Janis Joplin – Pearl

Love this album. My copy sounds perfect. Some of the best of Janis.

Not mentioned in the above description but this version has seemingly light green inner sleeves with the text "The Music People" with CBS logos.

Magical cosmic material, the separation of the 4 channels is amazing, I really liked the LP sq version, however the 8-track tape is more fleshy and the separation is appreciated so that an SQ will never do it

Don't remember buying this album but it sounds fine assuming I paid like $25 bucks. And, if it was a RSD release, far out. Mono, yes? Audiophile quality, debatable. Didn't give this one proper care/cleaning until recently. Enjoying it all the same.

Maybe it needs another cleaning, but I am not impressed. It’s like there’s a layer of fabric between me and the music.

This is an awesome-sounding reissue. The pressing is alright. A bit noisier than I would expect from RTI. A couple of clicks at the beginning of A1 and some others along A2 and B1. I tried two copies and the clicks are in the same parts.

Mother of god. This album sounds absolutely incredible. Flat, silent and amazing imaging. Stage is super wide also.

If you find a nice clean copy of this versión, GET IT! Sounds amazing and vibrant! A must!

Great value pressing. Very punchy and dynamic pressing. Well balanced on very good quality vinyl.

Within Joplin’s very short discography - including the remarkable "Cheap Thrills" recorded with Big Brother - there is no comparison between her previous albums and this last one, released posthumously in 1971. I wonder if Janis was aware - while she was recording these tracks - that she was opening a new direction into the future of white female rock-blues singing. The recording project of PEARL was precisely meant to bring Janis' original voice to the forefront, removing the suffocating arrangements that had previously cluttered her music and I think that credit for this should be given to the production of Paul Rothchild, a long-time collaborator of the Doors. Thanks also to a more consistent set of songs, the artistic results are here outstanding. The album gets off to a great start with «Move Over», full of pulsating energy, continues on a dramatic path with «Cry Baby» (with its thrilling roaring vocal how different from Garnet Mimms’ original!) and with a slightly more intimate and personal approach with «A Woman Left Lonely». All the album songs should be mentioned however, as in each of them we can perceive sparks of the most vivid music of the time. I will focus though only on a further couple of them, which cannot be ignored: the extraordinarily ironic a cappella singing of «Mercedes Benz» - with its implied reject of consumerism – alongside Joplin’s only No 1 in the charts, «Me and Bobby McGee» a cover from another music icon of those years like Kris Kristofferson. Last I will mention the instrumental «Buried Alive in the Blues» as Janis’ farewell song, which remained unfinished just like herself has been: vocals were to be recorded … the very next day, but she didn't make it in time. For all those who love rock music, this album is one of the greatest ever. A real must-have.