Janis Joplin Big Brother & The Holding Company - Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills on CD

Description

Double CD package - Released at last under its original title, Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills restores Big Brother & The Holding Company's vision and intent in an essential new collection of 30 rare performances including 29 studio outtakes (25 previously unreleased) from the mythic 1968 sessions that generated Big Brother & The Holding Company's Cheap Thrills. Also includes a previously unreleased live performance of ""Ball and Chain,"" recorded live at Winterland Ballroom on April 12, 1968 Liner notes penned especially for this commemorative release by Jefferson Airplane front-woman Grace Slick and Big Brother & The Holding Company drummer David Getz.

Tracks

Disc 1
Combination of the Two (Take 3) 5.32
I Need a Man to Love (Take 4) 8.04
Summertime 4.06
Piece of My Heart 4.54
Harry (Take 10) 1.10
Turtle Blues (Take 4) 4.45
Oh, Sweet Mary 4.22
Ball and Chain 7.26
Roadblock 5.31
Catch Me Daddy (Take 1) 5.33
It's a Deal (Take 1) 2.40
Easy Once You Know How (Take 1) 4.33
How Many Times Blues Jam 5.25
Farewell Song (Take 7) 5.02

Disc 2
Flower in the Sun (Take 3) 3.13
Oh, Sweet Mary 6.53
Summertime (Take 1) 3.13
Piece of My Heart (Take 4) 4.05
Catch Me Daddy (Take 9) 3.15
Catch Me Daddy (Take 10) 4.21
I Need a Man to Love (Take 3) 7.07
Harry (Take 9) 1.10
Farewell Song (Take 4) 4.26
Misery'n (Takes 2 & 3) 3.58
Misery'n (Take 4) 4.57
Magic of Love (Take 1) 3.18
Turtle Blues (Take 9) 3.59
Turtle Blues (Last Verse Takes 1-3) 4.34
Piece of My Heart (Take 3) 4.31
Farewell Song (Take 5) 5.12