Tuesday, September 23, 2008

[MRL 311] Lightning Hopkins - The Blues





Reissued in '91 with 3 extra tracks


Previously issued in 65 as S/6040
Cover Art - Jack Lonshein / Liner Notes - Nat Hentoff


Lightnin' Hopkins - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Donald Cooks - Bass
Connie Kroll - Drums



A1 Hello Central (3:03)
A2 Coffee Blues (2:59)
A3 Long Way From Texas (2:29)
A4 Mad As I Can Be (2:53)
A5 New Short-Haired Woman (2:20)
A6 Gotta Move (2:24)
B1 Everybody's Down On Me (2:57)
B2 Freight Train (2:49)
B3 Prayin' Ground Blues (2:55)
B4 Don't Think I'm Crazy (2:45)
B5 Dirty House Blues (2:55)
B6 Everything Happens To Me (2:42)



Feb. 13, 1965 Billboard review



All Lightnin' Hopkins tracks reissued in MRL series are also available on Ground Hog Blues which compiles every recording he made for Shad between '50 and '52.

2 comments:

cheeba said...

Reissue under Blues Train available here:

http://zerogsound.blogspot.com/2008/09/lightnin-hopkins-blues-train-1951.html


and here:


http://serloe-pureblues.blogspot.com/2008/12/lightnin-hopkins-blues-train.html

Anonymous said...

Ground Hog Blues - Sittin' In With Sessions compiles all tracks Hopkins recorded for Shad's label and can be found here:

http://sharebee.com/a0d4b7b1