| Lightnin' and the Blues |
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| Released | 1960 |
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| Recorded | April 1954 |
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| Studio | Houston, Texas |
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| Genre | Blues |
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| Length | 30:56 Original LP release |
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| Label | Herald
HLP 1012 |
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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. Since its original release, Lightnin' and the Blues has been reissued several times including in 2001 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 and The Herald Recordings Vol. 2.