Janis Joplin - The Pearl Sessions (2012)
Most fans consider Joplin’s final album Pearl her best record. Although Joplin died before the disc was released, she approved every song and arrangement she sang on (there was one instrumental). Pearl hit number one on the Billboard charts in 1971 and stayed there for nine weeks, went quadruple platinum, and routinely has made “best albums of all times” lists. Simply put, Pearl is a rock classic.
The big draw here for collectors will be Disc 2 - which features previously undocumented tapes found only recently which offer us fantastic alternate versions of album cuts like the Howard Tate cover "Get It While You Can" and Takes 6, 13 and 17 of her own "Move Over". There's an alternate version of "My Baby" - a song especially written for her by legendary songwriters Jerry Ragovoy and Mort Shuman. Better still is that five of these alternate gems are preceded by 'overheard in the studio' segments that include band and producer chatter, in-jokes and general goofing around in the studio as the tapes roll.
The Pearl Sessions is a slice of rock history that provides a glimpse of Janis in her final glory days, candid, up close and personal, and doing what she loved best.
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. Move Over
2. Cry Baby
3. A Woman Left Lonely
4. Half Moon
5. Buried Alive In The Blues
6. My Baby
7. Me And Bobby McGee
8. Mercedes Benz
9. Trust Me
10. Get It While You Can
11. Me And Bobby McGee (Mono Single)
12. Half Moon (Mono Single)
13. Cry Baby (Mono Single
14. Get It While You Can (Mono Single)
15. Move Over (Single Version)
16. A Woman Left Lonely (Mono Single)
Disc 2
1. Overheard In The Studio...
2. Get It While You Can (Take 3)
3. Overheard In The Studio...
4. Get It While You Can (Take 5)
5. Overheard In The Studio...
6. Move Over (Take 6)
7. Move Over (Take 13)
8. Move Over (Take 17)
9. Me And Bobby McGee (Demo Version)
10. Me And Bobby McGee (Take 5 - Alternate)
11. Cry Baby (Alternate Version)
12. A Woman Left Lonely (Alternate Vocal)
13. Overheard In The Studio...
14. My Baby (Alternate Take)
15. Overheard In The Studio...
16. Get It While You Can (Take 3)
17. My Baby (Alternate Version)
18. Pearl (Instrumental)
19. Tell Mama (Live Version)
20. Half Moon (Live From "The Dick Cavett Show")
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.98
MPEG-1 layer 3
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