Box of Pearls: The Janis Joplin Collection

by: Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin was one of the most exhilarating performers of an era blessed with riveting stage artists, but all but her most emphatic champions must concede her recorded oeuvre is problematic. With Big Brother & the Holding Company she was surrounded by up-from-the-streets cohorts who were spiritually attuned to Joplin, even if they weren't always musically in tune. After one rushed, premature effort for the Mainstream label, Big Brother hit the top of the charts with one of the touchstones of the San Francisco sound, Cheap Thrills. Barraged by critics who believed Joplin's skills as a blues and soul singer were being squandered in a psychedelic setting, the toast of Haight-Ashbury went solo with the up-and-down I Got Them Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama. Joplin was hitting her stride during the 1970 Pearl sessions when she died of a drug overdose at age 27. The album's posthumous release was a critical and commercial smash. Box of Pearls binds the 1999 remastered and expanded versions of the aforementioned albums and tosses in a five-track rarities EP entitled, appropriately enough, Rare Pearls. Much of Box of Pearls is brilliant while portions are badly dated, but it's all Joplin. --Steven Stolder

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A must have for Janis fans!
This wonderful, five-disc set includes all the Janis basics; her two albums with Big Brother & the Holding Co (Self-titled and Cheap Thrills), her first solo album with the Kozmic Blues Band (I Got Dem Old Kozmic Blues Again, Mama!), her final studio album with her Full Tilt Boogie Band (Pearl), and a disc of rare, never-before-released tracks (Rare Pearls). All of it is amazing material, in my opinion, from the tamer earlier Big Brother tracks, to the screeching guitars and screaming vocals found ... Read More

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- grandaughter's gift
I bought this for my grandaughter's 14th birthday and she loves it.It has everything she likes and the extra cuts are great.Well worth the money.

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- Blown away again
Wow.What can I say?This is a great box set.It covers all of Janis's career from Big Brother to The Kozmic Blues Band to The full tilt boogie band.Plus all of the extra songs are amazing on here as well.The booklet is informative for people just getting into Janis, but redundant for the rest of us.I would recommend this to anyone who either loves Janis, or just wants to get a full perspective of her.

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- Forever the Queen
This is the best Joplin compilation out there. Love each record and the bonus EP. Janis will forever be the queen of rock and roll and every music collection needs this set.

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- For those are really Janis' fan
Great! It's a vintage box covering a career from one of main female singers.
I recomend.