The Pearl Sessions

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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.

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Move Over"	Janis Joplin	3:43
2.	"Cry Baby"	Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns	3:58
3.	"A Woman Left Lonely"	Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham	3:29
4.	"Half Moon"	John Hall, Johanna Hall	3:53
5.	"Buried Alive in the Blues"	Nick Gravenites	2:27
6.	"My Baby"	Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman	3:45
7.	"Me and Bobby McGee"	Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster	4:31
8.	"Mercedes Benz"	Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure	1:47
9.	"Trust Me"	Bobby Womack	3:17
10.	"Get It While You Can"	Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman	3:28
11.	"Me and Bobby McGee" (alternate version)	Kristofferson, Foster	4:11
12.	"Half Moon" (alternate version)	John Hall, Johanna Hall	3:56
13.	"Cry Baby" (alternate version)	Ragovoy, Berns	4:00
14.	"Get It While You Can" (alternate version)	Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman	3:29
15.	"Move Over" (alternate version)	Janis Joplin	3:42
16.	"A Woman Left Lonely" (alternate version)	Spooner Oldham	4:48

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Overheard in the Studio"		0:40
2.	"Get It While You Can" (Take 3: 7.27.70)	Mort Shuman	3:39
3.	"Overheard in the Studio"		1:39
4.	"Get It While You Can" (Take 5: 7.27.70)	Mort Shuman	3:46
5.	"Overheard in the Studio"		2:30
6.	"Move Over" (Take 6: 7.27.70)	Janis Joplin	4:06
7.	"Move Over" (Take 13: 7.28.70)	Janis Joplin	4:38
8.	"Move Over" (Take 17: 7.28.70)	Janis Joplin	4:08
9.	"Me and Bobby McGee" (Demo Version 7.28.79)	F. Foster, Kris Kristofferson	4:48
10.	"Me and Bobby McGee" (Take 5: Alternate: 7.28.79)	F. Foster, Kris Kristofferson	4:51
11.	"Cry Baby" (Alternate Version 9.5.70)	Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns	4:59
12.	"A Woman Left Lonely" (Alternate Vocal 9.9.70)	Spooner Oldham	3:36
13.	"Overheard in the Studio"		2:28
14.	"My Baby"	Mort Shuman	3:56
15.	"Overheard in the Studio"		2:54
16.	"Get It While You Can" (Take 3: 9.11.70)	Mort Shuman	3:33
17.	"My Baby"	Mort Shuman	4:00
18.	"Pearl"	Full Tilt Boogie Band	4:31
19.	"Tell Mama" (Live 7.28.70)	M. Daniel	6:38
20.	"Half Moon" (Live 8.3.70)	John Hall, Johanna Hall	4:07

Personnel

• Janis Joplin – vocals, guitar on "Me and Bobby McGee"
• Richard Bell – piano
• Ken Pearson – organ
• John Till – electric guitar
• Brad Campbell – bass guitar
• Clark Pierson – drums

Additional personnel

• Bobby Womack – acoustic guitar on "Trust Me"
• Bobbye Hall – conga, percussion
• Phil Badella, John Cooke, Vince Mitchell – backing vocals
• Sandra Crouch – tambourine
• Robert Honablue - engineer