Sam Lightnin' Hopkins- Folkways Blues FS 3822 RARE Original LP (Vinyl EX) INSERT
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ORIGINAL 1959 USA PRESSING LP WITH ORIGINAL INSERT - BLUE/SILVER LABELS - - HAS ORIGINAL SLEEVE WITH SECTION FOR LP AND ONE FOR THE INSERT- VERY RARE COLLECTABLE ITEM IN NICE CONDITION
Folkways' Lightnin' Hopkins LP was recorded in 1959. Upon its initial release, it was a pivotal part of the blues revival and helped re-spark interest in Hopkins. Before it was recorded, the bluesman had disappeared from sight; after a great deal of searching, Sam Charters found Hopkins in a rented one-room apartment in Houston. Persuading Lightnin' with a bottle of gin, Charters convinced Hopkins to record ten songs in that room, using only one microphone. The resulting record was one of the greatest albums in Hopkins' catalogue, a skeletal record that is absolutely naked in its loneliness and haunting in its despair. These unvarnished performances arguably capture the essence of Lightnin' Hopkins better than any of his other recordings, and it is certainly one of the landmarks of the late-'50s/early-'60s blues revival.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
Penitentiary Blues
Bad Luck And Trouble
Come Go Home With Me
Trouble Stay Way From My Door
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Side Two
Goin' Back To Florida
Reminiscences Of Blind Lemon
Fan It
Tell Me Baby
She's Mine
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