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Lightnin' And The Blues - 1st

LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS Lightnin' & The Blues (Legendary Electric Blues 1959 first US issue 12-track mono LP on the deep groove black & silver Herald label, recorded in Houston, 1954. Renowned for his acoustic folk-blues, Hopkins turns on the ELECTRICITY for this groundbreaking session. Featuring heavily amplified electric guitar & backing from bassist, Donald Cooks & drummer, Ben Turner, Hopkins' country-blues roots mesh perfectly with proto-rock & roll to stunning effect for the first time. As the sleeve recounts; after the session, "two bottles of gin were finished & Lightnin' just shuffled away counting his money. We have not seen or heard from him since...". A crucial Blues masterpiece, see 'more info' for condition details... HLP1012)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1959 - 65 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Herald
Complete Stock List Go to Lightnin' Hopkins
Product Catalogue No HLP1012
Music Genre Blues
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Tracklisting & More Information

A1 Nothin' But The Blues
A2 Don't Think Cause You're Pretty
A3 Lightnin's Boogie
A4 Life I Used To Live
A5 Sick Feelin' Blues
A6 Evil Hearted Woman
B1 Blues For My Cookie
B2 Sittin' Down Thinkin'
B3 My Baby's Gone
B4 Lonesome In Your Home
B5 Lightnin's Special
B6 My Little Kewpie Doll

Condition :-

First of all, records like these do not show up on our desks every day - this is surely "record porn"(!) Obtained from a private collection in the States, this one previous owner copy has survived over half a century. It has crossed the pond & has reached us safe & sound to tell an incredible story. Just like its raw & rugged tales in the music, this record has LIVED.

The US sleeve is a classic heay duty affair of the fifties, with a beautiful front pasted slick. Its colours are rich & vivid & there is nothing that upsets the majesty of the print. The story in the album notes is a joy to read itself - they just don't write them like this anymore! All text on the back panel is unfaded & clearly legible.
Due to the cover's vintage & US manufacture, there are a few issues to address around the edges, but nothing that isn't commensurate with age, namely, two thin 3" hairline splits creeping in from the edges at the bottom. Par for the course, the cover remains fully intact. Although it invites a neat tape repair in said area, we have left it 'as is'. The condition easily meets the Very Good grade. It really doesn't get much better!

The information in the run-off grooves is machine stamped & reads:
HLP 1012-A
HLP 1012-B

The vinyl is heavyweight with a slight raised edge just before the run-in. The disc has been professionally cleaned & play tested. The sound quality is simply glorious. They say Hopkins belongs on the Mount Rushmore of great blues artists & we could hear why. This is the real deal Blues through & through; the lived-in voice, the effortless flicks of the guitar strings, the ambience of the room, that amp sound... wonderful.
There is no distortion whatsoever & any surface noise between tracks was kept to an absolute bare minimum. Visually, there is a little mild spindle wear by the centre hole & a number of faint hairline paper scuffs which do not affect play. There is a tiny hiccup blemish [too small to measure] in the wax itself during track two on either side. This was caused at the pressing plant & is all par for the course when it comes to fifties US vinyl. A mere handful of light toe-tapping clicks occur as a result, but nothing more & nothing at all distracting. Once again, the condition meets the Very Good grade & we could not ask for much better.

This is primal, earthy Electric Blues at its best. Historic, vital... highly recommended.

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Recording Artist Lightnin' Hopkins
Product Title Lightnin' And The Blues - 1st
Product Information Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' And The Blues - 1st USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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