Big Brother & The Holding Company
Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills 2LP
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Big Brother & The Holding Company’s major label debut with the premiere release of Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills. Released at last under its original title (nixed by the label as too controversial a half century ago),Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills restores the band’s vision and intent in an essential new collection of rare performances including previously unreleased studio outtakes from the mythic 1968 sessions that generated Big Brother & The Holding Company’s Cheap Thrills, the breakout album that introduced Janis Joplin to the world. Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills debuts a previously unreleased live performance of “Ball and Chain,” recorded live at Winterland Ballroom on April 12, 1968.
Album includes a digital download.
- Number of discs: 2
- Label: Legacy
- Mono/Stereo: Stereo
- Catalog Number: 1907586353
Disc 1
- Combination of The Two (Take 3)
- I Need a Man to Love (Take 3)
- Summertime (Alternate Take)
- Piece of My Heart (Take 6)
- Harry (Take 10)
- Turtle Blues (Take 4)
- Oh, Sweet Mary
- Ball and Chain (Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA - April 12, 1968)
Disc 2
- Roadblock
- Magic of Love (Take 1)
- Oh Sweet Mary
- Flower In the Sun (Take 3)
- Catch Me Daddy (Take 1)
- Turtle Blues (Take 9)
- How Many Times Blues Jam
- Farewell Song (Take 5)