JANIS JOPLIN PEARL (FINAL ALBUM) MINT ORIGINAL KC 30322 1970 LP SHRINK BEST

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JANIS JOPLIN - "PEARL" - ORIGINAL 1970 COLUMBIA RECORDS STEREO LP KC-30322

TOP CONDITION...VINYL: MINT!   LOOKS UNPLAYED

                             COVER: NEAR MINT    No seam splits, no edgewear, no true ringwear 

    LABELS:  NEAR MINT    PRISTINE...GORGEOUS.

PLAY TESTED: AMAZING...BEST WE'VE HEARD...CLEAN AND POWERFUL.I

 Includes: Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Baby, Mercedes Benz, and many more great ones.

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAP

·       ORIGINAL RED COLUMBIA LABEL WITH “COLUMBIA” IN YELLOW LETTERSWRAPPED AROUND THE RIM OF THE LABEL

·       Features legendary Bobby Womack on rhythm guitar !!!

·       ORIGINAL, THICK U.S. COVER IN TREMENDOUS CONDITION

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH "-2J/-2H"

Janis Joplin's second masterpiece (after Cheap Thrills), Pearl was designed as a showcase for her powerhouse vocals, stripping down the arrangements that had often previously cluttered her music or threatened to drown her out. Thanks also to a more consistent set of songs, the results are magnificent -- given room to breathe, Joplin's trademark rasp conveys an aching, desperate passion on funked-up, bluesy rockers, ballads both dramatic and tender, and her signature song, the posthumous number one hit "Me and Bobby McGee." The unfinished "Buried Alive in the Blues" features no Joplin vocals -- she was scheduled to record them on the day after she was found dead. Its incompleteness mirrors Joplin's career; Pearl's power leaves the listener to wonder what else Joplin could have accomplished, but few artists could ask for a better final statement. 

Janis Joplin's final album , released just days after she passed away - was barely finished when it came out. Still, it is one of the best showcases of her massive talent and vocal prowess on record, and - by universal acclaim - one of the top-50 Rock and blues albums of all times. The album includes no less than four top-10 charting hits, including Janis' timeless rendition of Kris Kristopherson's "Me and Bobby McGee", no less than three (3) covers of Jerry Ragovoy's deep soul ballads (two originally performed by Garnett Mimms & the Enchanters and one by Howard Tate), plus songs by Bobby Womack, John Hall, Penn-Oldham and Janis herself - her immortal "Mercedes Benz".

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