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  • The Blues Box, 1966 on Verve Folkways.

    The Blues Box, 1966 on Verve Folkways.

    3xLP box set featuring Lightnin’ Hopkins, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and Jimmy Witherspoon. On a couple of sides Hopkins plays with Terry & McGhee. The recordings were all made in Los Angeles – the first two LPs are taken from the Ash Grove on July 6th and 7th, 1960, and the third LP says…

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Strikes, 1962 on Vee Jay Records.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Strikes, 1962 on Vee Jay Records.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Strikes, 1962 on Vee Jay Records. My copy is a 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue One of two 60s Lightnin’ Hopkins albums by this title – the other is a 1966 Verve Folkways release that was later reissued as Nothin’ But the Blues.

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown. My copy is a later reissue with different cover art on United / Superior. Not sure when the trend of cover art of random women on blues albums started but a great LP

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins, Double Blues, 1972 on Fantasy.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Double Blues, 1972 on Fantasy.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Double Blues, 1972 on Fantasy. Continuing on the blues compilation front, this reissued tracks from the Prestige LPs Down Home Blues and Soul Blues from the 60s. Fantasy was a label out of Berkely CA that first issued Dave Brubeck and Creedence Clearwater Revival and then purchased rights to the catalogs of Prestige,…

  • Crazy Heart, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2010 on New West

    Crazy Heart, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2010 on New West

    Crazy Heart, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2010 on New West Ryan Bingham, T-Bone Burnett, Jeff Bridges, plus songs from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Buck Owens, and Kitty Wells. “It’s funny how fallin’ feels like flyin’ / for a little while” I preferred this soundtrack (and movie) to any of the versions of A Star Is Born.

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins, Self-Titled, 1959 on Folkways.

    Lightnin’ Hopkins, Self-Titled, 1959 on Folkways.

    Reissue by Vinyl Lovers on 180g vinyl Lightnin’ Hopkins 1959 self-titled