LIGHTNIN HOPKINS Prestige Bluesville BV 1029 LAST NIGHT BLUES 45RPM 2LP’S
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LIGHTNIN HOPKINS Prestige Bluesville BV 1029 LAST NIGHT BLUES 45RPM 2LP’S. Analogue Productions Stereo Limited Original Edition 0131 out of (1000). RARE & Out OF PRINT, HI-FI. I bought the entire series in 2014 opened and played ONLY ONCE. Vinyl Condition: (Side 1) M-, (Side 2) M-, (Side 3) M-, (Side 4) M-. Jacket Condition: M-. Lightnin’ Hopkins, vocals and guitar; Sonny Terry, harmonic and vocal; Leonard Gaskin, bass; Belton Evans, drum. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Recorded: October 26, 1960. Released: 1961. This is a rare chance to own a long out-of-print audiophile treasure! NOTICE: THIS IS A US AUCTION ONLY NO INTERNATIONAL BIDDING.
"Lightnin' Hopkins may be Texas's most distinctive and influential blues export. His easy, fluid fingerpicking and witty, extemporaneous storytelling are always a delight, and his performances on Last Night Blues are no exception. The album is spare and acoustic, with Hopkins's voice and guitar accompanied by minimal percussion and Sonny Terry's harmonica ... this dynamite disc represents what the blues should be: stripped-down, soulful, and full of truth".
Born Sam Hopkins on March 15, 1912, his father was a musician who died when Sam was very young. The family moved to Leona in Texas where he grew up; in 1920 he watched Blind Lemon Jefferson at a picnic in Buffalo, Texas, which inspired him to make a “cigar box” guitar. His older brother Joel taught him to play the homemade guitar before his mother, Frances, encouraged him to play organ at her home church services. However, he was drawn to the music played by his older brothers Joel and John Henry. He soon dropped out of school and started work on a plantation. “I did a little plowin’ – not too much, chopped a li’l cotton, pulled a li’l corn. I did a little of it all.” He, like many other bluesmen, began playing at picnics and dances at local farms on a Friday and Saturday night; later he took to hoboing throughout Texas. Hopkins died of esophageal cancer in Houston on January 30, 1982, at the age of 69. His obituary in the New York Times described him as "one of the great country blues singers and perhaps the greatest single influence on rock guitar players."
THE MUSIC:
(SIDE 1)
1. Rocky Mountain (4:57)
2. Got To Move You Baby (4:01)
(SIDE 2)
1. So Sorry To Leave You (4:21)
2. Take A Trip With Me (5:04)
(SIDE 3)
1. Last Night Blues (5:16)
2. Lightnin’s Stroke (4:55)
(SIDE 4)
1. Hard To Love A Woman (4:00)
2. Conversation Blues “(Lightnin’ Hopkins, Sonny Terry) (3:50)
I take packaging seriously so your LP will be shipped in a Bags Unlimited LP mailer box to avoid damage and arrives safely. Photographs are actual photos of LP offered and not cropped so you can see details. No smoking, no pet’s environment. Buy with confidence, guaranteed 14-day money-back guarantee (excluding return shipping) if you are not completely satisfied with your LP purchase. Thank you and good luck on your bidding. Please check my other auctions for other audiophile and rare records and please contact me if you have any questions.
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