Big Brother & Holding Comany 1st Press US LP Cheap Thrills VG+ '68 KCS9700 Psych
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Jun 20, 2025 Sold Date
May 15, 2025 Start Date
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Big Brother & Holding Comany 1st Press US LP Cheap Thrills VG+ '68 KCS9700 Psych


Original 1st Press US LP released in 1968 on the 360 Sound stereo Red Columbia Records label. Cat: KCS 9700. Comes in gatefold sleeve. Santa maria pressing.
Uncovered in the out back of N.S.W. this record is part of a recent collection stored and unplayed for the last 20 years. Collected during the 90's and mostly sourced from overseas kept in a cool dry cellar there are some tasty gems on offer and we look forward to listing them over the next few months. All records have been professionally cleaned and play tested and graded conservatively.
Cheap Thrills, the major-label debut of Janis Joplin, was one of the most eagerly anticipated, and one of the most successful, albums of 1968. Joplin and her band Big Brother & the Holding Company had earned extensive press notice ever since they played the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, but for a year after that their only recorded work was a poorly produced, self-titled album that they'd done early in their history for Mainstream Records; and it took the band and the best legal minds at Columbia Records seven months to extricate them from their Mainstream contract, so that they could sign with Columbia. All the while, demand continued to build, and they still faced the problem of actually delivering something worthy of the press they'd been getting Columbia even tried to record them live on-stage on the tour they were in the midst of when the new contract was signed, but somehow the concert tapes from early March of 1968 didn't capture the full depth of their work. So they spent March, April, and May in the studio with producer John Simon and, miraculously, emerged with something that was as exciting as anything they'd done on-stage.

 Tracks : Combination of the two/ I need a man to love/ Summertime/ Piece of my heart/ Turtle blues/ Oh, sweet Mary/ Ball and chain.

  There are some light spindle marks on labels.  Record has some light scuff marks and very light scratches that cause some light crackles in parts and is in VG+ condition. Gatefold cover has the start of a seam split on centre of spine, and seam splits on centre of bottom and top edges and some light marks and is in VG condition.

Wrapping method: All records are sent in stiff cardboard mailers then wrapped in brown paper and sealed around edges with brown packaging tape. Records are taken out of sleeve to avoid seam splits and ring wear.


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 1678 (GS 9.8.2 (1678))


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