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- Date Released: February 1, 1971
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: Originally recorded 1970, Originally released 1971 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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Janis Joplin's second masterpiece (after Cheap Thrills), Pearl was designed as a showcase for her powerhouse vocals, stripping down the arrangements that had often previously cluttered her music or threatened to drown her out. Thanks also to a more consistent set of songs, the results are magnificent -- given room to breathe, Joplin's trademark rasp conveys an aching, desperate passion on funked-up, bluesy rockers, ballads both dramatic and tender, and her signature song, the posthumous number one hit "Me and Bobby McGee." The unfinished "Buried Alive in the Blues" features no Joplin vocals -- she was scheduled to record them on the day after she was found dead. Its incompleteness mirrors Joplin's career; Pearl's power leaves the listener to wonder what else Joplin could have accomplished, but few artists could ask for a better final statement. [The 1999 CD reissue adds four previously unreleased live July 1970 recordings: "Tell Mama," "Little Girl Blue," "Try," and "Cry Baby."]
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14 Total Tracks, 57:50 Total Length
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Credits
- Sandra Crouch - Tambourine // Janis Joplin - Guitar // Janis Joplin - Guitar // Janis Joplin - Vocals // Janis Joplin - Vocals // Janis Joplin - Choir, Chorus // Janis Joplin - Choir, Chorus // Janis Joplin - Main Performer // Janis Joplin - Main Performer // Bobby Womack - Guitar (Acoustic) // Bobby Womack - Guitar // Pearl - Guitar (Acoustic) // Pearl - Vocals (Background) // Pearl - Choir, Chorus // Bobbye Hall - Percussion // Bobbye Hall - Bongos // Bobbye Hall - Conga // John Cooke - Vocals (Background) // John Cooke - Choir, Chorus // Phil Badella - Vocals // Phil Badella - Vocals (Background) // Phil Badella - Choir, Chorus // Richard Bell - Piano // Richard Bell - Vocals (Background) // Richard Bell - Choir, Chorus // Brad Campbell - Bass // Brad Campbell - Vocals (Background) // Brad Campbell - Choir, Chorus // John Cook - Vocals // Glen Kolotkin - Engineer // Phil Macy - Engineer // Vince Mitchell - Vocals // Vince Mitchell - Vocals (Background) // Vince Mitchell - Choir, Chorus // Ken Pearson - Organ // Ken Pearson - Vocals (Background) // Ken Pearson - Choir, Chorus // Clark Pierson - Drums // Clark Pierson - Vocals (Background) // Clark Pierson - Choir, Chorus // Paul Rothchild - Producer // John Till - Guitar // John Till - Vocals (Background) // John Till - Choir, Chorus // Bob Irwin - Reissue Producer // David Gahr - Photography // Vic Anesini - Mastering // Tom Wilkes - Design // Tom Wilkes - Photography // Barry Feinstein - Design // Barry Feinstein - Photography // Baron Wolman - Photography // Joe Lizzi - Mixing // Jen Wyler - Mixing // Nicholas Bennett - Packaging Manager // John Dooke - Vocals (Background) // Ken Pierson - Organ // Mark Feldman - Project Director
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Performers
Vince Mitchell // Phil Badella // Pearl Pearl // John Cooke
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