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CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, EP, Remastered, Digibook

5CD Box-set, Compilation, Limited Edition
2013
EU/ Germany

CD1 | Big Brother & The Holding Company
Tracklist

01. Bye, Bye Baby [0:02:39.27]
02. Easy Rider [0:02:25.60]
03. Intruder [0:02:30.00]
04. Light Is Faster Than Sound [0:02:33.00]
05. Call On Me [0:02:35.00]
06. Women Is Losers [0:02:05.38]
07. Blindman [0:02:25.52]
08. Down On Me [0:02:07.23]
09. Caterpillar [0:02:20.40]
10. All Is Loneliness [0:02:32.05]
Bonus Tracks:
11. Coo Coo [0:01:58.70]
12. The Last Time [Single] [0:02:17.02]
13. Call On Me [Alternate Take] [0:02:41.65]
14. Bye, Bye Baby [Alternate Take] [0:02:39.20]

tt: [33:51.36]

CD2 | Cheap Thrills
Tracklist

01. Combination Of The Two [0:05:47.47]
02. I Need A Man To Love [0:04:54.35]
03. Summertime [0:04:00.60]
04. Piece Of My Heart [0:04:15.45]
05. Turtle Blues [0:04:22.70]
06. Oh, Sweet Mary [0:04:16.28]
07. Ball And Chain [0:09:37.72]
Bonus Tracks:
08. Roadblock [0:05:33.03]
09. Flower In The Sun [Previously Unissued] [0:03:05.30]
10. Catch Me Daddy [Live] [0:05:31.52]
11. Magic Of Love [Live] [0:03:58.20]

tt: [55:24.16]

CD3 | I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Tracklist

01. Try [Just A Little Bit Harder] [0:03:57.50]
02. Maybe [0:03:41.40]
03. One Good Man [0:04:12.00]
04. As Good As You've Been To This World [0:05:27.35]
05. To Love Somebody [0:05:14.37]
06. Kozmic Blues [0:04:24.25]
07. Little Girl Blue [0:03:51.13]
08. Work Me, Lord [0:06:46.00]
Bonus Tracks:
09. Dear Landlord [Session Outtake] [0:02:32.67]
10. Summertime [Live At Woodstock] [0:05:04.13]
11. Piece Of My Heart [Live At Woodstock] [0:06:31.35]

tt: [51:43.20]

CD4 | Pearl
Tracklist

01. Move Over [0:03:43.52]
02. Cry Baby [0:03:58.48]
03. A Woman Left Lonely [0:03:29.50]
04. Half Moon [0:03:53.60]
05. Buried Alive In The Blues [0:02:27.25]
06. My Baby [0:03:45.45]
07. Me And Bobby McGee [0:04:31.17]
08. Mercedes Benz [0:01:47.65]
09. Trust Me [0:03:17.60]
10. Get It While You Can [0:03:33.18]
Bonus Tracks:
11. Tell Mama [Live] [0:06:32.27]
12. Little Girl Blue [Live] [0:03:56.18]
13. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) [Live] [0:06:52.17]
14. Cry Baby [Live] [0:06:30.00]

tt: [58:19.69]

CD5 | Rare Pearls (Bonus EP)
Tracklist

01. It's A Deal [0:02:18.20]
02. Easy Once You Know How [0:03:53.37]
03. Maybe [Live] [0:04:00.45]
04. Raise Your Hand [Live] [0:05:16.08]
05. Bo Diddley [Live] [0:06:12.70]

tt: [21:41.40]

This Limited Edition Boxed Set contains all Four of Janis' original studio releases -
each one digitally remastered and with additional bonus tracks - most of them previously unreleased.
Plus - a very special bonus EP of Five unreleased performances that only available in this special collection.
Original Recording Remastered / Recorded 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970.
Painting by Ave Gurvin, based on the original desing by Dave Richard's for Janis' 1965 Porshe Cabriolet.

A Limited-Edition five-CD box set comprising both albums that Janis Joplin made with Big Brother & the Holding Company (Cheap Thrills and Big Brother & the Holding Company), both of her solo albums (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! and Pearl), and a bonus EP with five previously unreleased recordings. Each of these four albums includes previously unreleased bonus tracks (including live material), and each is available separately with the same bonus cuts. The tracks on the bonus EP aren't available anywhere else, and if you're devoted enough to consider laying out for this deluxe box, you're probably most interested in what's on that fifth disc. There are a couple of Cheap Thrills outtakes, "It's a Deal" and "Crazy Once You Know How," with a garagey feel and some typically scorching, uninhibited Big Brother lead guitar; it can be seen why they may not have been deemed strong enough for the album, but they're pretty cool to have. The live versions of "Maybe" (April 1969) and "Raise Your Hand" (October 1969) are OK, but not essential; of greater curiosity is the raw live charge through "Bo Diddley" (also October 1969). In the original long-box shaped release, each of the CDs is packaged in a mini-LP-type jacket, which would be really cool except for the fact that, cheapskates that Sony management is, none has an inner-sleeve, so the CDs tend to roll out of the sleeve once they're unsealed, unless you put them back in the box very carefully; additionally, the producers didn't re-create the gatefold design of Cheap Thrills; there are two subsequent versions of the set, a domestic wide CD-sized box containing full, jewel-cased versions of the five discs, and a Japanese version in mini-LP sleeves (with inner sleeves) and with two accompanying booklets. Note that this box does not include a good deal of material that has shown up on the Janis box, the Janis movie soundtrack, In Concert, and Farewell Song, so it's not a complete collection of Joplin's recordings.
~ Richie Unterberger & Bruce Eder
Лимитированное издание из пяти CD, включающее оба альбома, которые Дженис Джоплин записала с Big Brother & the Holding Company (Cheap Thrills и Big Brother & the Holding Company), оба её сольных альбома (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! и Pearl), и бонусный EP с пятью ранее не издававшимися записями.
Каждый из этих четырёх альбомов включает ранее не выходившие бонус треки (включая живой материал), и каждый доступен отдельно с теми же самыми бонусными добавлениями. Однако треки с бонусного EP нигде больше не доступны, и если Вы преданный поклонник творчества Дженис Джоплин, то вероятно, больше всего Вас интересует то, что находится на том пятом диске в этой роскошной коробке.
Стоит обратить внимание и на то, что этот box не включает многого материала, который находится на Janis box, саундтреке к фильму Janis, In Concert, и Farewell Song, таким образом, Box of Pearls - The Janis Joplin Collection, это не полная коллекция записей Джоплин.

Personnel:
Janis Joplin (vocals); Kozmic Blues Band, Big Brother & the Holding Company (various instruments);
Sam Houston Andrew III, Peter S. Albin (guitar, bass guitar); James Gurley, John Till (guitar); Bobby Womack (acoustic guitar); Terry Clements (tenor saxophone); Cornelius "Snookey" Flowers (baritone saxophone, background vocals); Luis Gasca (trumpet); Richard Bell, John Simon (piano); Gabriel Mekler, Richard Kermode, Ken Pearson (organ); Brad Campbell (bass guitar); David Getz, Clark Pierson, Maury Baker, Lonnie Castille (drums); Bobbye Hall (congas, bongos); Sandra Crouch (tambourine); John Co

Notes:
Tracks 1-11 & 1-12 released as Single.
Tracks 2-8, 2-9, 3-9, 5-1 & 5-2 are Studio Outtakes.
Tracks 3-10 & 3-11 recorded live at Woodstock.
Tracks 1-13, 1-14, 2-8 to 2-11, 3-10, 3-11, 4-11 to 5-5 are previously unreleased.
Made in the EU.