How many Janis cd´s are there????

[gisli]

This is propably for Kathleen to answer....again. Sorry all, but it was on the old board a thread with a list ofall Janis cd´s. Here is what I know:

Janis Ian.
For All The Seasons Of Your Mind
The Secret Life Of J. Eddy Fink
Who Really Cares
Present Company
Stars
Between The Lines
Aftertones
Miracle Row
Janis Ian 2
Night Rains
Restless Eyes
Uncle Wonderful
Breaking Silence
Revenge
Hunger
God And The Fbi
Billie´s Bones
Folk Is The New Black

Then there are:
Up Til Now
The Bottom Line Encore Collection Live
Unreleased 1 Mary´s Eyes
Unreleased 2 Take No Prisinors
Unreleased 3 Society Child
Working Without A Net
Lost Cuts
Simon Renshaw Presents: Janis Ian Shares your Pain (ipod)

Pheww this is a lot....are these all her cd´s that she has published? Or have I forgotten any? I am asking because I have good collection of Janis work (only need 4 items of the above:cool: ) but want to owe them all. Well or at least know what is missing from my collection:p

[Kathleen Brogan]

there are also:

Souvenirs (an 18 song best of) import released in 2004 in England, Australia, and Japan)
Live on the Test (released in England) most is from the 1976 Old Grey Whistle Test, and it includes a couple of live cuts from the Breaking Silence era.
The very rare "Got to Get Up" with Claire Bay is on that one.
There's also "At Seventeen" 1991 that Janis indicates is an illegal collection of all of the '70's and 80's 45's that were put out. I think production was halted on those. There's also a "Best of" from 1992, released in Australia and Japan.

[Kathleen Brogan]

Oh, and the first four on Verve were never released separately on CD, but are on "Society's Child, the Verve Recordings", the "Snowbird" track is omitted from "Who Really Cares"

[David from London]

There's also a live double album recorded in Australia and Japan, which fortunately I was able to get here in London.

But it's not available on CD because the masters have been lost by the record company. Janis confirmed this at the UK LRC. Such a pity because it has some great versions.

[DaveM]

There is also a gold pressing of "Breaking Silence". Two actually--one legitimate, the other apparently a pirated Asian version.

And of course there are different incarnations of practically all of Janis' CDs, since most have been remastered at least once. Sometimes with a dramatic improvement in sound I might add. CDs remastered and remastered after "Working Without A Net" generally have one live track added to the original list.

How on earth do studios manage to "lose" masters? I know it happens--I just can't believe it.

Wasn't there also an album entitled "My Favorites" or something like that that was assembled by CBS without consulting Janis at all? Or would that be "At 17"?

[gisli]

....and so the list get´s longer and longer, a good thing. You guy´s are a walking encyclopedia, thanks a lot.

I guess that Janis then never has done any christmas songs album????
Wandering also since she has done scores for tv and movies if there are any of those around. (Could it be an idea to collect them all in one cd sometime???)

[DaveM]

Janis did the soundtrack for the Japanese movie "Virus", which pops up on eBay now and then. Not sure if it is available on CD though.

She also recorded at least one Christmas-related track "Child In A Barren Land" which was on an anthology album. Alas, I do not know the title.

[Dee]

Also there's "Emmanuel" on The Carols Of Christmas II: A Windham Hill Collection
(August 12, 1997)

and

"Winter Fire" on Simple Gifts - A Windham Hill Collection
(September 26, 2000)

both available from Amazon.com

[Kathleen Brogan]

"A Child in a Barren Land" Precious Child, CD 1992
there's also "A Thousand Years" which is on one of Janis' '90's subscriber series tapes. Those are a couple of other holiday songs.

[janisian]

Our pressing of Breaking Silence is the same as the gold pressing, btw.

[Kathleen Brogan]

The "breaking Silence" remaster sounds the same, has 2 bonus tracks, is still in print, and sells for way less than the gold ones which are almost impossible to find!

[DaveM]

Very true, Kathleen--and to you folks who don't have the remaster, run don't walk. The difference in sound quality and presence is astonishing. I've bought my share of "remasterings" from 60s-70s artists that really didn't sound much better than the "originals", but in this case, I found myself wondering more than once if it was truly the same recording--the improvement is incredible.

[saxman]

there are more cds than stars. or sand on a beach. Thats a Good Thing. as far as im concerened there are not enough Janis CDS

[gisli]

Is this then just about right????? Or are there more songs/albums/cd´s to collect from somewhere???

These are all of her records:

Janis Ian.
For All The Seasons Of Your Mind
The Secret Life Of J. Eddy Fink
Who Really Cares
Present Company
(These are on Society´s Child The Verve years, all songs minus Snowbird Song)
Stars
Between The Lines
Aftertones
Miracle Row
Janis Ian 2
Night Rains
Restless Eyes
Uncle Wonderful
Breaking Silence
Revenge
Hunger
God And The Fbi
Billie´s Bones
Folk Is The New Black

Then there are:

Best Of (Best of)
My Favorites (Best of)
At Seventeen (Best of)
Souvenirs (Best of)
Up Til Now (Best of)
Double album LP from Australia and Japan (Live)
Live On The Test (Live)
Old Grey Whistle Test (Live)
The Bottom Line Encore Collection Live (Live)
Unreleased 1 Mary´s Eyes
Unreleased 2 Take No Prisinors
Unreleased 3 Society Child
Working Without A Net (Live)
Lost Cuts
Simon Renshaw Presents: Janis Ian Shares your Pain

Films and tv shows.

Virus (Soundtrack)

Other individual songs not in another Janis album.

A Child In A Barren Land (X-mas from cd Precious Child, 1992)
Emanuel (X-mas song from The Carols Of Christmas II A Windham Collection)
Winter Fire (X-mas song? from Sample Gifts, A Windham Hill Collection, 2000)
A Thousand Years (´90´s subscriber series tapes)
Married In London (Unreleased Single download from Janis web page)

[Eva]

Impressive... :cool:

Eva

[Kathleen Brogan]

An excellent List of vinyl and CDs. Some you've listed, such as "Remember", or "My Favorites" have never been released on CD, nor have the Verve LPs ever been released as separate CDs. The original question was: How many Janis Ian CDs are there.

[Kathleen Brogan]

Live on the test and Old grey whistle test are the same thing , and it's a CD.

[Kathleen Brogan]

"Records" was the perfect way to list them!

[saxman]

Not enough is my answer , not enough Janis in this world.

[gisli]

Tanks Kathleen for pointing out about the Old Grey Whistle Test and Live On The Test as being the same thing.....was not quite sure, thought maybe there ws a bonus track on oneof them and also clarify that Remember and My Favorites are the same record. Stupid question from me:p but do have a shop with Janis items or have a Janis web page?:o

Thanks for your comment Eva and Saxman I agree with you.....but on the other hand what she has done is a lot and she is still at it. And much of her work is timeless or better yet classic, so you can go back to her music again and again and you always find something new in her songs.

[saxman]

do they take in to concideration the cds that people take at a Janis home party the ones that are generated for the Pearl Foundation ? i think not so i say again or ask again Fact i agree with is that there are soooo many to count. and i hope everyone buys them all the ones that might help a cause. thats my view . the answer is there are lots that i would like i like the ones that are living room concert cds . some day some day soon i will have one would this count as beeing in the total count . i dont think that there is an answer to this question . how many cds are there . i think the question might be how many do i need in my life to get me till tomorrow

[dragonlady]

I have a CD transfer of the vinyl album Remember...Live. Is that the one you were referring to David from London?

-di

[janisian]

This is just off the top of my head; additions in caps...

These are all of her records:

Janis Ian.
For All The Seasons Of Your Mind
The Secret Life Of J. Eddy Fink
Who Really Cares
Present Company
(These are on Society´s Child The Verve years, all songs minus Snowbird Song) PRESENT COMPANY IS NOT; JUST THE FIRST FOUR LISTED
Stars
Between The Lines
Aftertones
Miracle Row
Janis Ian 2
Night Rains
Restless Eyes
Uncle Wonderful
Breaking Silence
Revenge
Hunger
God And The Fbi
Billie´s Bones
Folk Is The New Black

Then there are:

Best Of (Best of)
My Favorites (Best of)
At Seventeen (Best of)
Souvenirs (Best of)
Up Til Now (Best of)
Double album LP from Australia and Japan (Live)
Live On The Test (Live)
Old Grey Whistle Test (Live)
The Bottom Line Encore Collection Live (Live)
Unreleased 1 Mary´s Eyes
Unreleased 2 Take No Prisinors
Unreleased 3 Society Child
Working Without A Net (Live)
Lost Cuts
Simon Renshaw Presents: Janis Ian Shares your Pain
FLY TOO HIGH (wet mix)

Films and tv shows.

Virus (2 SONGS)
BETRAYAL (2 songs)
FREEDOM, ABC-TV Movie of the Week with Mare Winningham, 6 songs
FOUR RODE OUT, score & songs
SUNDAY FATHER, dir. Paul Leaf, starring Dustin Hoffman, 5 songs/soundtrack

I'M NOT INCLUDING FILMS LIKE TEACHING MRS. TINGLE, WHERE WE'VE JUST LICENSED SOMETHING.

Other individual songs not in another Janis album.

A Child In A Barren Land (X-mas from cd Precious Child, 1992)
Emanuel (X-mas song from The Carols Of Christmas II A Windham Collection)
Winter Fire INSTRUMENTAL (X-mas song? from Sample Gifts, A Windham Hill Collection, 2000)
A Thousand Years (´90´s subscriber series tapes)
Married In London (Unreleased Single download from Janis web page)
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO GAMBLERS from a tribute album called Shout Sister Shout
THE LAST GREAT PLACE Japanese ecology album; available at iTunes
WHO KILLED NORMA JEAN, Seeds: the Songs of Pete Seeger
WE 3 KINGS INSTRUMENTAL (Windham Hill Xmas album)

I'M SURE THERE ARE MORE, I JUST CAN'T THINK OF THEM...


RECORDING PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT:
A COVERS ALBUM
A HOLIDAY ALBUM
AN ALBUM IN HOMAGE TO VARIOUS JAPANESE SONGWRITERS I ADMIRE, WITH TRANSLATIONS BY ME OF THEIR SONGS
A JAZZ ALBUM, POSSIBLY RECORDED LIVE AT BIRDLAND WITH A GREAT BAND
ALTERNATE TAKES/ARRANGEMENTS OF SOME OF THE FINB SONGS
A LIVE VERSION OF EACH OF MY ALBUMS (WE THINK WE HAVE ABOUT HALF THE NECESSARY MATERIAL)
A SECOND LIVE ALBUM
A TAKEOFF ALBUM (SIMILAR TO SIMON RENSHAW PRESENTS, WITH A BUNCH OF SONGS LIKE TABU, JESSE COME HOME THERE'S A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD...)

[Amy in Vermont]

The idea of a jazz album is great. Some of my favorite recordings of ours are from the "jazzier" albums like Miracle Row. This of course is odd to me, because my musical tastes tend to flow more toward acoustic folk purist type stuff. But then, good music is good music, regardless of the genre we label it as.

I would love to see an album of Janis Ian's favorite Janis Ian songs....but then how would you choose?

When you come right down to it, I would like to just see more Janis Ian albums, plain and simple.

[Kathleen Brogan]

No, "Remember" (pressed in Japan) and "Janis Ian Live in Japan & Australia" (pressed in Australia) are the same, except the latter has 3 additional songs and "New York in the Springtime" has a spoken introduction. "My Favorites" is another greatest hits album. What the three have in common is that they have never been released on CD, just vinyl. I also just remembered "Golden Archives Series" an MGM greatest hits from the first four Verve albums. Vinyl release only.

[Kathleen Brogan]

"Letter to Jon" flip side to "Society's Child" Verve '45
"Lady of the Night" flip side to "Friends Again" Verve '45
"You are Love" on some Japanese Lps and Cds of "Night Rains" in place of "Day by Day"
"All to You" on some Japanese Lps and Cds of "Night Rains" in place of "Jenny, Iowa Sunrise" (Both also on Virus soundtrack)
"Ginny, the Flying Girl" In Harmony 2 Sesame Street Production
"Hearts Take Time" (live) work tape only
"Foxes" soundtrack, has an instrumental of "Fly Too High"
"Ans 17" (At Seventeen in French)
"When He Was Here" on Dutch special 3 track Cds only
"the Holly Tree" work tape only
"All the Way Home" work tape only

Duets - "Silly Habits" with Mel Torme
"Don't Leave Tonight" with Conny Vandenbos
"Jesse" with Joan Baez

[gisli]

Ok there are some very good news about how many more "I didn´t know they excisted" Janis songs that are out there, I like that.
But I particulary like your future projects Janis, expecially what I have coloured. That lime coloured one got me wipeing my tears off my eyes and I needed to buy another computer.(they dont seem to work well after a "wet mix."

RECORDING PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT:
A COVERS ALBUM
A HOLIDAY ALBUM
AN ALBUM IN HOMAGE TO VARIOUS JAPANESE SONGWRITERS I ADMIRE, WITH TRANSLATIONS BY ME OF THEIR SONGS
A JAZZ ALBUM, POSSIBLY RECORDED LIVE AT BIRDLAND WITH A GREAT BAND
ALTERNATE TAKES/ARRANGEMENTS OF SOME OF THE FINB SONGS
A LIVE VERSION OF EACH OF MY ALBUMS (WE THINK WE HAVE ABOUT HALF THE NECESSARY MATERIAL)
A SECOND LIVE ALBUM
A TAKEOFF ALBUM (SIMILAR TO SIMON RENSHAW PRESENTS, WITH A BUNCH OF SONGS LIKE TABU, JESSE COME HOME THERE'S A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD...)

All of these projects look very promising.

[Dee]

A TAKEOFF ALBUM (SIMILAR TO SIMON RENSHAW PRESENTS, WITH A BUNCH OF SONGS LIKE TABU, JESSE COME HOME THERE'S A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD...)

Sign me up for that one! :D

[david uk]

Janis, with all those ideas you certainly show no signs of slowing down !:p

[marjan]

And I have
"At the station" and "Travelers in time"
from the Japanese cd Song Covers from Coast the Nexus
and
"Headlight taillight" from the Japanese cd Yourself Myself
and a piano instrumental of
"Days like these" from the cd Songs without words II (Windham hill)

[Jay]

Also: Days Like These(different version than God & The FBI) on the Falling From Grace Soundtrack.
This CD is out of print if not mistaken.

[Dar]

I like that version of Days Like These very much. good catch Jay!

[Amy in Vermont]

RECORDING PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING about:
A COVERS ALBUM
A JAZZ ALBUM, POSSIBLY RECORDED LIVE AT BIRDLAND WITH A GREAT BAND


I think both of these are great projects.

Can we suggest material for the COVERS? I have a bunch in mind!

[Jay]

on Jim Brickman's album Visions of Love, there is also a "duet" with Janis of Getting Over You.
Haven't heard this version, so don't know how different it is.

[DaveM]

An eBay seller from Israel is currently offering what purports to be a live DVD of Janis "performing her 60s-70s masterpieces" (item #180018074109). No other details are provided. It may well be that this person just has a Janismania or Club Cafe DVD, but since the item is identified only as "Janis Ian DVD" I'd be careful. Unless Janis has given permission of course, in which case, let the good times roll!

[Kathleen Brogan]

Amy, cover songs, or album covers? ;)