845121091830

Shootin' Fire

Lightnin' Hopkins

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Format: CD

Cat No: CICD41169

Release Date:  28 June 2024

Label:  Cicadelic

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  845121091830

Genres:  Blues  Blues  

  • Description

    Taken from the original four track masters *Includes previously unreleased tracks. Blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins recorded over a dozen songs for the Clarity Music Company at the "ACA" Recording Studio in Houston in April of 1969. These songs ranged from new originals, such as 'Born In The Bottom,' 'December 7, 1941,' 'A Rainy Day In Houston,' and 'Stinking Foot,' to oldies such as 'Feel Like Ballin' The Jack,' 'Shake That Thing' and 'Shinin' Moon.'

    Since the 1970's some of these songs have been released on haphazard compilations with the bass and drums mixed too high, the guitar leads mixed too low, and excessive "reverb" in an attempt to make Lightnin' sound more contemporary. Now for the first time ever the original four track masters have been re-mixed without any of the extraneous studio misjudgments that marred previous releases.

    As an added bonus, previously unreleased recordings such as 'Movin' On Out When The Saints March In,' 'Old House Torn Down,' 'Mistrust My Baby And She Mistrust Me,' and 'Baby Please Don't Do Me Wrong' are included on this compendium of Lightnin' Hopkins gems. A large selection of never before seen photos, contracts, and documents rounds out this collection of rarities. The net result is 77 minutes of Lightnin' Hopkins in his prime "shootin' fire".

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Born In The Bottom
      • 2. Rainy Day In Houston
      • 3. A Man Like Me Is Hard To Find
      • 4. Got A Letter This Morning
      • 5. Moving On Out
      • 6. Shinin' Moon
      • 7. Feel Like Ballin' The Jack
      • 8. Stinking Foot
      • 9. December 7, 1941
      • 10. My Baby Ain't Got No Shoes
      • 11. My Baby Was Crying For Bread
      • 12. My Little Darling
      • 13. Go Ahead
      • 14. Shake That Thing
      • 15. Mistrust My Baby
      • 16. Moving On Out When The Saints March In
      • 17. Old House Torn Down
      • 18. Baby Please Don't Do Me Wrong
      • 19. Good As Old Time Religion
      • 20. I'm Shootin' Fire