Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills, Big Brother & The Holding Company’s Major Label Debut, Released Under Original Title and Restored to Full Glory for 50th Anniversary of Janis Joplin’s Final Album with the Band.

Released at under its original title (nixed by the label as too controversial a half century ago), Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills restores the band’s vision and intent in an essential new collection of 30 rare performances including 29 studio outtakes (25 previously unreleased) from the mythic 1968 sessions that generated Big Brother & The Holding Company’s Cheap Thrills, the breakout album that introduced Joplin to the world. Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills debuted a previously unreleased live performance of “Ball and Chain,” recorded live at Winterland Ballroom on April 12, 1968. Includes liner notes penned especially for this commemorative release by Jefferson Airplane front-woman Grace Slick and Big Brother & The Holding Company drummer David Getz.