Box of Pearls: The Janis Joplin CollectionJanis Joplin / Big Brother & The Holding CompanyInitial release : 1999Columbia/Legacy 65937 Box set that collects together both Janis Joplin solo albums, both albums she made with Big Brother and a bonus EP of previously unreleased material. The albums include bonus tracks and are the same as those re-released separately in 1999.
Tracks
CD 1 (Big Brother And The Holding Company);
- Bye, Bye Baby (Powell St. John)
- Easy Rider (Gurley)
- Intruder (Joplin)
- Light Is Faster than Sound (Albin)
- Call on Me (Andrew)
- Women Is Losers (Joplin)
- Blindman (Albin / Andrew / Getz / Gurley / Joplin)
- Down on Me (Traditional)
- Caterpillar (Albin)
- All Is Loneliness (Moondog)
- Coo Coo (Albin)
- The Last Time (Joplin)
- Call on Me (Andrew)
- Bye Bye Baby (St. John)
CD 2 (Cheap Thrills);
- Combination of the Two (Andrew)
- I Need a Man to Love (Joplin / Andrew)
- Summertime (Heyward / Gershwin)
- Piece of My Heart (Ragovoy / Berns)
- Turtle Blues (Joplin)
- Oh, Sweet Mary (Joplin)
- Ball and Chain (Thornton)
- Road Block (Albin/Joplin)
- Flower in the Sun (Andrew)
- Catch Me Daddy (Albin/Andrew/Getz/Gurley/Joplin)
- Magic of Love (Spoelstra)
CD 3 (Kosmic Blues);
- Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Ragavoy/Taylor)
- Maybe (Barrett)
- One Good Man (Joplin)
- As Good as You've Been to This World (Gravenites)
- To Love Somebody (Gibb/Gibb)
- Kozmic Blues (Joplin/Mekler)
- Little Girl Blue (Hart/Rodger)
- Work Me, Lord (Gravenites)
- Dear Landlord (studio recording June 1969) (Dylan)
- Summertime (live at Woodstock) (Gershwin/Heyward)
- Piece of My Heart (live at Woodstock) (Berns/Ragavoy)
CD 4 (Pearl);
- Move Over (Joplin)
- Cry Baby (Meade/Russell)
- A Woman Left Lonely (Oldham/Penn)
- Half Moon (Hall)
- Buried Alive in the Blues (Gravenites)
- My Baby (Ragavoy/Shuman)
- Me and Bobby McGee (Foster/Kristofferson)
- Mercedes Benz (Joplin/McClure)
- Trust Me (Womack)
- Get It While You Can (Ragavoy/Shuman)
- Tell Mama (Carter/Daniel/Terrell)
- Little Girl Blue (Hart/Rodgers)
- Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Ragavoy/Taylor)
- Cry Baby (Berns/Ragavoy)
CD 5 (Bonus EP);
- It's a Deal (Albin/Andrew/Getz/Gurley/Joplin)
- Easy Once You Know How (Albin/Andrew/Gertz/Gurley/Joplin)
- Maybe (Barrett)
- Raise Your Hand (Cropper/Floyd/Isbell)
- Bo Diddley (McDaniel)
Musicians
On CD 1 (Big Brother And The Holding Company);
- Peter Albin - bass
- Sam Andrew - guitar
- David Getz - drums
- James Gurley - guitar
- Janis Joplin - vocals
On CD 2 (Cheap Thrills);
- Peter Albin - bass
- Sam Andrew - guitar
- David Getz - drums
- James Gurley - guitar
- Janis Joplin - vocals
- John Simon - piano
On CD 3 (Kosmic Blues);
- Janis Joplin - vocals
- Sam Andrew - guitar, background vocals
- Richard Kermode - organ
- Gabriel Mekler - organ
- Brad Campbell - bass
- Maury Baker - drums
- Louie Castille - drums
- Snooky Flowers - baritone saxophone, background vocals
- Terry Clements - tenor saxophone
- Luis Gasca - trumpet
On CD 4 (Pearl);
- Janis Joplin - vocals
- Brad Campbell - bass
- Clark Pierson - drums
- Ken Pearson - organ
- John Till - guitar
- Richard Bell - piano
- Sandra Crouch - tambourine
- Bobbie Hall - bongos, conga
- Bobby Womack - guitar (Trust Me)
- Pearl - guitar (Me & Bobby McGee)
- Pearl, Full Tilt Boogie, Vince Mitchell, Phil Badella, John Cook - Chorus voices
Related releases
The albums collected in this set were originally released as;
The sources for the bonus EP tracks are as follows;
- It's a Deal and Easy Once You Know How - Cheap Thrills Outtakes
- Maybe - live recording from April 1969
- Raise Your Hand - live recording from October 1969
- Bo Diddley - live recording from October 1969
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