Big Brother & The Holding Company Share ‘Piece of My Heart’ Unreleased Outtake

Columbia/Legacy Recordings has shared a previously unreleased version of Big Brother & the Holding Company‘s signature song “Piece of My Heart.” The track comes from their forthcoming release Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the record that introduced the world to Janis Joplin.

The new collection, which will be available on November 30, features 25 previously unreleased tracks culled from the 1968 sessions for Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills. The then controversial album title was later shortened to Cheap Thrills by their record label. The release will be available as a 30-track, two-CD edition and a 16-track, two-LP version with both featuring liner notes penned by Jefferson Airplane frontwoman Grace Slick and Big Brother & The Holding Company drummer David Getz. “I see Cheap Thrills as a time capsule for the year 1968,” shared Getz. “That year might have been the moment when it all came to a boil for Big Brother, Janis and the entire 1960s, acid-infused, revved-to-the-max, counter-culture generation.” Listen to a “Piece of My Heart (Take 4),” which appears on the two-CD version of the album, below via Consequence of Sound:

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Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills CD Tracklisting

Disc One

1. Combination Of The Two (Take 3)
2. I Need A Man To Love (Take 4)
3. Summertime (Take 2) *
4. Piece Of My Heart (Take 6)
5. Harry (Take 10)
6. Turtle Blues (Take 4)
7. Oh, Sweet Mary
8. Ball And Chain (live, The Winterland Ballroom, April 12, 1968)
9. Roadblock (Take 1) *
10. Catch Me Daddy (Take 1)
11. It’s A Deal (Take 1) *
12. Easy Once You Know How (Take 1) *
13. How Many Times Blues Jam
14. Farewell Song (Take 7)

Disc Two

1. Flower In The Sun (Take 3)
2. Oh Sweet Mary
3. Summertime (Take 1)
4. Piece of My Heart (Take 4)
5. Catch Me Daddy (Take 9)
6. Catch Me Daddy (Take 10)
7. I Need A Man To Love (Take 3)
8. Harry (Take 9)
9. Farewell Song (Take 4)
10. Misery’n (Takes 2 & 3)
11. Misery’n (Take 4)
12. Magic Of Love (Take 1) *
13. Turtle Blues (Take 9)
14. Turtle Blues (last verse Takes 1-3)
15. Piece Of My Heart (Take 3)
16. Farewell Song (Take 5)

All tracks previously unreleased except*