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338) Cheap Thrills

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Posted Nov 01, 0003 12:00 AM

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Janis Joplin said, "we're just a sloppy group of street freaks." But these San Francisco acid rockers, one of the first Haight-Ashbury groups, were the most simpatico band she ever had, especially when its raw racket backs her up on "Piece of My Heart," perhaps her greatest recording.

Total album sales: Under 500,000

Peak chart position: 1

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