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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 squandered in a psychedelic setting, the toast of Haight-Ashbury went solo with the up-and-down I Got Them Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama. Joplin was hitting her stride during the 1970 Pearl sessions when she died of a drug overdose at age 27. The album's posthumous release was a critical and commercial smash. Box of Pearls binds the 1999 remastered and expanded versions of the aforementioned albums and tosses in a five-track rarities EP entitled, appropriately enough, Rare Pearls. Much of Box of Pearls is brilliant while portions are badly dated, but it's all Joplin.

Disc 1:
1.What Good Can Drinkin' Do (2:42) *
2.Trouble in Mind (3:02) *
3.Hesitation Blues (4:03) *
4.Easy Rider (2:21)
5.Coo-Coo (2:02)
6.Down on Me (2:03)
7.The Last Time (2:12)
8.All Is Loneliness (2:15)
9.Call on Me (3:34) *
10.Women Is Losers (5:05) *
11.Intruder (2:28)
12.Light Is Faster than Sound (2:28)
13.Bye, Bye Baby (2:35)
14.Farewell Song (4:21) *
15.Flower in the Sun (3:10)
16.Misery 'n (4:09) *
17.Road Block (6:18)
18.Ball and Chain (8:05) Monterey 17 06 1967 Afternoon
Disc 2:
1.Combination of the Two (5:51)
2.I Need a Man to Love (4:49)
3.Piece of My Heart (4:26)
4.Turtle Blues (4:28)
5.Oh, Sweet Mary (4:13)
6.Catch Me Daddy (4:53) *
7.Summertime (4:04) Take # 1 *
8.Kozmic Blues (4:21)
9.Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (3:54)
10.One Good Man (4:07)
11.Dear Landlord (2:30) *
12.To Love Somebody (5:16)
13.As Good as You've Been to This World (5:24)
14.Little Girl Blue (3:48)
15.Work Me, Lord (6:35)
16.Raise Your Hand (2:17) *
17.Maybe (4:07) *
Disc 3:
1.Me & Bobby McGee Demo (4:46) *
2.One Night Stand (3:08) *
3.Tell Mama (5:45)
4.Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (8:14)
5.Cry Baby (4:56) *
6.Move Over (3:41)
7.A Woman Left Lonely (3:29)
8.Half Moon (3:53)
9.Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails) (1:09) *
10.My Baby (3:43)
11.Mercedes Benz (2:11) *
12.Trust Me (3:14)
13.Get it While You Can (3:23)
14.Me & Bobby McGee (4:29)
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Covers: Yes
EAC Logfile: Yes
Cue Files: Yes (Wav. & Flac.)
M3u File: Yes