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First impression of the first UK edition. Large format paperback original. Profusely illustrated. ***Good in thin illustrated card covers, with the original cover price of £1.25. Covers worn and scuffed, especially along the spine and edges. Front cover lightly stained. Some loss to the paper at the top and tail of the spine, and a reading crease. No inscriptions. ***275mm x 210mm. 154 pages printed on newspaper quality paper. ***Contents: Part One - Southern Tales, Part Two - The Mechanics of Ecstasy, Part Three - The Catterpillar on the Leaf, Part Four - Entrain'd Seas, Part Five - Photographs, Part Six - Fugitive Pieces [Excerpts from Rolling Stone]. ***Janis Lyn Joplin (Jan 19, 1943 - Oct 4, 1970) was an American rock, soul, and blues singer and songwriter, and one of the most successful and widely known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the very young age of 27. A fourth album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the Billboard charts. In 1967, Joplin rose to fame following an appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. After releasing two albums with the band, she left Big Brother to continue as a solo artist with her own backing groups, first the Kozmic Blues Band and then the Full Tilt Boogie Band. She appeared at the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Her most popular songs include her cover versions of "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", and "Summertime"; and her original song "Mercedes Benz", her final recording. ***First impression of the true first edition, a paperback original - a tribute to Janis Joplin. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7028
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