Janis Joplin began recording Pearl on September 5, 1970. By October first the album was almost complete. Three days later she was dead at the age of 27. She would only record four studio albums ...

Any fan of Janis Joplin who got to hear Pearl when it was first released in 1971 was both blessed and bereaved. The second and final solo album by the famed blues rock singer is an incredible ...

Janis Joplin&#151The Pearl Sessions&#151Available Everywhere Tuesday, April 17, 2012 On the occasion of Janis Joplin's birthday (January 19), Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the upcoming ...

On November 9, famed vocalist Janis Joplin will have her quadruple-platinum 1971 album Pearl re-released as a box set by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, which specializes in high-end reissues, in honor ...

Even if you put aside the mythology and hyperbole that’s grown up around Joplin in the 35 years since she died of a heroin overdose, her final work, Pearl, remains a great blues-rock album.

Janis Joplin ’s final studio album ‘Pearl’ is getting the special treatment this spring when Legacy Recordings issue the ‘Pearl Sessions’ on April 1. Legacy is known for taking classic ...

In October 1970, Janis Joplin died of an accidental heroin overdose. She'd been recording what would be her final album. Released posthumously, "Pearl" would soar to #1 … ...

Myrna Sanders: I was about 10 when she died. A few weeks later when the Pearl album came out, they'd play "Me & Bobby McGee" incessantly on the radio and I dug it, bought Pearl and learned it on ...