Last of the Great Blues Singers
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| Last of the Great Blues Singers | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | 1950–51 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 34:22 | |||
| Label | Time T/70004 | |||
| Producer | Bob Shad | |||
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Last of the Great Blues Singers, also released as Vol. 1 Blues / Folk Series, The Blues and Blues Train, is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins featuring tracks recorded between 1951 and 1953 that were originally released as 10-inch 78 rpm records on Bob Shad's Sittin' in With label.[1][2][3] The album was one of the earlier collections of Lightnin' Hopkins material to be released. In 2004 a CD collection, Hello Central: The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins, was released by Legacy Recordings containing all of the recordings Hopkins made for the Sittin' in With label.
