Lightnin' Hopkins - [1946] The Complete Aladdin Recordings (FLAC)

Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Aladdin Recordings

Release Date: 1991
Recording Date: November 9, 1946


Review by Bill Dahl
This is where it all began for the Houston troubadour: 43 solo sides, as evocative and stark as any he ever did. The first 13 sides find the guitarist in tandem with pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith (who handles the vocals on a few tracks), but after that, old Lightnin' Hopkins went the solo route. "Katie May," "Short Haired Woman," "Abilene," "Shotgun" -- all these and more rate with his seminal performances.


Tracks:
(Disc 1)
1. Katie Mae
2. Feel So Bad
3. Backwater Blues (That Mean Old Twister)
4. I Can't Stay Here in Your Town
5. Can't Do Like You Used To
6. West Coast Blues
7. Short Haired Woman
8. L.A. Blues
9. Big Mama Jump
10. Down Baby
11. Let Me Play With Your Poodle
12. Fast Mail Rambler
13. Thinkin' and Worryin'
14. Can't Get That Woman off My Mind
15. Woman, Woman
16. Picture on the Wall
17. You're Not Goin' to Worry My Life Anymore
18. You're Gonna Miss Me
19. Sugar on My Mind
20. Nightmare Blues
21. Someday Baby
22. Come Back Baby

(Disc 2)
1. Lightnin's Boogie
2. Baby You're Not Going to Make a Fool Out of Me
3. Daddy Will Be Home One Day
4. Moon Rise Blues
5. Howling Wolf
6. Morning Blues
7. Have to Let You Go
8. Mama's Baby Child
9. Mistreated Blues
10. My California
11. Honey Babe
12. So Long
13. See See Rider
14. Unpredictable Woman
15. I Just Don't Care
16. Drinkin' Woman
17. Abilene
18. Shotgun
19. Rolling and Rolling
20. Tell It Like It Is
21. Miss Loretta


Personnel:
Lightnin' Hopkins - Guitar, piano, vocals
Wilson "Thunder" Smith - Piano, vocals
Unknown - Drums

Vocals – Lightnin' Hopkins (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-7, 1-10 to 2-21), Wilson "Thunder" Smith (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9)
Written-By – Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-7, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12 to 2-10), Wilson "Thunder" Smith (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9)