The Collection [Box]

Performer: Janis Joplin
Producer: Paul A. Rothchild; Gabriel Mekler
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: The Collection includes 3 albums: CHEAP THRILLS (1968)/I GOT DEM OL' KOSMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA! (1969)/PEARL (1971). Contains CHEAP THRILLS (1968)/I GOT DEM 'OL KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA! (1969)/PEARL (1971). Personnel: Janis Joplin (vocals, guitar, autoharp); Sam Andrew (guitar); Bobby Womack (acoustic guitar); Cornelius "Snookey" Flowers (baritone saxophone); Gabriel Mekler, Richard Kermode (organ); Brad Campbell (bass guitar); Lennie Castillo, Maury Baker (drums). For the second time, Sony issued the three best albums in Janis Joplin's catalog -- I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama, Pearl, and Big Brother & the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills -- in a slipcased three-CD box; the difference is that this latter package contains the remastered versions of those three albums, which were released individually in 1999. All of the albums feature bonus tracks, quality remastering, and expanded liner notes; there's nothing here you can't get on the individual issues, but it's a handy way to pick up all three at once if you haven't gotten them already. ~ Steve Huey

Texas-born blues-rock singer Janis Joplin's sadly short career saw her change from coffehouse folkie into a feminist blues icon for the psychedelic '60s generation, all in the space of four years. Though she started out as a solo singer, it was as the frontwoman for Bay Area acid-blues-rockers Big Brother & The Holding Company that she skyrocketed to fame, her outsized voice, image, and personality making her natural star material. Eventually, she proved too big for the confines of Big Brother and went the solo route. A breakthrough album was recorded just before her early death, adding a tragic aura to her small body of work.

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