

Rock
BluesRock Psychedelic band, formed 1965 in San Francisco, California, USA.
Janis Joplin - vocals
James Gurley - guitar
Sam Andrew - guitar
Peter Albin - bass
Dave Getz - drums
Cheap Thrills is the second studio album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, released on August 12, 1968 by Columbia Records. Cheap Thrills was the band's final album with lead singer Janis Joplin before she left to begin a solo career. Producer John Simon incorporated recordings of crowd noises to give the impression of a live album, for which it was subsequently mistaken by many listeners. Only "Ball and Chain" was actually recorded live in concert, at the grand opening of the Fillmore East on March 8, 1968.
In a contemporary review, Rolling Stone magazine's John Hardin panned Cheap Thrills: "What this record is not is 1) a well-produced, good rock and roll recording; 2) Janis Joplin at her highest and most intense moments; and 3) better than the Mainstream record issued last year."
Robert Christgau was more enthusiastic in his column for Esquire and called it Big Brother's "first physically respectable effort", as it "not only gets Janis's voice down, it also does justice to her always-underrated and ever-improving musicians."
Combination Of The Two 5:45
I Need A Man To Love 4:56
Summertime 3:59
Piece Of My Heart 4:12
Turtle Blues 4:21
Oh, Sweet Mary 4:16
Ball And Chain 9:30mp3 320