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WE BUY VINYL RECORD, CDS & MUSIC MEMORABILIA COLLECTIONS IN DERBYSHIRE

WHAT WE WANT.

We will travel to the below Derbyshire Towns and Derbyshire boroughs to buy your Rare Records, CD's and Pop Memorabilia in Derbyshire

Here are just a few examples of what we buy :

Records – vinyl LPs, 7-inch & 12-inch singles, EPs, 33 RPM, 45 RPM, Picture Discs, Coloured Vinyls, Test Pressings, Acetates, Demos and Promo/Promotional Items Compact Discs – CD Singles, CD/DVD singles, Limited Editions, 3” CD singles, Boxed Sets, 33 1/3 RPM, 78 RPM

Pop Memorabilia – Autographs, Guitars, Picks, Display Items, Photographs, Sheet Music, Vintage Clothing, handwritten lyrics, set lists, tour itinerary, stage props & costumes, paper goods, paintings, sketches, art, concert programmes, concert posters, tickets & stubbs, press kits, photographs, scrap books, Genesis Publications, Osiris, Hapshash & the Coloured Coat, Michael English, Ringo Or Robin, ROR, Apple Boutique items and anything interesting, unusual or downright weird.

Gold, Silver & Platinum Record Awards – Certified BPI, RIAA, IFPI or SNEP, authentic in-house variants, Grammy, Ivor Novello, ASCAP, publishing, plaques, shields, trophies, certificates & citations

Original 60s & 70s vinyl record pressings by The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Marc Bolan / T-Rex, David Bowie, Eric Clapton / Cream, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Velvet Underground, The Who, Neil Young, Frank Zappa and thousands more always required.

Jazz vinyl LPs by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Paul Gonsalves, Herbie Hancock, Art Pepper, Tina Brooks, Thelonious Monk, Jackie McLean, Shelly Manne, Sonny Clark, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Zoot Simms, Kenny Drew, Duke Pearson, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Ellis, Lennie Niehaus, Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver

British Jazz vinyl LPs by Neil Ardley, Gordon Beck, Bill le Sage, Ronnie Ross, Ian Carr, Jeff Clyne, Tony Coe, Mike Cotton, Michael Garrick, Michael Gibbs, Joe Harriott, John Mayer, Tubby Hayes, Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Harold McNair, Dudley Moore, Dick Morrissey, Mike Osborne, Stan Tracey, Tony Oxley, Don Rendell, Ronnie Scott, Victor Feldman, John Surman, Keith Tippett, Julie Tippett, Mike Westbrook

Pop record collections by Abba, Kate Bush, Mariah Carey, Duran Duran, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Spice Girls, U2

Punk, New Wave & Alternative collections by Blur, The Clash, The Cure, The Damned, Depeche Mode, The Jam / Paul Weller, Japan, David Sylvian, Joy Division, New Order, Nirvana, Oasis, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smiths, Morrissey, U2, Bono, The Edge, XTC

Rock & Metal collections by AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Deep Purple, Hawkwind, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Motorhead, Rush, ZZ Top

Genres - 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Pop, Beat, Rock, Progressive, Psychedelic, Freakbeat, Krautrock, Heavy Metal, Indie, Jazz (modern, be-bop, avant garde, Britjazz), Funk, Fusion, Blues, Soul, R&B, Punk, New Wave, Mod, 2-Tone, Ska, Reggae, Folk, Italo Disco, Library, Motown.

Labels - 4AD, A&M, ABC, Ace, Apple, Argo, Arista, Atco, Atlantic, Audio Lab, BBC, Bell, Bethlehem, Blue Horizon, Blue Note, Bronze, Brunswick, Buddah, Cadet, Capitol, Carnaby, Casablanca, CBS, Charisma, Chess, Chrysalis, Columbia, Contemporary, Coral, Cotillon, Dandelion, Dark Horse, Dawn, Decca, Deram, Disneyland, Dot, Dunhill, Elektra, Emarcy, Ember, EMI, Epic, Factory, Fantasy, Fontana, Geffen, Gordy, Harmony, Harvest, HMV, Immediate, Impulse!, Island, Kama Sutra, KPM, Liberty, London, Mainstream, Marmelade, MCA, Mercury, MGM, Monument, Motown, Neon, Odeon, Page One, Paramount, Parlophone, Philips, Planet, Polydor, Portrait, Prestige, Pye, Rare Earth, RCA, Regal Zonophone, Reprise, Ring O’, Riverside, Rolling Stone, Roulette, Savoy, Sire, Spark, Stax, Straight, Sue, Sun, Swan, Tamla, Threshold, Transatlantic, Tollie, Tower, Track, United Artists, Universal, Vanguard, Vee Jay, Vertigo swirl, Vertigo spaceship, Verve, Virgin, Volt, Warner, ZTT & etc. If we missed some, we probably need those too.

Swap your records for store credit.

Top Prices paid for MINT condition originals !

WHY SELL TO US?

Our experienced team of buyers has been sourcing records, CDs and music memorabilia collections for over 25 years - we like to keep things simple. We’re keen to purchase your quality collectables or second-hand vinyl records and CD's wherever you may be.

We will be pleased to quote for your mint condition items and we love to buy complete collections.

Sell to us with complete confidence and safety - we even refund your postage. If you have a large or valuable collection we can arrange to visit you.

No fees, no negative feedback, no excuses, no fuss. We buy outright and pay immediately.

We are a better than a Derbyshire high street record shop, independent record shop, record fair or any other place to sell your records in a Market, Town Centre or Derbyshire Shopping Centre, Center or Mall and we will pay more than a Derbyshire HMV, Our Price, Zavvi, Fopp, Virgin or Rough Trade shop. We buy unwanted Christmas / Xmas / Birthday gifts & presents from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

We are the world leader of online sellers & record dealers so make money and cash in on a collectable or blue chip record which has gathered dust for years

We also buy Records and CD collections in house clearances and from dead or deceased relatives in the North, South, East and West of Derbyshire

Our UK office is located in Kent although we travel worldwide. We have international offices located in Las Vegas USA, and Hiroshima City, Japan. We travel extensively to buy rare items and large collections.

Call us first on the numbers below if you have a collection to sell, or e-mail a detailed description of the items you have. Don’t delay… you may be surprised at what your records are worth!

CONTACT US

E-mail - buyers@991.com

Call FREE in the UK 0800 345 7551 | From outside the UK +44 (0)1474 815099

Contact our buyers direct on the following numbers:

Syd Franklin | UK +44(0)1474 816047
Queen, 70's Rock, any other Rock and Jethro Tull a speciality.

Mark Evetts | UK +44(0)1474 816064
Hendrix, Who, Queen, 70s, 80s, 90s Pop, Rock, Indie, Alternative, Metal, Punk, New Wave & Football expert.

Richard Austin | UK +44 (0)1474 816052
Our resident hippy - Art Pepper to Frank Zappa, via Tori Amos & Hawkwind.

Julian Thomas | UK +44 (0)1474 816069
60s & 70s, Beatles, Stones, Zep, Jazz vinyl collections - British, Modern & Avant Garde.

Rich Wilson | UK +44 (0)1474 816059
Jazz, Funk, Disco - strange & unusual preferred.

In Japan you can contact:
Yashuhiko Yashiki Tel / Fax - 0081-82-245-8830
email - Yashiki

Our postal address is:

991 Buyers
The Nine Nine One Building
Railway Sidings
Meopham
Kent DA13 0YS
England

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We will travel to the following Derbyshire Towns and Derbyshire boroughs to buy your Rare Records, CD's and Pop Memorabilia in Derbyshire

Abney, Albert Village, Aldercar, Alderwasley, Aldwark, Alfreton, Alkmonton, Allenton, Allestree, Alport, Alsop en le Dale, Alton, Alvaston, Ambaston, Amber, Apperknowle, Arkwright Town, Ashbourne, Ashford in the Water, Ashgate, Ashop, Ashopton, Ashover, Ashover Hay, Aston, Aston-on-Trent, Astwith, Atlow, Ault Hucknall, Bagshaw, Bakestone Moor, Bakewell, Ballidon, Bamford, Barber Booth, Bargate, Barlborough, Barlow, Barrow Hill, Barrow upon Trent, Baslow, Batemoor, Beeley, Beighton Hill, Belper, Belper Lane End, Belph, Biggin, Birch Vale, Birchover, Birdholme, Birleyhay, Blackbrook, Blackbrook, Blackwall, Blackwell, Bolehill, Bolsover, Bonsall, Boothgate, Borrowash, Boulton, Boulton Moor, Boylestone, Boylestonfield, Boythorpe, Brackenfield, Bradbourne, Bradford, Bradley, Bradwell, Bradwell Hills, Brailsford, Brailsford Green, Bramley, Bramley Vale, Brampton, Brassington, Breadsall, Breadsall Hilltop, Breaston, Bretby, Bretton, Bridgeholm Green, Bridgemont, Brightgate, Brimington, Brimington Common, Brindwoodgate, Broadholm, Brockhurst, Brookfield, Brookhouses, Brookside, Brough, Brushfield, Bubnell, Bullbridge, Bullhurst Hill, Burbage, Burnaston, Burntheath, Butterley, Buxton, Buxworth, Caldwell, Calke, Callow, Calow, Calow Green, Calton Lees, Calver, Calver Sough, Camphill, Canholes, Carr Vale, Carsington, Carsington Water, Cartledge, Castle Gresley, Castleton, Chaddesden, Chapel Milton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlestown, Charlesworth, Charnock Hall, Chellaston, Chelmorton, Cherrytree Hill, Chesterfield, Chesterfield Canal, Chinley, Chinley Head, Chisworth, Chunal, Church Broughton, Church Gresley, Church Mayfield, Church Wilne, Churchtown, Cinderhill, Clay Cross, Cliff, Clifton, Clowne, Coal Aston, Cock Alley, Cockyard, Codnor, Codnor Breach, Codnor Gate, Codnor Park, Cokhay Green, Combs, Common End, Common Side, Common Side, Commonside, Compton, Coplow Dale, Corbriggs, Cotes Park, Cotmanhay, Coton in the Elms, Coton Park, Cowers Lane, Cowhill, Cowley, Cowlow, Coxbench, Cressbrook, Creswell, Crewton, Crich, Crich Carr, Crist, Cromford, Cromford Canal, Cross Hill, Cross o'th hands, Crowden, Crowhole, Cubley Common, Curbar, Cutthorpe, Dalbury, Dale Abbey, Dale End, Dale Moor, Dalebank, Dane, Danesmoor, Darfoulds, Darley Abbey, Darley Bridge, Darley Dale, Darley Hillside, Deepclough, Denby, Denby Bottles, Denby Common, Derby, Derwent, Derwent Reservoir, Dimple, Doe Lea, Doehole, Dove, Dove Holes, Draycott, Dronfield, Dronfield Woodhouse, Duckmanton, Duffield, Duffieldbank, Dunsa, Dunston, Eagle Tor, Earl Sterndale, Eckington, Edale, Edale End, Edensor, Edlaston, Ednaston, Egginton, Egginton Common, Elmton, Elton, Elvaston, Emmett Carr, Erewash Canal, Errwood Reservoir, Etherow, Etherow, Etwall, Etwall Common, Eyam, Fairfield, Fallgate, Fallinge, Far Laund, Farhill, Farlands Booth, Farley, Farnah Green, Fenny Bentley, Fernilee, Fernlee Reservoir, Findern, Flagg, Flaxholme, Foolow, Ford, Foremark, Foremark Reservoir, Foston, Freebirch, Fritchley, Froggatt, Furness Vale, Gallows Inn, Gamesley, Glapwell, Glossop, Golden Valley, Gorseybank, Goseley Dale, Gosforth Valley, Gowhole, Goyt, Grangemill, Grassmoor, Great Cubley, Great Hucklow, Great Longstone, Great Wilne, Greenhillocks, Greenside, Grindleford, Grindlow, Grindsbrook Booth, Hadfield, Hady, Hales Green, Hallam Fields, Hallfield Gate, Hallowes, Hammersmith, Handley, Hardgatewall, Hardstoft, Hardstoft Common, Hare Edge, Harehill, Hargate Hill, Harlesthorpe, Harpur Hill, Hartshorne, Hasland, Hassop, Hathersage, Hathersage Booths, Hatton, Hayfield, Hazelwood, Heage, Heanor, Heanor Gate, Hearthstone, Heath, Heath End, Heathcote, Heathtop, Hepthorne Lane, High Moor, High Moor, High Peak, Higham, Highcliffe, Higher Dinting, Highfields, Highlane, Hilcote, Hill Somersal, Hill Top, Hillclifflane, Hillcross, Hills Town, Hilltop, Hilton, Hobroyd, Hodthorpe, Hognaston, Holbrook, Holbrook Moor, Holehouse, Holestone, Hollington, Hollington Grove, Hollingwood, Hollins, Holloway, Holme, Holmesdale, Holmesfield, Holmewood, Holmley Common, Holymoorside, Hope, Hopton, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Horwich End, Hull End, Hulland, Hulland Moss, Hulland Ward, Hundall, Ible, Idridgehay, Idridgehay Green, Ilkeston, Ingleby, Inkersall, Inkersall Green, Ireton Wood, Ironville, Jacksdale, Kedleston, Kelstedge, Kilburn, Killamarsh, King Sterndale, King's Mills, King's Newton, Kirk Hallam, Kirk Ireton, Kirk Langley, Kniveton, Knockerdown, Ladmanlow, Lane End, Lane Ends, Lane Head, Langley, Langley Common, Langley Green, Langley Mill, Langwith, Langwith Junction, Larklands, Lea, Leabrooks, Leadmill, Leam, Lee Head, Lees, Lidgate, Lightwood, Limekiln Field, Linton, Linton Heath, Litchurch, Little Bolehill, Little Chester, Little Cubley, Little Eaton, Little Hallam, Little Hayfield, Little Hucklow, Little Longstone, Littlemoor, Littleover, Litton, Litton Mill, Long Duckmanton, Long Eaton, Longcliffe, Longford, Longfordlane, Longlane, Longway Bank, Loscoe, Loundsley Green, Low Leighton, Lowedges, Lower Birchwood, Lower Crossings, Lower Hartshay, Lower Kilburn, Lower Midway, Lower Pilsley, Lower Thurvaston, Lullington, Mackworth, Makeney, Malcoff, Mapperley, Marehay, Markeaton, Markeaton Brook, Marlpool, Marsh Lane, Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Mastin Moor, Matlock, Matlock Bank, Matlock Bath, Matlock Bridge, Matlock Cliff, Matlock Dale, Mease, Melbourne, Mercaton, Mickleover, Mickley, Middle Handley, Middlecroft, Middleton, Middleton, Milford, Miller's Dale, Millers Green, Millington Green, Millthorpe, Milltown, Milton, Model Village, Monyash, Moorend, Moorfield, Moorhall, Moravian Settlement, Morley, Morley Park, Morley Smithy, Morleymoor, Morton, Mosborough, Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Mugginton, Muggintonlane End, Nether Booth, Nether Burrows, Nether End, Nether Handley, Nether Heage, Nether Loads, Nether Moor, Nether Padley, Netherseal, Netherthorpe, New Bolsover, New Brimington, New Horwich, New Houghton, New Mills, New Sawley, New Smithy, New Stanton, New Whittington, Newbold, Newhall, Newhaven, Newlands, Newton, Newton, Newton Solney, Noe, Norbury, Normanton, North Wingfield, Northedge, Northwood, Norwood, Oakerthorpe, Oaks Green, Oakwood, Ockbrook, Ogston Reservoir, Oker, Old Brampton, Old Dam, Old Glossop, Old Tupton, Old Whittington, Ollerbrook Booth, Openwoodgate, Osleston, Osmaston, Over Burrows, Over End, Over Haddon, Overseal, Owlcotes, Owler Bar, Oxclose, Oxcroft, Oxcroft Estate, Oxton Rakes, Padfield, Palmer Moor, Palterton, Park Head, Parkhouse Green, Parwich, Peak Dale, Peak Forest, Peak Forest Canal, Pear Tree, Peasehill, Penny Green, Pentrich, Perryfoot, Pikehall, Pilhough, Pilsley, Pilsley Green, Pleasley, Plumbley, Pomeroy, Pools Brook, Poolsbrook, Potter Somersal, Press, Pride Park, Priestcliffe, Priestcliffe Ditch, Pye Bridge, Pye Hill, Quarndon, Quarndon Common, Radbourne, Rawson Green, Renishaw, Repton, Riber, Riddings, Ridgeway, Ridgeway, Ridgeway Moor, Ripley, Rise End, Risley, Robin Hood, Rodsley, Rose Hill, Rosliston, Roston, Rother, Rowarth, Rowland, Rowsley, Rowthorne, Rylah, Sandiacre, Sapperton, Scarcliffe, Scotches, Scropton, Shacklecross, Shardlow, Shatton, Sheepbridge, Sheldon, Shelton Lock, Shipley, Shipley Common, Shipley Gate, Shirebrook, Shireoaks, Shirland, Shirley, Shirley Brook, Short Heath, Shottle, Shottlegate, Shuttlewood, Simmondley, Sinfin, Sinfin Moor, Slack, Slackhall, Slaley, Slatepit Dale, Sleet Moor, Smalldale, Smalley, Smalley Common, Smalley Green, Smisby, Smithy Houses, Snape Hill, Snelston, Snitterton, Somercotes, Somersal Herbert, South Normanton, South Wingfield, Southwood, Sparrowpit, Spinkhill, Spitalhill, Spondon, Spring Cottage, St Luke's, Staden, Stainsby, Stanfree, Stanley, Stanley, Stanley Common, Stanton by Bridge, Stanton Gate, Stanton in Peak, Stanton Lees, Stanton-by-Dale, Starkholmes, Staunton Harold Reservoir, Staveley, Stenson, Sterndale Moor, Stonebroom, Stonegravels, Stoney Middleton, Stoneyford, Stony Houghton, Street Lane, Stretton, Sudbury, Summerley, Sunny Hill, Sutton Brook, Sutton on the Hill, Sutton Scarsdale, Swadlincote, Swanwick, Swarkestone, Swathwick, Taddington, Tansley, Tansley Knoll, Tapton, Taxal, Temple Normanton, The Brushes, The Flourish, The Forties, The Gutter, The Hague, The Holmes, Thornhill, Thornsett, Thorpe, Thulston, Thurvaston, Tibshelf, Tibshelf Wharf, Ticknall, Tideswell, Tintwistle, Tissington, Toadmoor, Tomthorn, Toton, Town End, Town Head, Townend, Trent, Trent and Mersey Canal, Trentlock, Troway, Trowell, Trusley, Tunstead, Tupton, Turnditch, Turnstead Milton, Two Dales, Twyford, Twyford, Unstone, Unstone Green, Unthank, Upper Birchwood, Upper Booth, Upper End, Upper Hackney, Upper Hartshay, Upper Langwith, Upper Loads, Upper Midway, Upper Newbold, Upper Padley, Upper Town, Upperdale, Upperthorpe, Uppertown, Upperwood, Wadshelf, Waingroves, Waldley, Walton, Wardlow, Warmbrook, Wash, Waterloo, Waterside, Wensley, Wessington, West Broughton, West Edge, West Hallam, West Handley, Westbank, Westend, Westhouses, Weston Underwood, Weston-on-Trent, Westthorpe, Whaley, Whaley Bridge, Whaley Thorns, Whatstandwell, Wheatcroft, Wheston, White Moor, Whitehough, Whittington Moor, Whitwell, Wigley, Wilday Green, Williamthorpe, Willington, Wilsthorpe, Windley, Wingerworth, Wingfield Park, Winsick, Winster, Wirksworth, Wirksworth Moor, Woodlinkin, Woodseats, Woodside, Woodside, Woodthorpe, Woodville, Woolley, Wormhill, Wyaston, Wye, Yeaveley, Yeldersley Hollies, Youlgreave

Including all of the following Derbyshire boroughs and areas

Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derby, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire

And the following list of postcodes in Derbyshire DE1, DE11, DE12, DE21, DE22, DE23, DE24, DE3, DE4, DE45, DE5, DE55, DE56, DE6, DE65, DE7, DE72, DE73, DE74, DE75, S18, S32, S33, S40, S41, S42, S43, S44, S45, SK13, SK17, SK22, SK23

To see a list of all the other counties we buy in click here.

We will travel to all the following Countries England, Wales / Cymru, Scotland, Republic of Ireland / Éire, Northern Ireland, France / Française, Belgium / België / Belgique, United States and the Rest of the World

A FEW OF THE MOST RECENT ITEMS WE WANT...

MADONNA Express Yourself (Original 1989 UK limited edition 12" Picture Disc single, featuring the Non-Stop Express Mix and Stop & Go Dubs, housed in a clear PVC sleeve W2948TP)

Tracklisting: 1. Express Yourself - Non-Stop Express Mix 2. Express Yourself - Stop + Go Dubs

BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY Cheap Thrills (2015 limited edition Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 7-track double album 2-LP, mastered by Krieg Wunderlich on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, specially plated and pressed on 180-gram High-Definition Vinyl at 45RPM. Heavyweight gatefold picture sleeve with original album art, individually gold-foil numbered and still sealed inside its perforated loose bag)
#Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

Tracklisting: #338 ON ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME: FEARLESSNESS, TOUGHNESS, AND SYNERGY ON EVERY NOTE 1/4" / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe In many facets, Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills is the quintessential album to spring from the outcome of the Summer of Love. Best known as Janis Joplin's major-label debut, the 1968 set arrived when the countercultural movement was in full swing and before co-optation, drugs, and violence signaled the fall of the era. Ranked #338 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, it puts a female singer in the prominent position traditionally given to a male and showcases a band pouring a potent cocktail of fiery psychedelic, blues, and folk sounds that informed the unfettered creativity of the San Francisco scene. Produced by John Simon, Cheap Thrills also features one of the most iconic and elaborate album covers in history. Side One 1. Combination of the Two 2. I Need a Man to Love Side Two 1. Summertime 2. Piece of My Heart Side Three 1. Turtle Blues 2. Oh, Sweet Mary Side Four 1. Ball and Chain Cut at 45RPM and pressed on dead-quiet vinyl at RTI, the iconic audiophile label's analog reissue intensifies the quintet's storied sophomore effort. Due to the wider grooves, this pressing benefits from increased spaciousness, punchiness, energy, pacing, and dynamics. Joplin's hurricane-force singing reverberates with texture, grittiness, and volume. An arresting array of instrumental colors and tones comes on with clearer separation and depth. While previous pressings find the band and Joplin's voice in competition with one another for room, both emerge as distinct entities. Always noted for its rawness, Cheap Thrills sounds as close to live as it gets, an unadulterated portrait of nervy rock n' roll delivered with exuberant enthusiasm and all-out determination. This is music at is most visceral. Having drawn national attention for their legendary performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, Big Brother and Joplin faced huge expectations to deliver a studio set that would convey their onstage vibrancy and potency. Cheap Thrills does this and more, becoming one of 1968's most commercially successful releases that remained on the charts the week Joplin announced her separation from the ensemble. Contrary to popular belief, only one of the album's songs, "Ball and Chain," was recorded live. Everything else owes to the unhinged, spirit-elevating performances and true collaboration between vocalist and band that manifests itself throughout the record's 37-minute-plus running time. Merging biker-babe ruggedness with wounded-bird poignancy, Joplin's expressive belting, mega-watt moaning, and sensitive crooning take center stage. Yet her bandmates match every step with explosive rhythms, heavy guitar-driven blues, and assertive solos that take inspiration from free-form jazz. Indeed, Cheap Thrills still exhilarates not only due to Joplin's almighty singing but because of boundary-shredding arrangements that reflect the period's anything-is-possible mindset. More so than any other musicians Joplin encountered, the members of Big Brother pushed limits on convention via soirees into acid-dipped psychedelia and its orbiting sonic galaxies. Together, they aim and achieve an aural mythos that makes a permanent connection between artist and audience by way of eliminating traditional divisions. Such communal power is evident on the mind-bending version of Big Mama Thornton's "Ball and Chain" and insistent, sinewy "I Need a Man to Love." It's also obvious during quieter moments, whether the tripped-out, twisted, and curvaceous contours of George and Ira Gershwin's "Summertime" or restrained, throwback acoustic blues of "Turtle Blues." Yes, Joplin presents and rallies against loneliness and desperation in a cathartic language few had heard before or since. What's even more significant is the fearlessness, toughness, synergy, and sexual danger pulsing through every song, including the take-on-all-comers challenge "Piece of My Heart," which the collective attacks with career-making ferocity. Like Robert Crumb's daring pop-art illustrations that grace the cover, they simultaneously lure and dare the listener to enter a space where outsiders run free and where outlaws are heard above the mainstream din.

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