Album
Sings The Blues
1961 · Blues
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
Sings The Blues is a Blues album by Lightning Hopkins, originally released in 1961. On Gatefold: 26 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
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Sound DNA
- Blues
- Texas Blues
- angular
- anxious
- urban
All tracks were recorded between 1947 and 1951 at Quinn Recording Company. The acetates were sold by Bill Quinn for release on RPM Records.Three of the sides turning up on these numerous versions were unissued at the time.
The track "Just Sittin Down Thinkin" is actually "Thinking Life Over" from Dark Old World / Thinking Life Over
They are all frequency-doctored which resulted in a muffled sound.
The complementary compilation to this is A Legend In His Own Time.
Initial released as 'Lightning Hopkins Sings The Blues' in 1961 on "Crown",
Self titled in 1963 on "Crown", again as 'Original Folk Blues' in 1967 on "Kent", with some reissues, also on "United Superior" and as "A Time For Blues' in the UK in the middle of the 60s...
Credits
The people behind it.
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 26 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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