Pearl is a Rock album by Janis Joplin, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 359 pressings tracked, owned by 111 collectors.
About
When Janis Joplin died during the early '70s sessions for <i>Pearl</i>, there was no vocal on "Buried Alive in the Blues"; the instrumental track was included on the posthumous album as something like a moment of silence. The tragedy of the singer's lost life was doubled by the absence of an artist sensing a new power in herself. More controlled than the psychedelic blues of <i>Cheap Thrills</i>, thanks to her new Full Tilt Boogie Band, <i>Pearl</i> was nonetheless awash in what made Joplin great. Even if she had lived, her elegiac "Me and Bobby McGee" and a cover of Howard Tate's wise soul ballad "Get It While You Can" would have carried huge emotional resonance. Without her, even the jokey a cappella "Mercedes Benz" stung. "Pearl" was one grand lady, as this album continues to remind us.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Move Over3:40
- A2Cry Baby3:55
- A3A Woman Left Lonely3:26
- A4Half Moon3:50
- A5Buried Alive In The Blues2:23
Side B
- B1My Baby3:43
- B2Me & Bobby McGee4:28
- B3Mercedes Benz1:45
- B4Trust Me3:14
- B5Get It While You Can3:22
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- raw
- yearning
- bohemian
Pearl is the second and final solo studio album by Janis Joplin, released posthumously on Columbia Records, catalogue KC 30322, in January 1971. It was then released in 4-channel SQ Quadraphonic format in the U.S. (catalog number CQ 30322) in 1972, in Japan as SOPN 90 and a foil type cover with obi as SOPN 44005. It was the final album with her direct participation, and the only Joplin album recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, her final touring unit. It peaked at number one on the Billboard 200, holding that spot for nine weeks. It has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bobbie HallCONGAS , BONGOS CONGAS, BONGOS
- Bobby WomackACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, WRITTEN-BY GUEST, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Bobbye HallBONGOS BONGOS, CONGAS CONGAS
- Bobbye Hall PorterCONGAS, BONGOS
- Brad CampbellBACKING VOCALS BAND , BASS BASS
- Clark PiersonBACKING VOCALS BAND , DRUMS DRUMS
- Full Tilt Boogie BandBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Janis JoplinBAND , VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOCALS VOCALS
- John Byrne CookeBACKING VOCALS
- John CookeBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- John TillBACKING VOCALS BAND , GUITAR GUITAR
- Ken PearsonBACKING VOCALS BAND , ORGAN MUSICIAN , ORGAN
- PearlACOUSTIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Phil BadellaBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Richard BellBACKING VOCALS BAND , PIANO MUSICIAN , PIANO
- Sandra CrouchGUEST, TAMBOURINE PERCUSSION PERFORMER, TAMBOURINE
- Vince MitchellBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
111 collectors on Gatefold own this · 359 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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