Lightnin' and the Blues
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| Lightnin' and the Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | April 1954 | |||
| Studio | Houston, Texas | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 30:56 Original LP release | |||
| Label | Herald HLP 1012 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic (2001 reissue) |    [1] |
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.[2][3] Since its original release, Lightnin' and the Blues has been reissued several times including in 2001[1] 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[4] and The Herald Recordings Vol. 2.[5][6]