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 ...

5. "Pearl," Janis' best and last album, was released posthumously in January 1971. That's three months after she died at the age of 27. 6.

About This Lot Printed later. This was the cover image for Joplin's 1971 album Pearl. Barry Feinstein made his career documenting the sex, drugs and rock and roll of American popular culture in the ...