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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