LP;

  • Nu Boogaloo Jam / Black Widow Spider, Big Brother And The Holding Company, 1971
How Hard It Is, You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby, House on Fire, Nu Boogaloo Jam and Buried Alive in the Blues were included on; The whole How Hard It Is album was subsequently included on the 2-on-1 CD release;
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