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Janis Joplin

Initial release : 1971

Columbia PC 30322

Janis Joplin's last studio album. Peal was released posthumously and reached the top slot in the album charts. A number of CD editions have been released including versions with bonus tracks and a double CD legacy edition in 2005.

Tracks

  • Move Over (Joplin)
  • Cry Baby (Meade/Russell)
  • A Woman Left Lonely (Oldham/Penn)
  • Half Moon (Hall)
  • Buried Alive in the Blues (Gravenites)
  • My Baby (Ragavoy/Shuman)
  • Me and Bobby McGee (Foster/Kristofferson)
  • Mercedes Benz (Joplin/McClure)
  • Trust Me (Womack)
  • Get It While You Can (Ragavoy/Shuman)
Bonus tracks on 1999 CD releases (live recordings from June 1970);
  • Tell Mama (Carter/Daniel/Terrell)
  • Little Girl Blue (Hart/Rodgers)
  • Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Ragavoy/Taylor)
  • Cry Baby (Berns/Ragavoy)
2005 legacy edition;
  • Move Over (Joplin)
  • Cry Baby (Meade/Russell)
  • A Woman Left Lonely (Oldham/Penn)
  • Half Moon (Hall)
  • Buried Alive in the Blues (Gravenites)
  • My Baby (Ragavoy/Shuman)
  • Me and Bobby McGee (Foster/Kristofferson)
  • Mercedes Benz (Joplin/McClure)
  • Trust Me (Womack)
  • Get It While You Can (Ragavoy/Shuman)
  • Happy Birthday, John (Happy Trails) (Evans)
  • Me and Bobby McGee (Foster / Kristofferson)
  • Move Over (Joplin)
  • Cry Baby (Berns / Ragovoy)
  • My Baby (Ragovoy / Shuman)
  • Pearl (Full Tilt Boogie Band)
  • Tell Mama (Carter / Daniel / Terrell)
  • Half Moon (Hall)
  • Move Over (Joplin)
  • Maybe (Barrett)
  • Summertime (Gershwin / Gershwin / Heyward)
  • Little Girl Blue (Hart / Rodgers / Rodgers)
  • That's Rock 'n Roll (Full Tilt Boogie Band)
  • Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Ragovoy / Taylor)
  • Kozmic Blues (Joplin / Mekler)
  • Piece of My Heart (Berns / Ragovoy)
  • Cry Baby (Berns / Ragovoy)
  • Get It While You Can (Ragovoy / Shuman)
  • Ball and Chain (Thornton)
Musicians

Fult Tilt Boogie;

  • Janis Joplin - vocals
  • Brad Campbell - bass
  • Clark Pierson - drums
  • Ken Pearson - organ
  • John Till - guitar
  • Richard Bell - piano
  • Sandra Crouch - tambourine
  • Bobbie Hall - bongos, conga
  • Bobby Womack - guitar (Trust Me)
  • Pearl - guitar (Me & Bobby McGee)
Chorus voices;
  • Pearl, Full Tilt Boogie, Vince Mitchell, Phil Badella, John Cook
Credits

  • Producer - Paul Rothchild
  • Engineer - Phil Macy
  • Photography, design - Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes
  • Special thanks to Nick Gravenites, Bobby Womack, Spooner Oldham, Bob Gordon, John Cooke, Eric pretige, Vince Mitchell, Phil Badella, and all the good people who made us smile
Related releases

Me & Bobby McGee, Move Over, Cry Baby, Get it While You Can and Mercedes Benz were included on;

Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Baby and Mercedes Benz were included on; Pearl was included on a two-on-one double LP release; Trust Me, Move Over, Half Moon, Cry Baby, Me & Bobby McGee and Mercedes Benz were included on; Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Baby, Move Over, Mercedes Benz and Get it While You Can were included on; This album was also included in a 3 in a box CD release; Me & Bobby McGee, Move Over, My Baby, A Woman Left Lonely, Buried Alive in the Blues, Cry Baby, Get it While You Can, Mercedes Benz, Half Moon and Trust Me were included on; This album (including bonus tracks) was included in; Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Baby, Move Over and A Woman Left Lonely were included on; Move Over was included on; Me & Bobby McGee was included on;
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