Lightnin' Hopkins "Last Night Blues" & Sonny Terry 1st Press. Prestige/Bluesvill

$

150

Lightnin' Hopkins "Last Night Blues" with Sonny Terry (released 1960) is an original 1st Pressing on Prestige/Bluesville 1003. It's Deep Groove with RVG (Rudy Van Gelder) in run-off indicating he was engineering the session. Cover is VG- becasue of a 1" split at top and vinyl is Near Mint minus few light surface marks. Test played and it's rich and deep. This is an incredibly rich blues album and Lightnin' plays a lot of guitar in addition to his singing.
Last Night Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, with Sonny Terry, recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.
AllMusic stated: "Lightnin' Hopkins may be Texas's most distinctive and influential blues export. His easy, fluid fingerpicking and witty, extemporaneous storytelling are always a delight, and his performances on Last Night Blues are no exception. The album is spare and acoustic, with Hopkins's voice and guitar accompanied by minimal percussion and Sonny Terry's harmonica ... this dynamite disc represents what the blues should be: stripped-down, soulful, and full of truth". The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, noting: "Sonny Terry's contributions to Last Night Blues is entirely and discreetly responsive".
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted "Rocky Mountain" – 4:57 "Got to Move Your Baby" – 4:01 "So Sorry to Leave You" – 4:21 "Take a Trip With Me" – 5:04 "Last Night Blues" – 5:16 "Lightnin's Stroke" – 4:55 "Hard to Love a Woman" – 4:00 "Conversation Blues" (Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry) – 3:50
Personnel: Performance Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals Sonny Terry – harmonica, vocals Leonard Gaskin – bass Belton Evans – drums -------------------------------------------- As always there might be an occasional tick or pop on some of the vinyl which can be remedied by professional cleaning and using "Last" preservative to recondition the vinyl. All vinyl (except for sealed albums and new Mosaic Boxes) have been ultrasonic cleaned but LPs need to be cleaned every couple of years. All albums come with an external plastic protective cover. Wherever I can I include the original inner sleeve but put cleaned vinyl in a new white non-toxic paper sleeve. Wherever I can I include the original inner sleeve but put cleaned vinyl in a new white non-toxic paper sleeve.
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