![]() Also included as a bonus is Janis’ scorching live version of “Half Moon,” recorded for her appearance on “The Dick Cavett Show” on August 3, 1970. A live version of “Tell Me Mama” (a song not included on the original Pearl), recorded during the legendary Toronto Festival Express date, is included as a bonus track on The Pearl Sessions. The only album Joplin ever recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, the touring ensemble that had backed her on the Festival Express (a mythic 1970 concert tour by railroad across Canada with the Grateful Dead, the Band and others), Pearlincluded canonical studio recordings of songs that had been introduced to audiences on tour. ![]() Originally released on Janu(three months after her passing on October 4, 1970), Pearldebuted Joplin’s final finished studio recordings. The Pearl Sessions offers an unprecedented opportunity to be in the room with Janis, her producer, Paul Rothchild, and the members of the Full Tilt Boogie Band (guitarist John Till, pianist Richard Bell, bassist Brad Campbell, drummer Clark Pierson, organist Ken Pearson) as they create one of the enduring masterpieces of rock ‘n’ roll. Offering fresh perspectives on the more familiar “official” versions of the songs, alternate takes of “Get It While You Can,” the Janis Joplin-composed “Move Over,” and others open up unexpected new dimensions in the material and in the sublime nuances of Joplin’s delivery. From behind-the-scenes banter to full finished takes, The Pearl Sessions shows the complexity of Joplin’s genius, the tough and vulnerable aspects of her personality, her lightning sense of humor, and her razor-sharp attention to the details of her craft. Newly available bonus material on The Pearl Sessions includes the original master mono mixes of the album’s singles (“Cry Baby,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Half Moon,” “Get It While You Can,” “Move Over,” “A Woman Left Lonely”) and a full-length second disc showcasing Joplin live in the studio performing never-before-heard takes of Pearl classics. The Pearl Sessions is an historic expansion of Joplin’s final studio album, providing fascinating new insight into Janis’ creative process through a range of rare and previously unreleased material. Highlights From The Pearl Sessions, Limited Edition Double 10″ Vinyl Release, Struck For Record Store Day 2012Ĭolumbia/Legacy Recordings celebrates Janis Joplin with the release of two essential new titles in the catalog of the American blues-rock-country-soul singer: Janis Joplin – The Pearl Sessions, a two-disc set premiering newly discovered studio recordings produced by Paul Rothchild (available Tuesday, April 17) and Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin – Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968, an electrifying full-length concert recorded and produced for release by the legendary soundman Owsley (“Bear”) Stanley (available Tuesday, March 13). RECORDED & PRODUCED BY OWSLEY STANLEY (“BEAR”) THE FIRST OF BEAR’S “SONIC JOURNALS”: BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY FEATURING JANIS JOPLIN This is the rare multi-disc set of a major artist that manages to cover all the official milestones and present a bounty of worthwhile rarities at the same time.(NEW TWO-DISC EDITION PREMIERING NINE PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE TRACKS & NEWLY DISCOVERED STUDIO RECORDINGS) The more forgettable tracks from her solo albums are wisely excised, as are the Big Brother songs which did not feature her vocals. The real showstopper is the previously unissued, eight-minute version of "Ball and Chain" from Big Brother's first set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival (the cut on the Monterey Pop box set is from their second set). ![]() These include a 1962 home recording of the Joplin original "What Good Can Drinkin' Do," which marked the first time her singing was captured on tape a pair of acoustic blues tunes from 1965 with backup guitar by future Jefferson Airplane star Jorma Kaukonen, an acoustic demo of "Me and Bobby McGee," a 1970 birthday song for John Lennon, and live performances from her appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969. Besides including all of her most essential recordings with and without Big Brother & the Holding Company, this 49-song package features quite a few enticing rarities 18 of the tracks were previously unissued. This three-CD box set is the most thorough and valuable retrospective of Janis Joplin's career. ![]()
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