Joan is now a "hit" and, unfortunately, there were only about 5000 each of these 2 CDs that were pressed; their rarity makes them actively sought after by fans. I suggest looking hard if you are in the NYC area or asking persistently at your favorite local record shop (the privately owned ones, not the chain stores); also, you might keep a sharp eye out in magazines like Goldmine.
The original CDs are titled Soul Show (which is a live CD recorded at Delta 88 and features early, live versions of "Help Me" and Crazy Baby") and the Blue Million Miles EP, track listings below. I've heard both & they're real good. The EP is one of my friend's fave releases from the summer of '93 (see review below).

Osborne, Joan
Soul Show
1991 Womanly Hips Music
Time - 52:17
Tracks - 11
Catalog Number - 91JOB101
Source - CD
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Son of a Preacher Man
Flyaway
Get Up Jack
Crazy Baby
Fingerprints
Dreamin' About the Day
Help Me
Match Burn Twice
Wild World
4 Camels
Lady Madonna

Osborne, Joan
Blue Million Miles Review
1993 Swimming Pool Blue
Time - 13:40
Tracks - 3
Catalog Number - 9300102
Source - CD
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His Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Billie Listens (to Your Heartbeat)
What You Gonna Do

Volume - IV Issue - I, Spring 1994, Network Audio Bits & Audio Software Review
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Blue Million Miles
Joan Osborne (Swimming Pool Blue CD 9300102,Time - 13:40)

If you attended one of the H.O.R.D.E. festivals, you may well have seen Joan Osborne perform. She was on early, so you also may have missed her. If her shows were half as good as this EP then it would have been a shame to have arrived late.

Joan Osborne combines a number of styles, though her publicity sheet would like you to call her style 'alternative soul'. The 'alternative' influences include a sound that has roots in the downtown NYC scene. The soul part seems to come from inside, as it's not a Detroit thang, a Philly thang or a Memphis thang. I've heard that she can belt the blues, but these three tracks stay away from standard blues structures. "What You Gonna Do" does have a bit of a Joplin (Janis) feel to the vocals, the music is spare and has a somewhat hollow sound that makes things that much more haunting. "What You Gonna Do" was recorded live at the first ever New York Rock for Choice. The concert also included performances by Iggy Pop, David Byrne, Julianna Hatfield and Laurie Anderson. Joan fits right in.

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