Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues

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Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues
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Studio album by
Lightnin' Hopkins
Released1961
RecordedOctober 1947–1951
StudioGold Star Studios, Houston, TX
GenreBlues
Length25:50
LabelCrown
CLP-5224
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues
(1958) 		Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues
(1961) 		Last of the Great Blues Singers
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]

Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues, also released as Original Folk Blues, is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins collecting tracks recorded between 1947 and 1951 that were originally released as 10-inch 78rpm records on the RPM label.[2][3][4] The album was released on the Mainstream Records low budget, Crown subsidiary and was an early 12-inch LP collections of Lightnin' Hopkins material recorded at Gold Star Studios to be released. In 1999 a double CD collection of was released containing all of the Hopkins recordings released by the RPM label along with several previously unreleased recordings.

Track listing[]

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

  1. "Just Sittin' Down Thinkin'" – 2:33
  2. "Jake Head Boogie" – 2:53
  3. "Lonesome Dog Blues" – 2:38
  4. "Tell Me Pretty Mama" – 3:03
  5. "Last Affair" – 2:55
  6. "Don't Keep My Baby Long" – 2:15
  7. "Santa Fe Blues" – 2:23
  8. "Give Me Back That Wig" – 1:56
  9. "Someday" – 2:38
  10. "Ain't It Lonesome" – 2:36

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Lightnin' Hopkins: Sings the Blues – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Crown Album Discography, Part 3: CLP-5201 to CLP-5299/CST-221 to CST-299 (1961–1963) accessed November 22, 2018
  3. ^ Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 22, 2018
  4. ^ O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 23 February 5, 2011 accessed November 22, 2018
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