Box of Pearls: The Janis Joplin Collection (Remastered)

~ Release by Janis Joplin (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

This limited edition deluxe boxed set contains all four of Janis' original studio releases - each one digitally remastered and with additional bonus tracks - most of them previously unreleased. Plus-a very special bonus EP of five unreleased performances that is ONLY available in this special collection.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Big Brother & The Holding Company (Featuring Janis Joplin)
2▶CD: Cheap Thrills
3▼CD: I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
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1Try (Just a Little bit Harder)
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin (on 1969-06-24)
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band (on 1969-06-24)
cover recording of:
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (on 1969-06-24)
writer:
Jerry Ragovoy and Chip Taylor
3:55
2Maybe
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin (on 1969-06-15)
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band (on 1969-06-15)
cover recording of:
Maybe (on 1969-06-15)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Barrett
publisher:
Tunecore Digital Music and チューンコアジャパン株式会社
3:39
3One Good Man
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin (on 1969-06-24)
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band (on 1969-06-24)
recording of:
One Good Man (on 1969-06-24)
lyricist and composer:
Janis Joplin
4:10
4As Good as You've Been to This World
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin (on 1969-06-25)
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band (on 1969-06-25)
recording of:
As Good as You’ve Been to This World (on 1969-06-25)
lyricist and composer:
Nick Gravenites
5:25
5To Love Somebody
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band
cover recording of:
To Love Somebody
written in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1967)
writer:
Barry Gibb (in 1967) and Robin Gibb (in 1967)
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing, BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Publishing Ltd., Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Nemperor, Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
part of:
50/50
5:13
6Kozmic Blues
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band
recording of:
Kozmic Blues
lyricist:
Janis Joplin
composer:
Gabriel Mekler
4:22
7Little Girl Blue
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin (on 1969-06-25)
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band (on 1969-06-25)
cover recording of:
Little Girl Blue (on 1969-06-25)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1935)
arranger:
Sarah Latto
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Warner Chappell North America, WC Music Corp., Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Jumbo
3:49
8Work Me, Lord
recording of:
Work Me, Lord
lyricist and composer:
Nick Gravenites
6:36
9Dear Landlord
producer:
Gabriel Mekler
cover recording of:
Dear Landlord (on 1969-06-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1967-10 until 1967-11)
publisher:
Dwarf Music (from 1968 to present)
2:31
10Summertime (live)
recording engineer:
Edwin H. Kramer (on 1969-08-17) and Lee Osborne (on 1969-08-17)
lead vocals:
Janis Joplin (on 1969-08-17)
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band (on 1969-08-17)
recorded at:
Woodstock Music & Art Fair
live cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1969-08-17)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
live partial recording of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Fugue (catch all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
arrangement of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Fugue
5:04
11Piece of My Heart (live) / [silence] / Radio Spot
recording engineer:
Edwin H. Kramer (on 1969-08-17) and Lee Osborne (on 1969-08-17)
lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Janis Joplin (on 1969-08-17)
performer:
Kozmic Blues Band (on 1969-08-17)
recorded at:
Woodstock Music & Art Fair
live cover recording of:
Piece of My Heart (on 1969-08-17)
writer:
Bert Russell and Jerry Ragovoy
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sloopy II Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Web IV Music Inc. and Wren Music Co.
6:31
4▶CD: Pearl
5▶CD: Rare Pearls (bonus EP)