Lightnin' in New York
Lightnin' in New York | ||||
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Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | November 15, 1960 | |||
Studio | Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 43:33 | |||
Label | Candid CJM 8010 | |||
Producer | Nat Hentoff | |||
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology | ||||
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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.[1][2][3]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "This solo CD features the classic bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins on eight unaccompanied solos, not only singing and playing guitar but taking some rare solos on piano (including on 'Lightnin's Piano Boogie'). Hopkins recorded a lot of albums in the 1960s and all are quite listenable even if most are not essential; he did tend to ramble at times! This Candid release is one of his better sets of the period".[4] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "Thanks to the engineer Bob d'Orleans, Lightnin' in New York sounds wonderful, and Lightnin' seems to feel specially at ease, essaying experiments that he seldom or never repeated".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
- "Take It Easy" – 6:21
- "Mighty Crazy" – 7:04
- "Your Own Fault, Baby, to Treat Me the Way You Do" – 4:44
- "I've Had My Fun If I Don't Get Well No More" – 3:55
- "The Trouble Blues" – 4:42
- "Lightnin's Piano Boogie" – 2:29
- "Wonder Why" – 6:12
- "Mister Charlie" – 7:26
Personnel
Performance
- Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals, piano
Production
- Nat Hentoff – supervision
- Bob D'Orleans – engineer
References
- ^ Jazzdisco: Candid Records Catalog: 8000/9000 series accessed November 7, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Candid Label Discography accessed November 7, 2018
- ^ O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 23 February 12, 2011 accessed November 7, 2018
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Lightnin' Hopkins: In New York – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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- Autobiography in Blues (1960)
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- Last Night Blues (1961)
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- Blues in My Bottle (1961)
- Mojo Hand (1962)
- Lightnin' Sam Hopkins (1962)
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- Lightnin' and Co. (1962)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1962)
- Blues Hoot (1963)
- Smokes Like Lightning (1963)
- Goin' Away (1963)
- Hootin' the Blues (1964)
- Down Home Blues (1964)
- Soul Blues (1965)
- My Life in the Blues (1965)
- The King of the Blues (1965)
- Lightning Hopkins with His Brothers Joel and John Henry / with Barbara Dane (1966)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1966)
- Blue Lightnin' (1967)
- Something Blue (1967)
- Texas Blues Man (1968)
- Free Form Patterns (1968)
- Talkin' Some Sense (1968)
- The Great Electric Show and Dance (1969)
- California Mudslide (and Earthquake) (1969)
- Lightnin'! (1969)
- Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley (1972)
- The Swarthmore Concert (1993)
- Live at Newport (2002)
- In the Key of Lightnin' (2002)
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- Last of the Great Blues Singers (1960)
- Lightnin' and the Blues (1960)
- Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues (1961)
- Early Recordings (1965)
- Early Recordings Vol. 2 (1971)
- Po' Lightnin' (1983)
- Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins