LIGHTNING HOPKINS Free Form Patterns LP INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS 1968 US re IALP #6
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THIS IS THE 1979(?) US OFFICIAL REPRESSING on INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS Records. . Released on an Dark Green label design and thin vinyl. SINGLE COVER. The cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear BUT discolouration/wear on spines/corners (without splits), for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is in EX condition (some clicks) and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality. Perhaps part of the International Artists box (1979).
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LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS
Sam Hopkins was a Texas country bluesman of the highest caliber whose career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, Hopkins watched the genre change remarkably, but he never appreciably altered his mournful Lone Star sound, which translated onto both acoustic and electric guitar. Hopkins' nimble dexterity made intricate boogie riffs seem easy, and his fascinating penchant for improvising lyrics to fit whatever situation might arise made him a beloved blues troubadour.
"FREE FORM PATTERNS"
<reissue, originally published 1969>
LP INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS RECORDS IA-LP #12 STEREO
PRINTED IN USA 1979(?) REPRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
NOTES: Label and cover look identical to the original.
Released on thin flexible vinyl. The grooves are unbanded.
[The original has much thicker, unflexible vinyl, different run-out info and banded (divided into tracks) grooves.]
On the label the artist appears as ''Lightnin Hopkins''.
Perhaps part of the International Artists box (1979).
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LABEL: INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS - GREEN LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear) IALP # 6
Catalog on labels: IA-LP-6
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): Ach7p V45321-1 08098
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): Ach7p V45321-2 08098
On labels: International Artist Producing Corp. Houston, Texas
TAPIER MUSIC Corporation - BMI
Produced By Lelan Rogers
On back cover: Notes + Tracklist + Credits
Recorded February 1st, 1968 International Artists Studios Houston, Texas
tracklisting
Side A: MR. CHARLIE - GIVE ME TIME TO THINK - FOX CHASE
MR. DITTA'S GROCERY - OPEN UP YOUR DOOR
Side B: BABY CHILD - COOKINGS DONE - GOT HER LETTER THIS MORNING
RAIN FALLING - MINI SKIRT
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Lightnin' Hopkins originally recorded the ten tracks that make up Free Form Patterns on February 1, 1968, for the International Artists label. Also on that label's roster was the psychedelic group 13th Floor Elevators, which, by 1968, had basically disbanded. For this session, producer Lelan Rogers (Kenny's brother) teamed Hopkins up with Elevators drummer Danny Thomas and bassist Duke Davis. While not as revolutionary as John Lee Hooker's sessions with Canned Heat, Free Form Patterns steers clear of the late-'60s psychedelic trappings that screwed up such similar sessions as Electric Mud. No one tried to bend Hopkins to fit a foreign musical approach on Free Form Patterns; he made the music bend to him...(AllMusic)
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