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‘SEX, DOPE and CHEAP THRILLS’ RELEASED NOVEMBER 2018

Big Brother & the Holding Company‘s Cheap Thrills

Janis Joplin‘s breakout album and her final one with the band — will be reissued on November 30th via Columbia/Legacy Recordings. The 50th anniversary set will be released under its original title, Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills, which Columbia considered too controversial in 1968.

Read Althea Legaspi’s full Rolling Stone article.

 

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Big Brother and The Holding Company’s music continues to make waves across film, TV, and video.
“Summertime” from Cheap Thrills is featured in a stunning new video ad for Saint Laurent, while “Piece of My Heart” (also from Cheap Thrills) recently appeared in an episode of the latest season of the MAX TV series Hacks.

painting NATASHA ROBINSON

MUSIC

  1. Big Brother and the Holding Company SUMMERTIME 4:01
  2. Big Brother and the Holding Company DOWN ON ME 2:07
  3. Big Brother and the Holding Company BALL & CHAIN 9:38

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  1. Big Brother and the Holding Company SUMMERTIME 4:01
  2. Big Brother and the Holding Company DOWN ON ME 2:07
  3. Big Brother and the Holding Company BALL & CHAIN 9:38