1966 MINT LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS Soul Blues GRITTY
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BEAUTIFUL
1966 SHRINK WRAP ORIGINAL
HAUNTING COUNTRY BLUES GRIT
TOP COPY
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS
SOUL BLUES
\ USA - blue & silver PRESTIGE RECORDS - 7377 ((MONO))
TOP COPY !!
MINT in original factory shrink wrapper ....
Original 1966 first pressing in glorious MONO ...
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Lightnin' Hopkins recorded and released some great records and it might be hard to know where to tell a person to start. But this record is as good a place as any, featuring LIGHTNIN' playing both with and without a band on electric and acoustic guitar. Country blues musicians such as Hopkins and contemporary Fred McDowell were not easy guys to accompany if you were a rhythm section. They frequently would change tempos and chord structures at will, and you had to be paying close attention to see a change coming or catch it quickly when it caught you off guard. There are a few places on this session where the songs almost break down but the vibe never wavers. Immaculately recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, this is one of Hopkin's best.
"I'm Going to Build Me A Heaven On My Own", which is dedicated "to all the womens of the world," is probably the strangest song I have ever heard from him. Coming off as at least partly improvised, it is a rambling, irreverent, and quite probably blasphemous bit of blues. Willie Dixon's "My Babe" is a perfect choice for Hopkins and you can easily appreciate why he was so influential as a guitarist-singer. "Too Many Drivers" is an environmental protest song about traffic congestion and greenhouse gases. "I'm a Crawling Black Snake" is a reworking of John Lee Hooker's "Crawling King Snake" for which he receives no credit. The last three cuts are particularly splendid. "Black Ghost Blues" is not recommended for the insomniacs out there. "Darling, Do You Remember Me?" is a uncharacteristically tender and melodic tune that is both stark and sweet -- "You're face / something I wanna see / Just to know darlin' / you used to enjoy with me / but hello, hello darling / baby, do you remember me?" The song is Hopkins all by himself - which makes us wonder if there was a full-band take that didn't quite work, prompting this version. It is particularly worth your attention because, freed from the obligations of playing with a rhythm section, we can see the logic of Hopkin's improvisational flights, unanchored one moment, back in the pocket the next. The last track is one of the best 'haunting' blues about death and dying that was ever committed to vinyl, sprinkled with Hopkins' own "gallows humor."
I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own
My Babe
Too Many Drivers
I'm a Crawling Black Snake
Rocky Mountain Blues
I Mean Goodbye
The Howling Wolf
Black Ghost Blues
Darling, Do You Remember Me
Lonesome Graveyard
Lightnin' Hopkins (vocals, guitar)
Leonard Gaskin (bass)
Herbie Lovelle (drums)
CONDITION: The Cover: MINT ... still in original factory shrink wrapper ... stiff solid and clean...a top copy with NO split seams, no bends, no writing ...one of the BEST copies seen...
The Vinyl: all glossy clean and smooth M- ...looks and plays BEAUTIFUL ...with clean labels too...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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