Pearl is a Rock album by Janis Joplin, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 357 pressings tracked, owned by 107 collectors.
About
When Janis Joplin died during the early '70s sessions for <i>Pearl</i>, there was no vocal on "Buried Alive in the Blues"; the instrumental track was included on the posthumous album as something like a moment of silence. The tragedy of the singer's lost life was doubled by the absence of an artist sensing a new power in herself. More controlled than the psychedelic blues of <i>Cheap Thrills</i>, thanks to her new Full Tilt Boogie Band, <i>Pearl</i> was nonetheless awash in what made Joplin great. Even if she had lived, her elegiac "Me and Bobby McGee" and a cover of Howard Tate's wise soul ballad "Get It While You Can" would have carried huge emotional resonance. Without her, even the jokey a cappella "Mercedes Benz" stung. "Pearl" was one grand lady, as this album continues to remind us.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Move Over3:40
- A2Cry Baby3:55
- A3A Woman Left Lonely3:26
- A4Half Moon3:50
- A5Buried Alive In The Blues2:23
Side B
- B1My Baby3:43
- B2Me & Bobby McGee4:28
- B3Mercedes Benz1:45
- B4Trust Me3:14
- B5Get It While You Can3:22
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- raw
- yearning
- bohemian
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bobbie HallCONGAS , BONGOS CONGAS, BONGOS
- Bobby WomackACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, WRITTEN-BY GUEST, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Bobbye HallBONGOS BONGOS, CONGAS CONGAS
- Bobbye Hall PorterCONGAS, BONGOS
- Brad CampbellBACKING VOCALS BAND , BASS BASS
- Clark PiersonBACKING VOCALS BAND , DRUMS DRUMS
- Full Tilt Boogie BandBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Janis JoplinBAND , VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOCALS VOCALS
- John Byrne CookeBACKING VOCALS
- John CookeBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- John TillBACKING VOCALS BAND , GUITAR GUITAR
- Ken PearsonBACKING VOCALS BAND , ORGAN MUSICIAN , ORGAN
- PearlACOUSTIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Phil BadellaBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Richard BellBACKING VOCALS BAND , PIANO MUSICIAN , PIANO
- Sandra CrouchGUEST, TAMBOURINE PERCUSSION PERFORMER, TAMBOURINE
- Vince MitchellBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
107 collectors on Gatefold own this · 357 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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