Cheaper Thrills [Import, Live]

Big Brother and The Holding Company | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Acadia Records
• ASIN: B00004WMZR
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,654 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw Beauty, May 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Cheaper Thrills (Audio CD)

I have been a fan of Janis Joplin since I was a child, something about her has always been absolutely magnetic and disturbingly un-airbrushed, so raw and brilliantly sorrowful. And while I adore anything and everything she sings, because she puts all of herself into it all, and does in fact end up paying the ultimate price, her stuff with Big Brother and the Holding Company is I believe the best. This collection is wonderful, untouched, just taken right from tapes provided from the place they played at before they got big. I am a Janis completist and have never heard a few of these songs before, and they are awesome. Guitar is amazing. Janis is lovely. This is a must for all ... Big Brother fans. Love and Entertaining Dreams.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early psychedelic explosions of unbelievable brilliance, July 29, 2007

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Unhinged17 (MD, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cheaper Thrills (Audio CD)

I've owned Cheaper Thrills on LP since the mid-eighties, when as a young "enthusiast" I stumbled across it. Glad to see it's now on CD. This is one of those that just gets better the more one listens to it, until it becomes a part of the psyche and a foundation of one's internal musics. Brilliant, raw, unpolished very early concert performance, pre-"Summer of Love" and when psychedelia in the SF area was in full, undiluted, innocent bloom. If you're a BBHC fan, it's a must. If you're a Janis fan, it's unpolished, will take some getting used to, but if you give it time and patience it will pay off in spades. One of my top ten, totally inspirational, fun, and creatively uplifting. Fantastic pictures and liner notes. I couldn't imagine living without it.