Pearl by Janis Joplin

Release date: January 1971
Label: Columbia [US]
Catalog number: KC 30322
Format: 12" LP
Tags: posthumous
Comments: The ten songs on this album were recorded in Los Angeles by Joplin and her backing band, Full Tilt Boogie, between September 24-October 1, 1970. They were in process of working on a new album with producer Paul Rothchild, but Janis overdosed on October 4. The ten completed recordings were compiled for this posthumous album that was titled after Joplin's nickname, Pearl. A week after Joplin's death, Full Tilt Boogie recorded an instrumental homage to her also called "Pearl", but the track wasn't included on the 1971 LP (but it was ultimately released on a 2005 Pearl CD reissue).

Tracks

	Title	Performer	Written by	Info
	A Woman Left Lonely	Janis Joplin	Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham	Covered by (21 artists)
i	Buried Alive in the Blues	Janis Joplin	Nick Gravenites	Covered by (8 artists)
	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin	Bert Russell, Jerry Ragovoy	Originally by Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
	Get It While You Can	Janis Joplin	Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman	Originally by Howard Tate
	Half Moon	Janis Joplin	Johanna Hall, John Hall	Covered by (14 artists)
	Me and Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson	Originally by Roger Miller [US-OK]
	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	Bob Neuwirth, Janis Joplin, Michael McClure	Covered by (81 artists)
	Move Over	Janis Joplin	Janis Joplin	Covered by (40 artists)
	My Baby	Janis Joplin	Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman	Originally by Garnet Mimms
	Trust Me	Janis Joplin	Bobby Womack	Originally by Wilson Pickett