Four Classic Albums (The Rooster Crowed In England / Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins) / Last Night Blues / Lightnin' Strikes)
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Lightnin' Hopkins
Four Classic Albums (The Rooster Crowed In England / Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins) / Last Night Blues / Lightnin' Strikes)
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Release Date: Friday 6 March 2020
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AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Roots Album, series with a re-mastered 2CD third release from Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details
'The Rooster Crowed In England'; 'Lightnin'-The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins'; 'Last Night Blues' with Sonny Terry and 'Lightnin' Strikes''
One of the absolute delights to witness as we have grown our blues catalogue has been the success of all the titles we have released so far. It's been very exciting and rewarding to know that there are still music lovers out there who continue to honour and enjoy the music of a bygone era, whether it be blues, jazz, folk or country. We believe it's because this music is timeless, but above all else it is just great music. Music that still needs to be heard as we move into the 21st century digital age. Music that is becoming harder and more expensive to find in its original format of vinyl and later even on CD. Maybe as we advance into this new digital age we will begin to long for the true sound of music coming at us not in some compressed digital form? We will long for the honesty and simplicity of what has gone before... before it is gone forever. The blues has been with us now for well over a century, it has influenced and changed popular music in so many ways it's hard to keep count. But at its core it is still about life and love and the struggle of the human condition and the chance to have a damn good time on a saturday night. Our first two Lightnin' Hopkins releases have both been gratifyingly successful to date. We hadn't planned on a third release just yet, but when we got the chance to feature a very rare, expensive and hard to find Hopkins album, we felt we just had to fit that third set in. This set opens with the album in question 'The Rooster Crowed In England', recorded in 1959 with a couple of tracks from 1954. Our liner notes indicate we could not find the original composers of the songs so we have listed them as unknown, we think there's a fair chance they are all by the great man himself. We believe this is the first time this album has appeared on CD.
Tracks:
CD1
1. Hello England (The Rooster Crowed In England)
2. Beggin' Up And Down The Streets (The Rooster Crowed In England)
3. When The Saints Go Marching In (The Rooster Crowed In England)
4. Hard Headed Children (The Rooster Crowed In England)
5. Dig Me In The Morning (The Rooster Crowed In England)
6. Have You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry? (The Rooster Crowed In England)
7. Black Snake (The Rooster Crowed In England)
8. Met The Blues At The Corner (The Rooster Crowed In England)
9. How Many Days Must I Wait (The Rooster Crowed In England)
10. If You Ever Been Mistreated (The Rooster Crowed In England)
11. Back To Arkansas (The Rooster Crowed In England)
12. Children's Boogie (The Rooster Crowed In England)
13. Blues For Queen Elizabeth (The Rooster Crowed In England)
14. Goin' To Galveston (The Rooster Crowed In England)
15. Automobile Blues (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
16. You Better Watch Yourself (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
17. Mean Old Frisco (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
18. Shinin' Moon (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
19. Come Back Baby (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
20. Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
21. The Walkin' Blues (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
22. Back To New Orleans (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
23. Katie Mae (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
24. Down There Baby (Lightnin' (The Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins))
CD2
1. Rocky Mountain (Last Night Blues)
2. Got To Move Your Baby (Last Night Blues)
3. So Sorry To Leave You (Last Night Blues)
4. Take A Trip With Me (Last Night Blues)
5. Last Night Blues (Last Night Blues)
6. Lightnin's Stroke (Last Night Blues)
7. Hard To Love A Woman (Last Night Blues)
8. Conversation Blues (Last Night Blues)
9. Got Me A Louisiana Woman (Lightnin' Strikes)
10. Want To Come Home (Lightnin' Strikes)
11. Please Don't Quit Me (Lightnin' Strikes)
12. Devil Is Watching You (Lightnin' Strikes)
13. Rolling And Rolling (Lightnin' Strikes)
14. War Is Starting Again (Lightnin' Strikes)
15. Walkin' 'Round In Circles (Lightnin' Strikes)
16. Mary Lou (Lightnin' Strikes)
17. Heavy Snow (Lightnin' Strikes)
18. Coon Is Hard To Catch (Lightnin' Strikes)
