Janis Joplin - Pearl (Legacy Edition) (2005)

Janis Joplin has been dead since October 1970, since then we can only listen to archive recordings from her. After the better (The Essential Janis Joplin) and worse (Super Hits) compilation albums, her best album is now re-released in a two-disc special edition - complete with bonus songs and a complete 1970 concert recording!
Even according to the most generous calculations, Janis Joplin's career lasted a maximum of four years. Despite this, she managed to secure her permanent place among the greatest female figures in pop history. Before anyone thinks this is some kind of hippie nostalgia mask, here are three bona fide rock? whose name is still pronounced with the greatest respect: Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) and Debbie Harry (Blondie). They are all Americans. No wonder, Janis Joplin herself was very American. He came from the state of Texas, performed at the Monterey festival, was a star in California, especially San Francisco, and played the raw blues with vocal chords marinated in Southern Comfort and Jack Daniel's whiskey.

Tracklist
CD 01 Pearl

01. Move Over (3:44)
02. Cry Baby (3:59)
03. A Woman Left Lonely (3:30)
04. Half Moon (3:54)
05. Buried Alive In The Blues (2:27)
06. My Baby (3:46)
07. Me And Bobby McGee (4:31)
08. Mercedes Benz (1:48)
09. Trust Me (3:18)
10. Get It While You Can (3:23)

Bonus Tracks

11. Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails) (1:09)
12. Me And Bobby McGee (Demo Version) (4:47)
13. Move Over (Alternate Version) (4:25)
14. Cry Baby (Alternate Version) (4:57)
15. My Baby (Alternate Version) (3:59)
16. Pearl (Instrumental) (4:27)

CD 02 Live From The Festival Express Tour, Canada. Recorded June 28-July 4, 1970

01. Tell Mama (6:47)
02. Half Moon (4:38)
03. Move Over (4:42)
04. Maybe (3:57)
05. Summertime (4:40)
06. Little Girl Blue (5:10)
07. That's Rock 'N Roll (5:04)
08. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (9:11)
09. Kozmic Blues (5:29)
10. Piece Of My Heart (5:22)
11. Cry Baby (6:32)
12. Get It While You Can (7:21)
13. Ball And Chain (8:15)