Box Of Pearls (The Janis Joplin Collection)

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Release Date: 1999

Labels: Columbia, Legacy

5CDs housed in a cardboard box. Each CD is an individual standard jewel case with clear tray and illustrated tray-liner + 8-page booklet with liner notes, pics and credits (except CD5 which has only 2-page insert)

Back cover of the box:
This limited edition deluxe boxed set contains all four of Janis' original studio releases - each one digitally remastered and with additional bonus tracks - most of them previously unreleased. Plus-a very special bonus EP of five unreleased performances that is ONLY available in this special collection.

Painting based on the original design by Dave Richards for Janis' 1965 Porsche Cabriolet
© 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./ Originally recorded 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970; Originally released 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971
℗ 1993, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

CD1:
Original album released as Mainstream LP 6099, September 1967 (tracks 1-1 to 1-10)

Tracks 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-13, 1-14: Recorded December 13, 1966
Tracks 1-2, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11: Recorded December 12, 1966
Tracks 1-4, 1-8, 1-12: Recorded December 14, 1966
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

Tracks 1-11, 1-12 released as Mainstream single 678
Tracks 1-13, 1-14 previously unissued. Mixed at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

CD2:
Album originally released as Columbia KCS 9700, July 1968 (tracks 2-1 to 2-7)

Tracks 2-1: Recorded March 19, 1968
Tracks 2-2, 2-4: Recorded May 20, 1968
Track 2-3: Recorded May 28, 1968
Track 2-5: Recorded April 12, 1968
Track 2-6: Recorded May 29, 1968
Track 2-7: Recorded April 13, 1968
Tracks 2-8, 2-9: Recorded March 25, 1968
Tracks 2-10, 2-11: Recorded live at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit, March 2, 1968
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

Tracks 2-8, 2-9 previously unissued outtakes from the "Cheap Thrills" studio sessions
Tracks 2-10, 2-11 previously unreleased
Mixed at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

CD3:
Album originally released as Columbia 9913, September 1969 (tracks 3-1 to 3-8)

Tracks 3-1, 3-3: Recorded June 24, 1969
Track 3-2: Recorded June 15, 1969
Track 3-4: Recorded June 13, 1969
Tracks 3-5, 3-8: Recorded June 18, 1969
Tracks 3-6, 3-7: Recorded June 25, 1969
Track 3-9: Recorded June 17, 1969
Tracks 3-10, 3-11: Recorded live at the Woodstock Music & Arts Festival, August 1969
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

Track 3-9 outtake from "Kozmic Blues" sessions
Tracks 3-10, 3-11 previously unissued. Mixed at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

CD4:
Original album released as Columbia PC 30322, January 1971 (tracks 4-1 to 4-10)

Tracks 4-1, 4-7, 4-9: Recorded September 25, 1970
Tracks 4-2, 4-3: Recorded September 5, 1970
Tracks 4-4, 4-5: Recorded September 26, 1970
Tracks 4-6, 4-10: Recorded September 24, 1970
Track 4-8: Recorded October 1, 1970
Track 4-11 to 4-14: Recorded live on July 4, 1970 in Calgary during the Canadian Festival Express Tour
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

Tracks 4-11 to 4-14 previously unreleased. Mixed at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

CD5:
Tracks 5-1, 5-2: Recorded March 19, 1968 (as track 2-1)
Track 5-3: Recorded live in Amsterdam, Holland, April 1, 1969
Tracks 5-4, 5-5: Recorded live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, October 5, 1969
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999

Tracks 5-1, 5-2 previously unissued outtakes from the "Cheap Thrills" studio sessions. Mixed at Sony Music Studios, NYC, 1999
Tracks 5-3 to 5-5 previously unissued

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