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Cheap Thrills

album by Big Brother & the Holding Company
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  • R. Crumb

    …was tapped to draw the Cheap Thrills album cover for a band named Big Brother & the Holding Company, which featured the up-and-coming blues vocalist Janis Joplin.

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    …was tapped to draw the Cheap Thrills album cover for a band named Big Brother & the Holding Company, which featured the up-and-coming blues vocalist Janis Joplin.

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  • Janis Joplin
    Janis Joplin
    / Stardom and Cheap Thrills

    …album for major label Columbia, Cheap Thrills (1968), went to number one (the single “Piece of My Heart” reached number 12), and onetime “ugly duckling” Joplin continued her transformation into a strong-willed, sexually aggressive rock icon.

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    …album for major label Columbia, Cheap Thrills (1968), went to number one (the single “Piece of My Heart” reached number 12), and onetime “ugly duckling” Joplin continued her transformation into a strong-willed, sexually aggressive rock icon.

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