CHEAP THRILLS Big Brother & Holding Company 1968 KCS9700 Columbia JANIS JOPLIN

$

35

Item: Music / LP

Title: Cheap Thrills

Composer(s)/Performer(s): 

Big Brother & The Holding Company

Featuring: Janis Joplin

Label/Production: Columbia

#KC 9700

Year Made: 1968

Excellent Release.  A Must have for the Audiophile

Condition: Robert Crumb art Gatefold Cover is in Very Good+ Shape.

Intact - no side splits.  

Light corner and edge wear.  

Great one to display.  

Paper Inner Sleeve is in Excellent shape.  

LP is in VG Shape.  

Light visual wear and taken care of over the years. 

Should get a light cleaning before play.  

Additional Magazine Clippings are also included that were with the LP upon receipt.  

Great run of Classic, High Grade obscure and rare LPs to be listed. 

Please review the pictures for grading and song listing.  

Message me for specifics...

Awesome original release to find...

Please view the pictures to look at the style, specifics, and grade for yourself

Plenty of listings & auctions to be listed.  Proceeds will be heading to one of our local effective charities and help pay for my daughter's college books and other costly things....  All who bid you have my deepest thanks to help further her indoctrination um errr, education ?

Note: You are buying, bidding or making an offer on the item listed in the title of this listing and description above.  If multiple items are shown - they are in separate listings. 

• The University of Texas at Austin
• Lamar University

• Singer
• songwriter

• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• Grammy Hall of Fame

• Psychedelic rock
• soul
• blues
• blues rock

• Vocals
• guitar

Janis Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter who sang rock, soul, and blues music. One of the most successful and widely known rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals[1] and "electric" stage presence.[2][3][4]

In 1967, Joplin rose to fame following an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company.[5][6][7] After releasing two albums with the band, she left Big Brother to continue as a solo artist with her own backing groups, first the Kozmic Blues Band and then the Full Tilt Boogie Band. She appeared at the Woodstock festival and on the Festival Express train tour. Five singles by Joplin reached the Billboard Hot 100, including a cover of the Kris Kristofferson song "Me and Bobby McGee", which reached number one in March 1971.[8] Her most popular songs include her cover versions of "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", and "Summertime"; and her original song "Mercedes Benz", her final recording.[9][10]

Joplin died of a heroin overdose in 1970 aged 27, after releasing three albums (two with Big Brother and the Holding Company and one solo album). A second solo album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the Billboard charts. She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time[11] and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She remains one of the top-selling musicians in the United States, with Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 18.5 million albums sold

• Blues rock
• acid rock

1. "Piece of My Heart"
   Released: August 1968

Cheap Thrills is the second studio album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. It was their last album with Janis Joplin as lead singer before she started a solo career. For Cheap Thrills, the band and producer John Simon incorporated recordings of crowd noise to give the impression of a live album, for which it was subsequently mistaken by listeners. Only "Ball and Chain" was actually recorded in concert at Winterland Ballroom.[1][2]

Cheap Thrills reached number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968.

The cover was drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb after the band's original cover idea, a photo of the group naked in bed together, was vetoed by Columbia Records. Crumb had originally intended his art for the LP back cover, with a portrait of Janis Joplin to grace the front. But Joplin—an avid fan of underground comics, especially the work of Crumb—so loved the Cheap Thrills illustration that she demanded Columbia place it on the front cover. It is number nine on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest album covers.[citation needed] Crumb later authorized the sale of prints of the cover, some of which he signed before sale.

In an interview for the AIGA, Columbia Records art director John Berg told design professor Paul Nini, "[Janis] Joplin commissioned it, and she delivered Cheap Thrills to me personally in the office. There were no changes with R. Crumb. He refused to be paid, saying, 'I don't want Columbia's filthy lucre.

Big Brother obtained a considerable amount of attention after their 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival and had released their debut album soon after. The followup, Cheap Thrills, was a great success, reaching number one on the charts for eight nonconsecutive weeks in 1968. Columbia Records offered the band a new recording contract, but it took months to get through since they were still signed to Mainstream Records.[3] The album features three cover songs ("Summertime", "Piece of My Heart" and "Ball and Chain"). The album also features Bill Graham, who introduces the band at the beginning of "Combination of the Two". The album's overall raw sound effectively captures the band's energetic and lively concerts. The LP was released in both stereo and mono formats with the original monophonic pressing now a rare collector's item. The album had been considered for quadraphonic format in the early '70s and eventually in 2002, was released as a Multichannel Sony SACD. The original quadraphonic mix remains unreleased.

Scans/Photos of the actual items are shown.  Condition should also be considered by viewing the photos

You can check the Stores, Shows and Sales.  Risk Losing a last second auction, if another one is ever available.

Or 

I'll send it from my music room to yours for the price listed

Looking for something to enhance your collection? 

Trying to find that gift for a family member or close friend? 

I have over 15,000 listings currently on eBay.

Check back in &  Save me as a favorite seller!

I'll always be listing new Items weekly:

I'll be listing a large number of unique harder to find items, clothes, cards, books, comics, mags, music etc... Listing will be a little less descriptive than what I usually do in order to get more listed - Please ask if you have any questions

Reasonable offers are always considered.  These aren't cheap.  Here's a chance to pick up one at a great price.

I’ve bought and sold on eBay since 1997 – collecting and selling just about everything – if you’re looking for something let me know, I’m preparing to downsize portions of my collections and a large portion of my proceeds will be going to my daughter’s (aka: Little Nubby) college fund and one of the excellent hands on charities in my local area.

I treat everyone fairly and my feedback shows that.  Special requests, wish lists and all inquiries will be answered to the best of my ability.  I may not an absolute expert on anything, but I’m pretty knowledgeable about a lot of things….

Shipping Notes:

-         I try to get everything out the next available postal day after payment clears, but my ‘day job’ is very hectic and chaotic from time to time so there might be a couple days delay until I can get to the post office.  Further with the Federal closing of smaller post offices (mine included), it might take a couple extra days to arrive.

-         If you need it quickly, just ask and I usually have no problem accommodating your wishes.

-         I combine shipping.    

-        I sell and ship internationally.  However, once it leaves the United States, buyers assume the risk of the package getting there, if it makes it to that country intact, which is more than fair.

Shipping rates vary due to location of where the item is being sent.  If I offer free shipping on any items it is for the United States only unless noted.

Other Legal-eze:

-         I offer a money back guarantee provided I get the item back in the condition it was sent and it’s within 30 days of receipt of said item.

-         Payment must be made thru eBay.  Unless you are local and can pick the item up.  There are other arrangements that can be made if necessary – feel free to ask.

Happy Hunting and Thank You for your time looking at my ‘trinkets’!

INV#TCH71-3RobGWP5R2