The Pearl Sessions | ||||
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Compilation album by Janis Joplin | ||||
Released | 2012 | |||
Recorded | September 5 - October 3, 1970 | |||
Genre | Blues rock, country rock, funk rock | |||
Length | 2:13:31 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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The Pearl Sessions is a compilation album of Janis Joplin released in 2012. It contains alternate takes of the songs that constituted the Pearl vinyl album when Columbia Records released it in 1971. Recordings of Joplin and Paul Rothchild talking between takes give the listener insight into their creative musical process.