Box Of Pearls

1999

Discs

  1. Big Brother & the Holding Co
  2. Cheap Thrills
  3. Kozmic Blues
  4. Pearl
  5. Rare Pearls

Notes

Compilation
N. CDs: 5

Limited edition box set

Big Brother & the Holding Company

Track listing:

Bye, Bye Baby (2:35)
Easy Rider (2:21)
Intruder (2:25)
Light Is Faster than Sound (2:29)
Call on Me (2:32)
Coo-Coo (1:55)
Women Is Losers (2:01)
Blindman (2:00)
Down on Me (2:02)
Caterpillar (2:15)
All Is Loneliness (2:15)
The Last Time (2:12)
Call On Me (alternate take) (2:41)
Bye, Bye Baby (alternate take) (2:39)

Cheap Thrills

Track listing:

Combination of the Two (5:47)
I Need a Man to Love (4:51)
Summertime (3:56)
Piece of My Heart (4:13)
Turtle Blues (4:20)
Oh, Sweet Mary (4:13)
Ball and Chain (9:27) #
Road Block (session outtake)
Flower in the Sun (session outtake)
Catch Me Daddy (Detroit Grande Ballroom March 02, 1968)
Magic of Love (Detroit Grande Ballroom March 02, 1968)

# Live, recorded at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco April 12-13, 1968

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!

Track listing:

Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (3:58)
Maybe (3:43)
One Good Man (4:10)
As Good as You've Been to This World (5:25)
To Love Somebody (5:17)
Kozmic Blues (4:23)
Little Girl Blue (3:49)
Work Me, Lord (6:33)
Dear Landlord (session outtake) (2:31)
Summertime (Woodstock August 16, 1969) (5:04)
Piece Of My Heart (Woodstock August 16, 1969) (6:31)
Kozmic Blues radio commercial

Pearl

Track listing:

Move Over (3:40)
Cry Baby (3:55)
A Woman Left Lonely (3:26)
Half Moon (3:50)
Buried Alive in the Blues (2:23)
My Baby (3:43)
Me & Bobby McGee (4:28)
Mercedes Benz (1:45)
Trust Me (3:14)
Get it While You Can (3:24)
Tell Mama (6:32) (Trans Continental Pop Festival, McMahon Stadium Calgary 04 July 1970)
Little Girl Blue (3:55) (Trans Continental Pop Festival, McMahon Stadium Calgary 04 July 1970)
Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (6:52) (Trans Continental Pop Festival, Canadian National Expo Grandstand Toronto 28 June 1970)
Cry Baby (6:30) (Trans Continental Pop Festival, Canadian National Expo Grandstand, Toronto 28 June 1970)

Rare Pearls (bonus disc)

Track listing:

It's a Deal (2:18) (Cheap Thrills outtake)
Crazy Once You Know How (3:53) (Cheap Thrills outtake)
Maybe (4:00) (Amsterdam Concertgebouw April 01, 1969, from Dutch radio broadcast)
Raise Your Hand (5:16) (San Francisco The Fillmore October 05, 1969 - audience recording)
Bo Diddley (6:13) (San Francisco The Fillmore October 05, 1969 - audience recording)

Releases

  1. Janis Joplin disc release: CK 65937CK 65937
    CD5 Legacy Records 31 August 1999
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Reviews

  1. Q Magazine (11/99, p.156)
    4 stars out of 5
    ...pretty much the last word on the artist...