Janis Joplin - Pearl (180 Gram Vinyl) - Vinyl 09/05/2025 This green vinyl pressing is

This green vinyl pressing is limited to 1000 copies worldwide and features liner notes from Will Birch

tracks like "Willow Weep for Me" and "Little Girl Blue" are drawn with such virtuosic melancholy by Krall as to be far and away some of the best ballads she's put to record

ultimately revealing that the journey itself holds as many destinations as we can imagine

appearing too late in the folk revival to attract much attention -- Bob Dylan was already taking that audience to new places by adding electric instruments to his sound

His other originals betray the artifice of an English major at work

Janis Joplin - Pearl (180 Gram Vinyl) - Vinyl 09/05/2025 This green vinyl pressing is2 LPs on 1 CD: GOLDEN HIGHLIGHTS (1988) PEARL (1970). Janis Joplin's PEARL, from 1971, is a bluesy, organ drenched benediction for the flower child sound of the free and easy 60's. It is also one of great singer's most consistent and representative efforts. Gone are the ear shattering sonics of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Full Tilt Boogie, the backing band here, steps in to offer a degree of polish and control that frames Joplin's vocals