Tracks (10)
- 01 Move Over (Janis Joplin)
- 02 Cry Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Sam Bell)
- 03 A Woman Left Lonely (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham)
- 04 Half Moon (John Hall, Johanna Hall)
- 05 Buried Alive In The Blues (Nick Gravenites)
- 06 My Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman)
- 07 Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster)
- 08 Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure)
- 09 Trust Me (Bobby Womack)
- 10 Get It While You Can (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman)
Notes
Sandra Crouch, Tambourine
Bobbie Hall, Conga/Bongos
Bobby Womack, Acustic Guitar on Trust Me
Pearl, Acustic Guitar on Me & Bobby McGee
Chorus Voices, Pearl, Full Tilt Boogie, Vince Mitchell, Phil Badella & John Cooke
Produced by Paul A. Rothchild
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Pearl (34:20)
(r. 23 January 1971)
(c. 30 January 1971 # 1)
LP: Columbia KC 30322
LP: Columbia CQ-30322 (SQ) (Quadraphonic) * (r. November 1971)
LP: Columbia CAQ-30322 (Q8) (Quadraphonic) * (r. November 1971)
LP: [Japan] CBS SONY SOPN 44015 (SQ)(Quadraphonic) *
LP: Mobile Fidelity MFSL-1-154
Never officially released but test pressings exist
CD: Columbia CK 30322 (r. 01 October 1984)
CD: Columbia CK 53441 (Gold Disc 22 March 1993) **
CD: Columbia CK 64413 (Gold Disc reissue 28 June 1994) **
LP: [UK] Simply Vinyl SPLV62 (r. 14 December 1998)
CD: Legacy CK 65786 (r. 31 August 1999) remastered extended version
Track listing:
Side 1:
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)
Side 2:
My Baby (3:43)
Me & Bobby McGee (4:28)
Mercedes Benz (1:45)
Trust Me (3:14)
Get it While You Can (3:24)
* Quadraphonic Track listing:
Side 1:
Move Over (3:36) (different mix no tambourine)
Cry Baby (3:55)
A Woman Left Lonely (3:26) (different mix drums and organ)
Half Moon (3:50) (different mix on tambourine and congas, echo added on Janis voice)
Buried Alive in the Blues (2:23) (different piano mix, congas mixed up)
Side 2:
My Baby (3:28) (different take)
Me & Bobby McGee (4:28) (different vocal mix, extra acoustic guitar)
Mercedes Benz (1:45) (Janis voice double tracked)
Trust Me (3:16) (different percussion mix)
Get it While You Can (3:20) (different drums mix)
Bonus tracks (remastered extended version):
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)
** Released as part of the Sony's Mastersound Series on a 24-karat gold disc, with 20-bit digital transfers using (S)uper (B)it (M)apping and original album artwork.The CD is a picture disc.