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Track Listings
| 1. Combination Of The Two |
| 2. I Need A Man To Love |
| 3. Summertime |
| 4. Piece Of My Heart |
| 5. Turtle Blues |
| 6. "Oh, Sweet Mary" |
| 7. Ball And Chain |
| 8. Roadblock |
| 9. Flower In The Sun |
| 10. Catch Me Daddy |
| 11. Magic Of Love |
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Moz
Format:Audio CD
This is West Coast psychedelia at its best - and recorded live. Janis belts them out but don't underestimate the power of those twin guitars from Sam Andrew and Jim Gurley. They're transendental at time, climactic at others - hammering away as the perfect foil for those screaming rasping vocals. It's improvised at times but everyone knows where each other is and where they're going. Then it all comes back together behind Dave's drums right on cue and into the next section. The bonus tracks are a bonus too - certainly not just fillers. Okay, so 'Piece of my Heart' and 'Ball and Chain' are the stand out tracks but I love 'Sweet Mary'- partly because Janis doesn't have the feature vocal but mainly for the soaring meandering guitar work and the oh so archetypal sixties hippy sound.
Rest your soul Janis. When I listen to this and the early stuff I gotta believe your happiest years were when you were in a gigging band. The later stuff's good but it's orchestrated and produced and somehow lacking. This is raw, earthy, full of passion, a sense of being and togetherness. Big Brother are still gigging and play an excellent set if you see them on tour. Certainly worth checking out as they're usually at affordable and intimate venues. Seminal stuff.
Rest your soul Janis. When I listen to this and the early stuff I gotta believe your happiest years were when you were in a gigging band. The later stuff's good but it's orchestrated and produced and somehow lacking. This is raw, earthy, full of passion, a sense of being and togetherness. Big Brother are still gigging and play an excellent set if you see them on tour. Certainly worth checking out as they're usually at affordable and intimate venues. Seminal stuff.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By nicjaytee
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Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
That's what the announcer says at the beginning of this live/studio masterpiece... and for good reason because what follows is an outstanding example of blues-rock singing at its very best. But there's a lot more on offer here than just the touchstone that catapulted Janis Joplin to international stardom. First off, the band, in particular James Gurley's guitarwork, lay down some seriously impressive playing that's not only fully up to the task of keeping pace with her but which provides the perfect backdrop for her raw, stunningly powerful vocals. Then there's the quality and range of the songs themselves (other than the unnecessary, second rate "bonus tracks") including the "hippy" enthusiasm of "Combination of the Two", the driving acid-rock of "Sweet Mary" & "I Need a Man to Love", and the quite outstanding electric blues of "Summertime", "Piece of my Heart" & "Ball & Chain". And finally, the whole "style" of the album itself with it's quintessential Robert Crumb artwork, its atmospheric, often heavily reverbed sound, the enthusiastic audience reaction and the announcer's wonderfully laid-back contributions, all of which combine to capture what San Francisco's hugely influential ballroom scene was all about. A perfect time capsule that stands the test of time because it's more than good enough to and which, on the way, showcases a truly great singer on absolutely top form.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Cheap Thrills is a great, raucous, exuberant celebration of life with Joplin's at times desperate, always intensely emotional vocals and the enthusiastic playing of Big Brother in their powerful acid rock/psychedelic onslaught. Piece Of My Heart sweeps the listener along in its maelstrom of sound, while Combination Of The Two has a certain addictive, hypnotic quality that is the trademark of great rock music. Summertime and Ball & Chain are innovative interpretations of the Gershwin and Big Mama Thornton tunes respectively, while of the added tracks, Magic of Love is the only one that matches the intensity of the original album's songs. Because of the Big Brother onslaught, it does sometimes seem that there's a cosmic battle taking place between Joplin's vocals and the band's wall of sound, but this creates a further element of tension that adds to the overall force of these performances. This is a great show of Joplin's magic.
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cheap thrills album cd
great record.Glad to have it,just a pity there's no cover and thus
no track listing but it's still great stuff!
no track listing but it's still great stuff!
Published 23 days ago by paul forrester
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
I am trying to listen to a bit of everything and to listen to stuff that might be a bit of challenge. This wasn't a challenge at all. I loved every minute of it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Martin Naylor
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Masterclass
This a great album, excellent, by one of the greatest singers ever..Janis Joplin...Rock on
She had a great range with her great vocals.
She had a great range with her great vocals.
Published 2 months ago by Keven Mundy
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Brilliant
This album is A Really good mix of music and that woman has a brilliant passionate Marge simpson voice. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cubby Kovu
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the current still passes as on the day it was recorded
Janis Joplin is totally electrifying on this album, which also gives the band Big Brother and the Holding Company quite a lot of space, as you hear on the brilliant intro number,... Read more
Published 11 months ago by schumann_bg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb signature album
I adore Janis Joplin and have most of her records on vinyl bought as they were intially released. Subseqently I have also bought them as CD's, this one I bought probably when it... Read more
Published 14 months ago by marshwader
5.0 out of 5 stars
oozes the essence of late 60s rock
From Robert Crumbs album cover, through the first chords, to the final glorious note, this classic album ooozes the musical essece of the 1960s rock. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Captain Kirk
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Joplin
I've discussed this album with several other Janis fans, and we all agree this was her finest album. I own all her albums, and never again was she this raw and gutsy. Read more
Published 17 months ago by James N. Beatson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow
Monterey 1967. Mama Cass Elliot is captured on film reacting open-mouthed to Janis and the boys ripping through Ball and Chain, Hurley's wailing SG sounding at once apocalyptic and... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Claude T Ripper
4.0 out of 5 stars
certainly good value thrills
remastering does not seem to have changed this much from the version on black plastic, but nice to have it in electric format, a burst of nostalgia every time I listen to it.
Published on 15 Dec 2010 by C. Heneghan
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