Janis Joplin afternoon, October 4, 1970, producer Paul Rothchild became concerned when Joplin failed to show up at Sunset Sound Recorders for a recording session in which she was scheduled to provide the vocal track for the already-existing instrumental track of the song "Buried Alive in the Blues." In the evening, Full Tilt Boogie's road manager, John Cooke, drove to the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood where Joplin was staying. He saw Joplin's psychedelically painted Porsche 356 C Cabriolet in the parking lot, and upon entering Joplin's room (#105), he found her dead on the floor beside her bed. The official cause
This Is Janis Joplin This Is Janis Joplin This Is Janis Joplin 1965 is an album by Janis Joplin released by James Gurley in 1995. Recorded originally in 1965, the seven tracks that appear here are all previously unreleased, including Joplin's original composition for her song "Turtle Blues" and an alternate version of "Cod'ine" by Buffy Sainte-Marie. Originally just Joplin and her guitar, a full band has been added to these tracks. The original takes of these songs have been released on the 9 disc compilation "Blow All My Blues Away". (this is incorrect, the version of Cod'ine on Blow All My Blues Away