Box Of Pearls (1999)

Product Summary Label: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INC UPC: 00827969474228 Release Date: 8/2/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63991863 Item#: M2FHVY Buy.com Sales Rank: 24831 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Bye, Bye Baby ~ Janis Joplin 2. Easy Rider ~ Janis Joplin 3. Intruder ~ Janis Joplin 4. Light Is Faster Than Sound ~ Janis Joplin 5. Call On Me ~ Janis Joplin 6. Women Is Losers ~ Janis Joplin 7. Blindman ~ Janis Joplin 8. Down On Me ~ Janis Joplin 9. Caterpillar ~ Janis Joplin 10. All Is Loneliness ~ Janis Joplin 11. Coo Coo - (single) ~ Janis Joplin 12. Last Time, The - (single) ~ Janis Joplin 13. Call On Me - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Janis Joplin 14. Bye, Bye Baby - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Janis Joplin Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Combination Of The Two ~ Janis Joplin 2. I Need A Man To Love ~ Janis Joplin 3. Summertime ~ Janis Joplin 4. Piece Of My Heart ~ Janis Joplin 5. Turtle Blues ~ Janis Joplin 6. Oh, Sweet Mary ~ Janis Joplin 7. Ball And Chain ~ Janis Joplin 8. Roadblock - (previously unreleased, session outtake) ~ Janis Joplin 9. Flower In The Sun - (previously unreleased, session outtake) ~ Janis Joplin 10. Catch Me Daddy - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin 11. Magic Of Love - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) ~ Janis Joplin 2. Maybe ~ Janis Joplin 3. One Good Man ~ Janis Joplin 4. As Good As You've Been To This World ~ Janis Joplin 5. To Love Somebody ~ Janis Joplin 6. Kozmic Blues ~ Janis Joplin 7. Little Girl Blue ~ Janis Joplin 8. Work Me, Lord ~ Janis Joplin 9. Dear Landlord - (session outtake) ~ Janis Joplin 10. Summertime - (previously unreleased, live, Woodstock) ~ Janis Joplin 11. Piece Of My Heart - (previously unreleased, live, Woodstock) ~ Janis Joplin Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Move Over ~ Janis Joplin 2. Cry Baby ~ Janis Joplin 3. Woman Left Lonely, A ~ Janis Joplin 4. Half Moon ~ Janis Joplin 5. Buried Alive In The Blues ~ Janis Joplin 6. My Baby ~ Janis Joplin 7. Me And Bobby McGee ~ Janis Joplin 8. Mercedes Benz ~ Janis Joplin 9. Trust Me ~ Janis Joplin 10. Get It While You Can ~ Janis Joplin 11. Tell Mama - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin 12. Little Girl Blue - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin 13. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin 14. Cry Baby - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin Disc 5 Song Title Sample 1. It's A Deal - (previously unreleased, outtake) ~ Janis Joplin 2. Easy Once You Know How - (previously unreleased, outtake) ~ Janis Joplin 3. Maybe - (live, live) ~ Janis Joplin 4. Raise Your Hand - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin 5. Bo Diddley - (previously unreleased, live, live) ~ Janis Joplin   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info BOX OF PEARLS: THE JANIS JOPLIN COLLECTION includes BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY FEATURING JANIS JOPLIN, CHEAP THRILLS, I GOT DEM OL' KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA!, PEARL plus a bonus disc featuring previously unreleased tracks, RARE PEARLS. Includes booklet. Personnel: Janis Joplin (vocals); Kozmic Blues Band, Big Brother & the Holding Company (various instruments); Sam Houston Andrew III, Peter S. Albin (guitar, bass guitar); James Gurley, John Till (guitar); Bobby Womack (acoustic guitar); Terry Clements (tenor saxophone); Cornelius "Snookey" Flowers (baritone saxophone, background vocals); Luis Gasca (trumpet); Richard Bell, John Simon (piano); Gabriel Mekler, Richard Kermode, Ken Pearson (organ); Brad Campbell (bass guitar); David Getz, Clark Pierson, Maury Baker, Lonnie Castille (drums); Bobbye Hall (congas, bongos); Sandra Crouch (tambourine); John Cooke, Vince Mitchell, Phil Badella (background vocals). Liner Note Author: John Byrne Cooke. A limited-edition five-CD box set comprising both albums that Janis Joplin made with Big Brother & the Holding Company (Cheap Thrills and Big Brother & the Holding Company), both of her solo albums (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! and Pearl), and a bonus EP with five previously unreleased recordings. Each of these four albums includes previously unreleased bonus tracks (including live material), and each is available separately with the same bonus cuts. The tracks on the bonus EP aren't available anywhere else, and if you're devoted enough to consider laying out for this deluxe box, you're probably most interested in what's on that fifth disc. There are a couple of Cheap Thrills outtakes, "It's a Deal" and "Crazy Once You Know How," with a garagey feel and some typically scorching, uninhibited Big Brother lead guitar; it can be seen why they may not have been deemed strong enough for the album, but they're pretty cool to have. The live versions of "Maybe" (April 1969) and "Raise Your Hand" (October 1969) are OK, but not essential; of greater curiosity is the raw live charge through "Bo Diddley" (also October 1969). In the original long-box shaped release, each of the CDs is packaged in a mini-LP-type jacket, which would be really cool except for the fact that, cheapskates that Sony management is, none has an inner-sleeve, so the CDs tend to roll out of the sleeve once they're unsealed, unless you put them back in the box very carefully; additionally, the producers didn't re-create the gatefold design of Cheap Thrills; there are two subsequent versions of the set, a domestic wide CD-sized box containing full, jewel-cased versions of the five discs, and a Japanese version in mini-LP sleeves (with inner sleeves) and with two accompanying booklets. Note that this box does not include a good deal of material that has shown up on the Janis box, the Janis movie soundtrack, In Concert, and Farewell Song, so it's not a complete collection of Joplin's recordings. ~ Richie Unterberger & Bruce Eder Producer: Bob Shad; John Simon; Gabriel Mekler; Paul A. Rothchild; Bob Irwin (Compilation) Musical Guests Bobby Womack Sandra Crouch Luis Gasca   Compilation Appearances Pearl (Bonus Tracks) Jukebox Hits Collection Martin Scorsese Presents: The Best Of The Blues Collection Pearl(legacy Edition)1004 Casey Kasem: 70s Rocks Greatest Hits / Variou Lady Sings The Blues #1 Super 70'S Hits 1006 Monterey International Pop Festival Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Women Of Rock W/karaoke Edge Watchmen (Original Soundtrack) Taking Woodstock   Associated Artists and Works Artists, Various Artists, Various Original Soundtrack Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 08/02/2005 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 94742 Label : Legacy Recordings Number of Discs : 5 Studio/Live : Mixed Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00827969474228   Professional Reviews Q (11/99, p.156) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...pretty much the last word on the artist..."    Product Image