Lightnin' and the Blues


Lightnin' and the Blues is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, collecting twelve tracks recorded in 1954 that were originally released as 7-inch singles on the Herald Records label. Since its original release, Lightnin' and the Blues has been reissued several times including in 2001 and later in 2016 when it was expanded to a 30 song track-list. The material Hopkins recorded with Herald Records in 1954 has also been released under various other compilations, including Collectables Records' two volumes The Herald Recordings and The Herald Recordings Vol. 2.

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
  1. "Nothin' But the Blues" – 2:22
  2. "Don't Think Cause You're Pretty" – 2:40
  3. "Lightnin's Boogie" – 2:35
  4. "Life I Used to Live" – 2:49
  5. "Sick Feelin' Blues" – 2:15
  6. "Evil Hearted Woman" – 2:47
  7. "Blues for My Cookie" – 2:27
  8. "Sittin' Down Thinkin'" – 2:45
  9. "My Baby's Gone" – 2:46
  10. "Lonesome in Your Home" – 2:45
  11. "Lightnin's Special" – 2:22
  12. "My Little Kewpie Doll" – 2:23
  13. "Let's Move" – 2:19 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  14. "Had a Gal Called Sal" – 2:17 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  15. "Shine on Moon" – 2:40 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  16. "Don't Need No Job" – 2:18 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  17. "Early Mornin' Boogie" – 2:14 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  18. "Blues Is a Mighty Bad Feeling" – 2:27 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  19. "Boogie Woogie Dance" – 2:36 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  20. "Please Don't Go Baby" – 2:44 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  21. "Finally Met My Baby" – 2:22 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  22. "That's Alright Baby" – 3:01 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  23. "I Love You Baby" – 2:30 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  24. "Grandma's Boogie" – 2:35 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  25. "Hear Me Talkin'" – 2:16 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  26. "Lightnin's Stomp" – 2:39 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  27. "Lightnin' Don't Feel Well" – 3:22 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  28. "Flash Lightnin'" – 2:29 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  29. "Shine on Moon" – 2:36 Additional 2016 track not on original LP
  30. "Hopkin's Sky Hop" – 2:14 Additional 2016 track not on original LP

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