Box of Pearls: Janis Joplin Collection
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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 squand
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Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 31 August 1999
Number of discs: 5
EAN: 0074646593721 UPC: 074646593721
Release date: 31 August 1999
Number of discs: 5
EAN: 0074646593721 UPC: 074646593721
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