Lightnin’ Hopkins – The Blues Giant (Remastered) (1973/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]
Lightnin’ Hopkins – The Blues Giant (Remastered) (1973/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:12 minutes | 693 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Olympic Records
Samuel John “Lightnin'” Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
The musicologist Robert “Mack” McCormick opined that Hopkins is “the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act”.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Mojo Hand Anthology (1993/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:52:19 minutes | 1019 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fire Records
MOJO HAND is widely regarded as one of the true masterpieces from Hopkins’ catalog. The material ranges from classic blues to R&B-flavored numbers. There’s even a charming novelty Christmas blues, titled SANTA. These are moody and powerful performances. Despite the variety, the album is remarkably cohesive becuase Hopkins’ amalgamation of styles can be heard within each song.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’s Boogie: Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club (Remastered) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:19 minutes | 539 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Justin Time Records Inc.
On June 23, 1977, Sam ‘Lightnin’ Hopkins walked onto a small stage in a smoke & whisky filled club in Montreal and proceeded to lay down arguably his last great performance before his death 5 years later. “Lightnin’s Boogie – Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club” – remastered and available on vinyl for the first time – reveals a master blues man still in full control of his many talents and working the crowd to “Get Up Off O’ Yo’”.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ Strikes (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 31:44 minutes | 199 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Samuel John “Lightnin'” Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982)[1] was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
The musicologist Robert “Mack” McCormick opined that Hopkins is “the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act”.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ in New York (1960/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:28 minutes | 374 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Candid
Lightnin’ in New York is an album by the blues musician Lightnin’ Hopkins, recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label the following year.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ (The Blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 40:50 minutes | 379 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Samuel John “Lightnin'” Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982)[1] was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
The musicologist Robert “Mack” McCormick opined that Hopkins is “the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act”.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Last Night Blues (1960/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 36:42 minutes | 346 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Last Night Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin’ Hopkins, with Sonny Terry, recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Houston & Shreveport Sessions ’63 to ’69 (Remastered) (1969/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:56:32 minutes | 1,76 GB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jewel Records
Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins career was both long and fruitful. He performed live for six decades and recorded for over 30 years amassing a catalogue that was larger than almost any of his contemporaries. Not only was he prolific but he was also a great raconteur and a very good live performer with an ‘act’ honed to perfection at pre-war dances and parties. His guitar playing was unconventional, some have even called it ragged, but it is not as a guitarist that he will be remembered. Somehow the way he set his songs seemed totally apposite and it gave everything he did an authenticity that few others were ever able to match.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – From the Vaults Lightnin’ Hopkins Rarities (1966/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:22:46 minutes | 818 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jewel Records
Sam Hopkins was a Texas country bluesman of the highest caliber whose career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, Hopkins watched the genre change remarkably, but he never appreciably altered his mournful Lone Star sound, which translated onto both acoustic and electric guitar. Hopkins’ nimble dexterity made intricate boogie riffs seem easy, and his fascinating penchant for improvising lyrics to fit whatever situation might arise made him a beloved blues troubadour.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Fishing Clothes, Vol. 2 (1968)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:18:39 minutes | 798 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jewel Records
These 22 sides offer a very telling portrait of Texas blues giant Lightnin’ Hopkins between 1965 and 1969 when he was recording for Jewel. Almost all of these sides are electric, many of them up-tempo idiosyncratic takes on Texas jump blues or far Western versions of Delta music. West Side has done a fine if not exemplary job of cleaning up sound and getting dates correct, as well as the sidemen.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Autobiography in Blues (1960/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:41 minutes | 260 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Everest Records
The famous bluesman’s stellar recordings for Tradition epitomized Lightnin’s spare “country blues” which was in contrast to the brash and bold Chicago blues so commercially appealing at the time. Lightnin’ started his career singing on Houston’s street corners for change and drink and his best performances are those intimate concerts. Lightnin’s first two albums for Tradition (AUTOBIGRAPHY IN BLUES and COUNTRY BLUES) were just that-down and dirty, out and out blues, honest and true-perfect documents of Lightnin’s style, songs and performance.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Goin’ Away (1963) [Analogue Productions 2018]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 35:18 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,42 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 681 MB
Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins, a true poet who invented most of his lyrics on the spot and never seemed to run out of new ideas, was a blues giant of post-war blues whose style was rooted in pre-war Texas traditions. While he cranked up his amp to fierce proportions when performing for his friends at Houston juke joints, producers who recorded him for the so-called folk-blues market usually insisted that he use an acoustic guitar for more “authentic” results. Either way, Lightnin’ seldom made a bad record, and this June 4, 1963, session on which he played acoustic was among his finest, thanks much to the sensitive support of bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Herbie Lovelle, who did a remarkable job of following his irregular bar patterns and abrupt song endings.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Broken Hearted Blues (2003) [Audio Fidelity SACD #AFZ-010]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:35 minutes | Scans included | 2,43 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 978 MB
Audio Fidelity SACD #AFZ-010 | Compiled & Remastered for SACD by Steve Hoffman
Sam Hopkins was a Texas country bluesman of the highest caliber whose career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, Hopkins watched the genre change remarkably, but he never appreciably altered his mournful Lone Star sound, which translated onto both acoustic and electric guitar. Hopkins’ nimble dexterity made intricate boogie riffs seem easy, and his fascinating penchant for improvising lyrics to fit whatever situation might arise made him a beloved blues troubadour.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Mojo Hand: The Complete Fire Sessions (Deluxe Edition) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:16:07 minutes | 627 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fire Records, a division of Gulf Coast Music
Lightnin’ Hopkins is widely considered one of the great popular architects of the blues style that came be known as “country blues” and which proved to be huge influence on the future development of Rock ‘n’ Roll. “Mojo Hand” was one of Hopkins’ signature tunes. Mixing his own style with Louisiana Creole and voodoo culture, the song ripples with an occult energy. This album, recorded for Fire Records, is especially interesting because it casts Hopkins in a more R&B-flavored environment. This obvious effort to get a hit takes for some excellent blues; moody and powerful performances play throughout. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that “Lightning’ is focussed and businesslike and delivers a strong and varied sequence of songs; the bassist and drummer unobtrusive but very much there”.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues (1961/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 27:20 minutes | 205 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues, also released as Original Folk Blues, is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin’ Hopkins collecting tracks recorded between 1947 and 1951 that were originally released as 10-inch 78rpm records on the RPM label. The album was released on the Mainstream Records low budget, Crown subsidiary and was an early 12-inch LP collections of Lightnin’ Hopkins material recorded at Gold Star Studios to be released. In 1999 a double CD collection of Jake Head Boogie was released containing all of the Hopkins recordings released by the RPM label along with several previously unreleased recordings.
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