The Pearl Sessions

1970 [2012] Full Tilt Boogie Band

Tracks (36)

01 Move Over (Janis Joplin) info icon
02 Cry Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Sam Bell) info icon
03 A Woman Left Lonely (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham) info icon
04 Half Moon (John Hall, Johanna Hall) info icon
05 Buried Alive In The Blues (Nick Gravenites) info icon
06 My Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
07 Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) info icon
08 Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure) info icon
09 Trust Me (Bobby Womack) info icon
10 Get It While You Can (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
11 Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) info icon
(Mono Single)
12 Half Moon (John Hall, Johanna Hall) info icon
(Mono Single)
13 Cry Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Sam Bell) info icon
(Mono Single)
14 Get It While You Can (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
(Mono Single)
15 Move Over (Janis Joplin) info icon
(Single Version)
16 A Woman Left Lonely (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham) info icon
(Mono Single)
17 (chat) info icon
[Overheard In The Studio]
18 Get It While You Can (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
(Take 3 - 7.27.70)
19 (chat) info icon
[Overheard In The Studio]
20 Get It While You Can (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
(Take 5 - 7.27.70)
21 (chat) info icon
[Overheard In The Studio]
22 Move Over (Janis Joplin) info icon
(Take 6 - 7.27.70)
23 Move Over (Janis Joplin) info icon
(Take 13 - 7.28.70)
24 Move Over (Janis Joplin) info icon
(Take 17 - 7.28.70)
25 Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) info icon
(Demo Version - 7.28.70)
26 Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) info icon
(Take 5 - Alternate - 7.28.70)
27 Cry Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Sam Bell) info icon
(Alternate Version - 9.5.70)
28 A Woman Left Lonely (Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham) info icon
(Alternate Vocal - 9.9.70)
29 (chat) info icon
[Overheard In The Studio]
30 My Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
(Alternate Take - 9.9.70)
31 (chat) info icon
[Overheard In The Studio]
32 Get It While You Can (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
(Take 3 - 9.11.70)
33 My Baby (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Schuman) info icon
(Alternate Take - 9.24.70)
34 Pearl info icon lyrics icon
(Instrumental - 10.10.70)
35 Tell Mama (Marcus Lewis Daniel, Wilbur Terrell, Clarence George Carter) info icon
Live (June 28, 1970, Toronto)
36 Half Moon (John Hall, Johanna Hall) info icon
Live (Live From The Dick Cavett Show - 8.3.70)

Notes

N. CDs: 2

Janis Joplin, The Pearl Sessions (Columbia/Legacy, 2012)
CD 1: Pearl (Columbia KC 30322, 1970 – Tracks 1-10) and The Mono Single Masters (Tracks 11-16)
CD 2: The Pearl Sessions and More

Label: Columbia – 88697842242, Legacy – 88697842242
Released: 17 Apr 2012

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Columbia
Mixed At – Battery Mastering Studios
Mastered At – Battery Mastering Studios

Acoustic Guitar – Bobby Womack (tracks: 9), Pearl* (tracks: 7)
Art Direction, Design – Phil Yarnall
Bass – Brad Campbell
Bongos – Bobbye Hall
Chorus – Full Tilt Boogie*, Pearl*, John Cooke, Phil Badella, Vince Mitchell
Congas – Bobbye Hall
Drums – Clark Pierson
Engineer – Phil Macy
Guitar – John Till
Liner Notes – Clive Davis, Holly George-Warren
Mixed By [Disc Two], Mastered By – Vic Anesini
Organ – Ken Pearson
Piano – Richard Bell
Producer [For Legacy Recordings] – Bob Irwin
Producer [Original Recorded Produced By] – Paul A. Rothchild
Tambourine – Sandra Crouch
Vocals – Janis Joplin

© 1971, 2012 Sony Music Entertainment / Originally released 1971; Originally recorded 1970 & released 1983, 1993, 2005, 2012. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment; Compilation ? 2012 Sony Music Entertainment / Distributed by Columbia Records, A Division of Sony Music Entertainment / 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022-3211

This package contains previously released material.

Lyrics

  1. Pearl

    (Instrumental)

Releases

  1. 88697842242
    2CD Columbia 2012-04-17
  2. 88697842242
    2CD Legacy 2012-04-17

Reviews

  1. The Second Disc
    The Pearl Sessions expands the original 10-track album produced by Paul Rothchild (The Doors) with a whopping 25 bonus tracks, nine of which are unreleased. This should be the most illuminating look yet at the seminal recording by Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band. The original LP, on Disc One, is augmented by the six mono single mixes of “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Half Moon,” “Cry Baby,” “Get It While You Can,” “Move Over” and “A Woman Left Lonely.” Disc Two, then, is dedicated to the album’s recording sessions. This fly-on-the-wall look takes in studio chatter, demos and alternate takes over its 19 selections, including three stabs at “Get It While You Can” and “Move Over,” two of “My Baby,” and alternates of “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Cry Baby” and “A Woman Left Lonely.” A live performance of “Tell Mama,” recorded in Toronto on June 28, 1970, rounds out the set.