Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin In New York PurePleasure 180g [Candid CJS9010]
Mastered by Ray Staff @ Alchemy, London
24-bit/96kHz | FLAC, CUE, M3U | ~ 895 mb
Genre: Blues | Recorded & released 1960
Rated by Richard Foster in HiFi+ Issue 41: 5 out of 5 Stars
RECORDING 9.5/10
MUSIC 10/10
“
The sound is out of this world and you're going to try and figure out how Hopkins seems to play the guitar, the piano and sing all at the same time! Starting off with 'Take it Easy', you immediately know you're in for a real tour de force. Wait until you hear 'Mister Charlie' on side 2. Highest recommendation RSF
”
Lightnin’ Hopkins was one of the most over-recorded artists in the blues genre. The recordings here were made at a pivotal moment in his career. In 1960, at 48 years old, he was no longer a star in the black community, but was becoming a folk legend. His deeply personal music not only reflected the experiences of his community but touched a universal nerve.
Chris Strachwitz, who often recorded Hopkins, has called his records “brief audio snapshots of one of the great folk poets to emerge from the African-American experience in Texas.” When he died in 1982 he had recorded well over 600 “audio snapshots”. From his prolific output this Candid session ranks amongst his finest and most intimate work.
Track listing:
Side A:
1 - Take It Easy
2 - Mighty Crazy
3 - Your Own Fault, Baby, To Treat Me The Way You Do
4 - I've Had My Fun If I Don't Get Well No More
Side B:
1 - The Trouble Blues
2 - Lightnin's Piano Boogie
3 - Wonder Why
4 - Mister Charlie
5 - Black Cat
Personnel:
Lightnin Hopkins : vocal, guitar & piano
Technical Information:
Music Hall MMF 5.1 Turntable
Goldring 1042GX reference Cartridge
Belari VP-129 Tube Phono PreAmp with Sylvania 12AX7WA
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Interconnections by "Goldkabel"
Wavelab 5 recording software
TT > Belari > Laptop > Wavelab 5.01 (24/96) > manual click removal > analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset)
> normalize to -0.1 dB > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)
No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.
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