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Fifty years after its release in 1968, the legendary Cheap Thrills has emerged with a multitude of unreleased tracks and rarities. This time, the opus which sold 1 million copies has kept its original title Sex, Drugs & Cheap Thrills, which was rejected at the time by Columbia for being too scandalous. Cheap Thrills, the best-seller that revealed Janis Joplin to the world, captures the essence of the Cosmic Mama who devoted herself body and soul to the recordings in the summer of ’68. Her coarse voice and her quirky rock vibes are showcased in Summertime, the real emotional peak of the album.
While the seven initial tracks illustrated on the cover by the illustrator Robert Crumb, with their dirty, raw sound, may seem to be live recordings, only Ball and Chain was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom concert in San Francisco on April 12th, 1968. From Combination Of The Two, a six-minute jam between Sam Andrew III and Joplin, to the blues of I Need A Man To Love and the classic rock of Oh Sweet Mary, Cheap Thrills comes together to make up 37 minutes of joy. Two years later, after leaving Big Brother & The Holding Company and having successively formed several other groups including Kozmic Blues Band, the psychedelic queen died a heroine. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
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James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Dubose Heyward, Lyricist - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Recorded 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
BERT BERNS, Composer, Lyricist - James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JERRY RAGOVOY, Composer, Lyricist - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
David Getz, Composer, Lyricist - James Gurley, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Composer, Lyricist, Bass - Janis Joplin, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - W.M. Thornton, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Engineer, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, Composer, Lyricist, Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Fred Catero, Engineer - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Roy Segal, Engineer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Sam Houston Andrew III, Guitar, Bass, Vocal - Peter S. Albin, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Bass - Jerry Hochman, Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - P. Albin, Composer, Lyricist - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - D. Getz, Composer, Lyricist - J. Gurley, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - P. Albin, Composer, Lyricist - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - D. Getz, Composer, Lyricist - J. Gurley, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Recorded 1968 & released 1999. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - P. Albin, Composer, Lyricist - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - J. Gurley, Composer, Lyricist - S. GETZ, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Recorded 1968 & released 1999. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
David Getz, Composer, Lyricist - James Gurley, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Composer, Lyricist, Bass - Janis Joplin, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - George Gershwin, Composer, Lyricist - Ira Gershwin, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Dubose Heyward, Composer, Lyricist - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
BERT BERNS, Composer, Lyricist - James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JERRY RAGOVOY, Composer, Lyricist - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - P. Albin, Composer, Lyricist - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - D. Getz, Composer, Lyricist - J. Gurley, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - P. Albin, Composer, Lyricist - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - D. Getz, Composer, Lyricist - J. Gurley, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
David Getz, Composer, Lyricist - James Gurley, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Composer, Lyricist, Bass - Janis Joplin, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - P. Albin, Composer, Lyricist - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - D. Getz, Composer, Lyricist - J. Gurley, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - P. Albin, Composer, Lyricist - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - D. Getz, Composer, Lyricist - J. Gurley, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - M. Spoelstra, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
Originally Released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - J. Joplin, Composer, Lyricist - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
BERT BERNS, Composer, Lyricist - James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JERRY RAGOVOY, Composer, Lyricist - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
James Gurley, Guitar, Vocal - Peter Albin, Bass - S. ANDREW, Composer, Lyricist - Janis Joplin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - JOHN SIMON, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mixing Engineer - Big Brother & The Holding Company, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Andrew, Guitar, Vocal - Dave Getz, Drums - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Fifty years after its release in 1968, the legendary Cheap Thrills has emerged with a multitude of unreleased tracks and rarities. This time, the opus which sold 1 million copies has kept its original title Sex, Drugs & Cheap Thrills, which was rejected at the time by Columbia for being too scandalous. Cheap Thrills, the best-seller that revealed Janis Joplin to the world, captures the essence of the Cosmic Mama who devoted herself body and soul to the recordings in the summer of ’68. Her coarse voice and her quirky rock vibes are showcased in Summertime, the real emotional peak of the album.
While the seven initial tracks illustrated on the cover by the illustrator Robert Crumb, with their dirty, raw sound, may seem to be live recordings, only Ball and Chain was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom concert in San Francisco on April 12th, 1968. From Combination Of The Two, a six-minute jam between Sam Andrew III and Joplin, to the blues of I Need A Man To Love and the classic rock of Oh Sweet Mary, Cheap Thrills comes together to make up 37 minutes of joy. Two years later, after leaving Big Brother & The Holding Company and having successively formed several other groups including Kozmic Blues Band, the psychedelic queen died a heroine. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:18:00
- Main artists: Big Brother & The Holding Company Janis Joplin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 2018 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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