Lightnin' Hopkins – Lightnin' Strikes
| Label: | Tradition Everest – 2103, Tradition Everest – TR 2103 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Style: | Texas Blues, Country Blues |
Tracklist
| A1 | Mojo Hand | 3:13 | |
| A2 | Little Wail | 2:50 | |
| A3 | Cotton | 5:57 | |
| A4 | Take Me Back | 2:55 | |
| A5 | Nothin' But The Blues | 5:15 | |
| B1 | Hurricane Betsy | 5:45 | |
| B2 | Guitar Lightnin' | 4:12 | |
| B3 | Woke Up This Morning | 4:20 | |
| B4 | Shake Yourself | 4:15 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios
Credits
- Bass – Jimmy Bond
- Drums – Earl Palmer
- Harmonica – Don Crawford
- Liner Notes – Jerry Schoenbaum
- Producer – David Hubert*
- Vocals, Guitar – Lightnin' Hopkins
Notes
[from back cover]
"The Everest Record Group ● Concourse Level ● 2020 Ave. of the Stars ● Century City, Ca. 90067"
"A Davon Music Corp. Production"
Recorded on October 4 & 5, 1965 in Los Angeles, USA.
Not to be confused with the modern reprint Lightnin' Strikes, with a reproduction of the outer jacket. (The inside of the jacket of this copy will be brown while the reprint should be white.)
"The Everest Record Group ● Concourse Level ● 2020 Ave. of the Stars ● Century City, Ca. 90067"
"A Davon Music Corp. Production"
Recorded on October 4 & 5, 1965 in Los Angeles, USA.
Not to be confused with the modern reprint Lightnin' Strikes, with a reproduction of the outer jacket. (The inside of the jacket of this copy will be brown while the reprint should be white.)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched ["Bell Sound" stamped]): TR-2103-A Bell Sound
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched ["Bell Sound" stamped]): TR-2103-B Bell Sound
Other Versions (5 of 29)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission | Lightnin' Strikes (LP, Album, Mono) | Verve Folkways | VLP 5014 | UK | 1966 | ||
New Submission | Lightnin' Strikes (LP, Album, Mono) | Verve Folkways, Verve Folkways | FV-9022, FV/FVS-9022 | US | 1966 | ||
New Submission | Lightnin' Strikes (LP, Album, Stereo) | Verve Folkways | FVS-9022 | US | 1966 | ||
New Submission | Lightnin' Strikes (LP, Album, Mono) | Verve Folkways | FV-9022 | Germany | 1966 | ||
New Submission | Lightnin' Strikes (LP, Album, Stereo) | Verve Folkways | SVLP 5014 | UK | 1966 |
Recommendations
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Released2016 — WorldwideVinyl —LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo
Released2021 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Repress, Stereo
Released1972 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released2020 — UK, Europe & USVinyl —LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Released1985 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Released1985 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Reviews
Another of those stunningly well recorded Lightnin' Hopkins records from the 60s, and an impeccable performance throughout.
I own top quality copies of all three Analogue Productions Hopkin's records from the Prestige Stereo Series. This 1972 Tradition Everest pressing here can comfortably go toe-to-toe with the best of them. And that's sayin' something! Get this record.
Said best by a reviewer of the other '72 Tradition Everest pressing, "...wow what a sound! ... It's as if the band are in the room with you. The bass is incredibly deep which really adds to the mood." Take that, and a warm wonderful reverb. You just melt right in.
I like me some Lightin' Hopkins - that's always for sure - and this album is fine as is. I do find the backup band is a little rough though, and kind of makes the whole set sound sloppy. They just don't sound rehearsed together all that much. The production is a bit stiff too. But you're never going to get a "bad" Lightin' album, so no real ding against it.
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