Janis store Joplin - Pearl - Release Date: 1971 - Vintage Vinyl - Near Mint Condition

This album is rated NM on the Goldmine Scale.
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Mint (M), Near Mint (NM OR M-), Very Good (VG), Good (G), and Poor (P)

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ABOUT THIS ALBUM:

Pearl is the second and final solo studio album by Janis Joplin, released on January 11, 1971, three months after her death on October 4, 1970. 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.

The album has a more polished feel than the albums she recorded with Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Kozmic Blues Band due to the expertise of producer Paul A. Rothchild and her new backing musicians. Rothchild was best-known as the recording studio producer of The Doors, and worked well with Joplin, calling her a producer's dream store. Together they were able to craft an album that showcased her extraordinary vocal talents. They used Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles.

The Full Tilt Boogie Band were the musicians who accompanied her on the Festival Express, a concert tour by train of Canada, in the summer of 1970. Many of the songs on this album were recorded on the concert stage in Canada two months before Joplin and the band started their Los Angeles recording sessions. The band also appeared twice on The Dick Cavett Show. They also played many American cities, both before and after Festival Express, although no recordings of those concerts have been officially released.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Move Over"Janis Joplin3:39
2."Cry Baby"Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns3:55
3."A Woman Left Lonely"Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham3:27
4."Half Moon"John Hall, Johanna Hall3:51
5."Buried Alive in the Blues"Nick Gravenites2:24

Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Baby"Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman3:44
2."Me and Bobby McGee"Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster4:29
3."Mercedes Benz"Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure1:46
4."Trust Me"Bobby Womack3:15
5."Get It While You Can"Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman (Howard Tate 1966 rendition)3:23