Pearl [Legacy Edition] (2005)

About this title: After the live Cheap Thrills, Pearl is undeniably Janis Joplin's studio classic, and her final recording, released posthumously. She departed the earth at the very top of her game creatively. The album was recorded with a less-is-more approach -- the explosive horn section so prevalent on Kozmic Blues was replaced by a rootsier, more organic studio group called the Full Tilt Boogie Band, with precious few guests in a minimal number of places. The album cooks from the opener, "Move Over," with John Till's jagged, knife-edge guitar playing the lyric line in duet with Joplin and Ken Pearson's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Move Over [Joplin]
2. Cry Baby [Ragovoy/Berns]
3. A Woman Left Lonely [Penn/Oldham]
4. Half Moon [Hall]
5. Buried Alive in the Blues [Gravenites]
6. My Baby [Ragovoy/Shuman]
7. Me and Bobby McGee [Kristofferson/Foste]
8. Mercedes Benz [Joplin/McClure]
9. Trust Me [Womack]
10. Get It While You Can [Ragovoy/Shuman]
11. Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails) [Evans]
12. Me and Bobby McGee[Demo Version] [Foster/Kristofferso]
13. Move Over [Alternate Version] [Joplin]
14. Cry Baby [Alternate Version] [Ragovoy/Berns]
15. My Baby [Alternate Version] [Ragovoy/Shuman]
16. Pearl[Instrumental] [Full Tilt Boogie Ba]
17. Tell Mama [Live] [Daniel/Terrell/Cart]
18. Half Moon [Live] [Hall]
19. Move Over [Live] [Joplin]
20. Maybe [Live] [Barrett]
21. Summertime [Live] [Gershwin/Heyward/Ge]
22. Little Girl Blue [Live] [Hart/Rodgers]
23. That's Rock 'n Roll [Live] [Full Tilt Boogie Ba]
24. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live] [Ragovoy/Taylor]
25. Kozmic Blues [Live] [Joplin/Mekler]
26. Piece of My Heart [Live] [Ragovoy/Berns]
27. Cry Baby [Live] [Ragovoy/Berns]
28. Get It While You Can [Live] [Ragovoy/Shuman]
29. Ball and Chain [Live] [Thornton]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.