LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS "SOUL BLUES"

2015 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS THE PRESTIGE MONO REISSUE SERIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER IN 1965, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAT (COHEARENT AUDIO), PLATED BY GARY SALSTROM AND PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS. 180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL, LIMITED EDITION, NUMBERED EDITION #66, SOLD-OUT EDITION.

"A TRUE POET OF THE BLUES, LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS WAS A MASTER OF TALL, TONGUE-IN-CHECK TALES, OFTEN MADE UP ON THE SPOT IN THE RECORDING STUDIO. THE FIRST SONG ON THIS ALBUM "I'M GOING TO BUILD ME A HEAVEN OF MY OWN", DESCRIBES AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BEARDED MAN CLAIMING TO BE JESUS CHRIST. HOPKINS ALSO PUTS HIS PERSONAL STAMP ON WILLIE DIXON'S "MY BABE" AND SMOKEY HOGG'S "TOO MANY DRIVERS", AMONG OTHERS."

"SOUNDS LIKE MONO, I LIKE THAT. I HAVE MANY ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS LPS. THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST. SOUNDS LIKE HOPKINS IN THE ROOM."

                                                            1) I'M GOING TO BUILD ME A HEAVEN OF MY OWN
                                                            2) MY BABE
                                                            3) TOO MANY DRIVERS
                                                            4) I'M A CRAWLING BLACK SNAKE
                                                            5) ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUES
                                                            6) I MEAN GOODBYE
                                                            7) THE HOWLING WOLF
                                                            8) BLACK GHOST BLUES
                                                            9) DARLING, DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
                                                           10) LONESOME GRAVEYARD