LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS IN NEW YORK/US ORG 1961 ON CANDID/NM
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LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS IN NEW YORK/US ORIG. 1961 ON CANDID/TOP!
Artist: LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS Album Title: LIGHTNIN’ IN NEW YORK General Artist/Album Info: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was a country blues guitar musician, from Houston, Texas. Born in Centerville, Texas, Hopkins learned the blues when young in Buffalo, Texas from Blind Lemon Jefferson and his older cousin, country-blues singer Alger 'Texas' Alexander. When Hopkins and Alexander were playing in Houston in 1946, he was discovered by Lola Anne Cullum of Los Angeles' Aladdin Records (although Alexander would not make it out to L.A.) Hopkins' fast finger style is very distinct. He settled in Houston in 1952 and gained much attention. Solid recordings followed including his masterpiece song Mojo Hand in 1960. His style was born from spending many hours playing informally without a backing band. His distinctive style often included playing, in effect, bass, rhythm, lead, percussion, and vocals, all at the same time. His musical phrasing would often include a long low note at the beginning, the rhythm played in the middle range, then the lead in the high range. By playing this quickly - with occasional slaps of the guitar - the effect of bass, rhythm, percussion and lead would be created.
Influence: Hopkins was a great influence on many local musicians around Houston and Austin, Texas in the 1950s and 1960s. He was an influence on Jimmie Vaughan's work and on the vocals and blues style of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, the keyboardist of the Grateful Dead until 1972. He was also an important influence on Townes Van Zandt, the Texan folk/blues songwriter and performer, who often performed Hopkins numbers in his live performances. Jimi Hendrix reportedly became interested in blues music listening to Lightnin' Hopkins records with his father. The Houston Chronicle included Hopkins in their list of "100 Tall Texans", 100 important Texans that influenced the world. The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum included Hopkins in a 100 Tall Texans exhibit that opened in September 2006. The display includes Lightnin's Guild Starfire electric guitar and performance video. Hopkins' Gibson J-160e guitar is on display at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
On offer here is a very nice original pressing of his scarce 1961 US-Album ‚Lightnin’ In New York’ on the rare and collectable CANDID Label.
Track listing: Side 1: Take it Easy; Mighty Crazy; Your Own Fault Baby, To Treat Me The Way You Do; I’ve Had My Fun If I Don’t Get Well No More Side 2: The Trouble Blues; Lightnin’s Piano Boogie; Wonder Why; Mister Charlie
Label: CANDID
Cover Grade: EX The fully intact textured/sturdy cardboard cover shows only light signs of wear around the corners. Back spine writing is fully intact and readable. There is a very small tear on front of upper left corner. There are no writings or other than the mentioned imperfections whatsoever.
Record Grade: EX The deep-groove vinyl shows still shows a lot of lustre. It has some superficial (sleeve) hairlines (particularly on side 2) which however do not affect play at all. I have played the album on my Thorens 320 system equipped with the delicate Shure V15 stylus and it plays a very trong EX all through with only minimal background noise mostly audible in between the tracks only.
Cat Number: CJM 8010
Mode: Mono
Country of Manufacture: U.S.A.
Original Year of Release: 1961
Matrix Nos: CJM 8010A L9OP-9755 / CJM 8010B L9OP-9756
A rare opportunity to acquire a beautiful original American Folk-Blues Classic Album coming from my own collection.price rating
