Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Aladdin Recordings

Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Aladdin Recordings

Year 1991

Tracks

Disc 1
1. Katie Mae Blues 3:01
2. Feel So Bad 2:09
3. (Blues) That Mean Old Twister 3:10
4. Rocky Mountain Blues/I Can't Stay Here In Your Town 2:49
5. Can't Do Like You Used To 2:34
6. West Coast Blues 2:39
7. Short Haired Woman 2:25
8. L.A. Blues 2:55
9. Big Mama Jump (Little Mama Blues) 2:42
10. Down Baby 2:17
11. Let Me Play With Your Poodle 2:34
12. Fast Mail Rambler 2:49
13. Thinkin' And Worryin' 2:54
14. Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind 2:38
15. Woman, Woman (Change Your Way) 2:45
16. Picture On The Wall 2:50
17. You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore 2:50
18. You're Gonna Miss Me 2:19
19. Sugar On My Mind 2:43
20. Nightmare Blues 2:40
21. Someday Baby 2:40
22. Come Back Baby 2:39

Disc 2
1. Lightnin's Boogie 2:20
2. Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me 2:32
3. Daddy Will Be Home One Day 2:27
4. Moon Rise Blues 2:58
5. Howling Wolf Blues 2:45
6. Morning Blues 2:47
7. Have To Let You Go 2:41
8. Mama's Baby Child 2:45
9. Mistreated Blues 2:40
10. My California
11. Honey Babe 2:35
12. So Long 2:48
13. See See Rider 2:36
14. Unpredictable Woman 3:00
15. I Just Don't Care 2:48
16. Drinkin' Woman 2:53
17. Abilene 2:27
18. Shotgun Blues 2:41
19. Rollin' And Rollin' 2:43
20. Tell It Like It Is 2:39
21. Miss Loretta 2:41

Forty-three tracks of the seminal bluesman's recordings for Aladdin in the 1940s, The Complete Aladdin Recordings is a must-hear. Performing alone with his guitar or with sparse accompaniment--usually pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith--Lightnin' dishes out the best of Texas country-blues. Starting off with "Katie May," Hopkins's first recording for Aladdin, the two-CD set winds its way through the guitarist's years with the label, showcasing what he was up to before his decline in popularity and eventual revival with the folk boom of the 1960s. Those expecting the almost-rock & roll of the latter period won't here any of that here, but they will hear its germination in such rollicking tunes as "Big Mama Jump" and "Let Me Play with Your Poodle." Definitely required, not only to hear the best of early Lightnin', but to hear the best of Texas country-blues.