Lightnin Hopkins – Goin Away (LP, Analogue Productions)

All cut at 33 1/3 and also released on Hybrid SACD All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 200-gram LPs pressed at Acoustic Sounds’ state-of-the-art pressing plant Quality Record Pressings plated by Gary Salstrom Deep groove label pressings tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock First 250 LP copies of each title will be numbered editions and will only be available to series subscribers Sam Lightnin Hopkins a true poet who invented most of his lyrics on the spot and never seemed to run out of new ideas was a blues giant of post-war blues whose style was rooted in pre-war Texas traditions. While he cranked up his amp to fierce proportions when performing for his friends at Houston juke joints producers who recorded him for the so-called folk-blues market usually insisted that he use an acoustic guitar for more authentic results. Either way Lightnin seldom made a bad record and this June 4 1963 session on which he played acoustic was among his finest thanks much to the sensitive support of bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Herbie Lovelle who did a remarkable job of following his irregular bar patterns and abrupt song endings.