![]() ![]() This subreddit is not officially affiliated with Vinyl Me, Please. This is intended to be a respectful, welcoming, and fun community Hateful and/or bigoted speech will not be allowed. ![]() We’re pretty lenient with comments sections going off-topic, but any thread that is completely unrelated to VMP will be removed ![]() Looking to use a referral code to sign up, or submit your own? Go here!Īll threads must be at least tangentially related to Vinyl Me, Please. Nice Guy || Gravediggaz - Six Feet Deep ||The Game - The DocumentaryĬLASSICS: John Coltrane - Sun Ship || Dinah Washington - For Those In Love || Dizzie Gillespie - AfroĬOUNTRY: John Michael Montgomery - John Michael Montgomery || Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes || Brad Paisley - 5th GearĬomplete List of Past Releases RECORD OF THE MONTH ĮSSENTIALS: Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning|| Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak || Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights) Why? Because we believe music is a necessary ingredient for a life well-lived, the heartbeat of our desire to know and be known. Since launching in January of 2013, our goal has been, and always will be to deliver personal listening experiences that help you not only discover your next favorite album, but yourself in the process.Įach day we make it our mission to search far and wide for incredible music that otherwise might go unnoticed all in an effort to deliver the richest, most meaningful listening experiences to our members. Vinyl Me, Please is a record of the month club that believes in the power of an album as an art form. Joplin was working with excellent musicians who raised her game accordingly.her voice has a new control and fluidity." Uncut (p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 - "PEARL was Joplin's most mature and diverse collection and suggested there was no limit to where she might have taken that extraordinary voice." Dirty Linen (p.55) - "n instant classic, featuring some of Joplin's most mature and well-played material." Mojo (Publisher) (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - " tight, Stax-influenced arrangements.The Best Damn Vinyl Me, Please Subreddit Out There Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.135) - Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "Women In Rock: The 50 Essential Albums" - ".Joplin helped invent modern country rock." Rolling Stone (2/18/71, p.48) - ".The voice cut off was clearly in its prime.there is every indication that Janis was working toward a new maturity and confidence.With PEARL it's a case of a conscious attempt to make something of Janis' talent simply having it won't do anymore." Rolling Stone (9/30/99, p.90) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - ".a poignancy that is as undeniable now as it was upon its posthumous release.'Me and Bobby McGee' is her greatest studio ightening beauty." Q (11/99, p.156) - 4 stars out of 5 - ".her most fully formed. Joplin died during the sessions for PEARL, making these tracks the final word on her towering talent and a superb addition to her enduring legacy. The dramatic "Cry Baby" is offset by the tongue-in-cheek a cappella number "Mercedes Benz," while Joplin's version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" went on to become her signature song. "A Woman Left Lonely" and Bobby Womack's "Trust Me" are rain-on-the-windows ballads that come alive with Joplin's gritty vocal brilliance, while the burbling "Move Over" and "Half Moon" are among her funkiest, most driving cuts. Guitarist John Till's riffs, chords, and solos, in particular, are exciting and tightly executed. Yet the band still grooves hard with the fierceness her voice demands. Gone are the ear-shattering sonics of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Full Tilt Boogie, the backing band here, steps in to offer a degree of polish and control that frames Joplin's vocals nicely. It is also one of great singer's most consistent and representative efforts. Janis Joplin's PEARL, from 1971, is a bluesy, organ-drenched benediction for the flower-child sound of the free-and-easy 60's. ![]()
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