Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin:

Cheap Thrills

Special Limited Edition, Numbered

RECORDED in 1968

RELEASED in 2016

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

DSD

Hybrid SACD

Stereo

 New & Sealed

AUDIOPHILE QUALITY

In many facets, Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills is the quintessential album to spring from the outcome of the Summer of Love. Best known as Janis Joplin's major-label debut, the 1968 set arrived when the countercultural movement was in full swing and before co-optation, drugs, and violence signaled the fall of the era. 

Ranked #338 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, it puts a female singer in the prominent position traditionally given to a male and showcases a band pouring a potent cocktail of fiery psychedelic, blues, and folk sounds that informed the unfettered creativity of the San Francisco scene. 

Produced by John Simon, Cheap Thrills also features one of the most iconic and elaborate album covers in history.

The iconic audiophile label's SACD reissue intensifies the quintet's storied sophomore effort, enhancing airiness, punch, energy, pacing, and dynamics. 

Joplin's hurricane-force singing reverberates with texture, grittiness, and volume. An arresting array of instrumental colors and tones comes on with clearer separation and depth. 

While previous pressings find the band and Joplin's voice in competition with one another for room, both emerge as distinct entities. 

Always noted for its rawness, Cheap Thrills sounds as close to live as it gets, an unadulterated portrait of nervy rock n' roll delivered with exuberant enthusiasm and all-out determination.

 This is music at is most visceral.

TRACKLIST

A1        Combination Of The Two

A2        I Need A Man To Love

B1        Summertime

B2        Piece Of My Heart

C1        Turtle Blues

C2        Oh, Sweet Mary

D1        Ball And Chain

WHAT ARE AUDIOPHILES SAYING

“Her voice is just stunning, and everyone here gave this album the energy for her soul to Soar higher than we could ever imagine.”

“Remember, this is Big Brother and the Holding Company, Featuring Janis Joplin. She joined the group after they had a group.... Totally Badass. Adding Joplin kicked the band into a higher level for sure.”

“This album is the fucking best she made. Bluesy, raw and a voice that people never heard before, and never will again. There are some very good female singers in the world, but Janis is in another dimension”

HYBRID SACD 

SACD STEREO

Super Audio CD (SACD) is a high-resolution audio format that offers superior sound quality and performance comparable to the original master recording. SACDs are ideal for audiophiles who want to hear music as the artist intended.

Can be played on a regular CD & DVD players 

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