Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ (1960) [Analogue Productions 2018]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:55 minutes | Front/Rear cover (+ Alt. Booklet) | 1,66 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear cover (+Alternative Booklet) | 1,62 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear cover (+Alternative Booklet) | 882 MB
Recorded for Prestige’s Bluesville subsidiary in 1960, Lightnin’ is among the rewarding acoustic dates Lightnin’ Hopkins delivered in the early ’60s. The session has an informal, relaxed quality, and this approach serves a 48-year-old Hopkins impressively well on both originals like ‘Thinkin’ ‘Bout an Old Friend’ and the familiar ‘Katie Mae’ and enjoyable interpretations of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee’s ‘Back to New Orleans’ and Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup’s ‘Mean Old Frisco’. Hopkins’ only accompaniment consists of bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Belton Evans, both of whom play in an understated fashion and do their part to make this intimate setting successful. From the remorseful ‘Come Back Baby’ to more lighthearted, fun numbers like ‘You Better Watch Yourself’ and ‘Automobile Blues,’ Lightnin’ is a lot like being in a small club with Hopkins as he shares his experiences, insights and humor with you”.
This SACD is a part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions – 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made.
Tracklist:
01. Automobile Blues
02. You Better Watch Yourself
03. Mean Old Frisco
04. Shinin’ Moon
05. Come Back Baby
06. Thinkin’ ‘Bout An Old Friend
07. The Walkin’ Blues
08. Back To New Orleans
09. Katie Mae
10. Down There Baby
Personnel:
Lightnin’ Hopkins – vocals & guitar
Leonard Gaskin – bass
Belton Evans – drums
Note:
Recorded on November 1960 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Mastered from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Grey.
SACD ISO
DSF
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