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Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins

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Format: Vinyl
Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
Rel. Date: 07/27/2018
UPC: 093070382213

Lightnin' Hopkins
Artist: Lightnin' Hopkins
Format: Vinyl
New: Available to Order - Not In Our Store $23.98
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Penitentiary Blues
2. Bad Luck And Trouble
3. Come Go Home With Me
4. Trouble Stay 'way From My Door
5. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
6. Goin' Back To Florida
7. Reminiscences Of Blind Lemon
8. Fan It
9. Tell Me, Baby
10. She's Mine

More Info:

New vinyl reissue remastered from the original 1959 master tapes, packaged in classic Folkways-style tip-on jackets with original liner notes. Texas bluesman Samuel “Lightnin’” Hopkins’ musical career was reignited by this 1959 release. With the aid of a little gin and a borrowed acoustic guitar, musicologist Sam Charters recorded Hopkins in his tiny apartment in Houston, Texas. The result is nine tracks of pure country blues and Hopkins’ reminiscences of his time performing with Blind Lemon Jefferson. The vinyl reissue of Lightnin’ Hopkins features superbly remastered sound and includes liner notes written by Sam Charters. This reissue is part of Folkways Records’ 70th anniversary celebration series, revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albums released on the record label.

        
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