Herald Recordings - 1954

Lightnin' Hopkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000008I3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,871 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Texas Blues
  • #21 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Traditional Blues

Track Listings

1. Hear Me Talkin'

2. Nothin' But the Blues

3. Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty

4. Lightnin's Boogie

5. Life I Used to Live

6. Hopkins' Sky Hop

7. Sick Feelin' Blues

8. Evil Hearted Woman

9. My Little Kewpie Doll

10. Blues for My Cookie

11. Sittin' Down Thinkin'

12. Lightnin's Stomp

13. Lightnin' Don't Feel Well

14. My Baby's Gone

15. Lonesome in Your Home

16. Flash Lightnin'

17. Shine On, Moon!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lightnin' at his most rockin', May 11, 2000

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Tim Weber (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Herald Recordings - 1954 (Audio CD)

He's rarely credited with it, but Lightnin' Hopkins' raucous 1954 instrumental "Hopkins' Sky Hop" was reasonably close to being the earliest rock 'n' roll record. While this CD is certainly blues - and of a high order - Lightnin' is definitely at his sweatiest and rawest here, cranking out several up-tempo numbers with a drummer chasing him. Don't get the wrong idea, though; there's plenty of Lightnin's fine slow country blues, including "Sick Feelin' Blues", "My Baby's Gone" and "Sittin' Down Thinkin'". As usual for the Collectables label, there's no liner information whatsoever and sound is merely OK. But the music is quite good. Note that Collectables also produced a second "Herald Recordings" disc which, in a shameful move, reproduces five of the cuts from Vol. 1, four with different titles!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We Will Never Have This Again, February 5, 2005

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Gleet (Oak Park, Il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Herald Recordings - 1954 (Audio CD)

I bought this yesterday after buying a couple of old Hopkins Lps (and, yes, the old albums ALWAYS sound better than a CD, no humble opinion about it)...this music is earth shattering to me, the nature of it is so primal and real...this is the kind of stuff that could wipe out a whole American Idol audience with just 12 bars...and the guitar sound on it...how is this man not have a statue somewhere (maybe he does in Iraq)...it is such a grievous affair to think about the state of music in this country(which is, sadly, a huge feedbag for the rest of the world for some reason) and to compare it to just this one example of Lightnin' Hopkins talent...this is the equivalent of the lost arc of the covenant, I mean this type of music and energy, if America ever finds it we wouldn't know what to do with it...They would have an easier time marketing the arc, I'm sure...don't read this, listen to the damn thing already...