''Po' Lightnin is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in California in 1969 (with two tracks from 1961) and originally released on the
Arhoolie
Arhoolie Records is an American small independent record label run by Chris Strachwitz and is based in El Cerrito, California, United States (it is actually located in Richmond Annex but has an El Cerrito postal address.) The label was founded b ...
label in 1983.
The original LP featured tracks which were first released as ''
Lightnin'!
''Lightnin'!'' is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in California in 1969 and released on the Poppy label as a double LP.
Copyright dispute
Poppy Records failed to meet the terms of its agreement and, in 1972, Chris Strach ...
'' by Poppy Records in 1969. The label failed to meet the terms of its agreement and a legal dispute ensued. By 1982, a California court ruled that all rights should revert to Hopkins, and Strachwitz released eight tracks from the sessions, along with two unreleased tracks from the 1961 ''
Smithsonian Folkways
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, reissued the 1969 ''Lightnin'!'' recordings on CD and then, confusingly, in 1995 released a CD compilation titled ''Po' Lightnin' '' which included tracks from the Arhoolie albums; ''Lightnin' Sam Hopkins'', ''
Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley
''Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley'' is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in California in 1969 and originally released on the Arhoolie label in 1972.''Po' Lightnin' '' CD liner notes accessed November 14, 2018
Reception
AllMusic
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's Jason Ankeny reviewed the CD compilation and stated: "On these recordings cut between 1961 and 1969, Lightnin' Hopkins exhibits the full scope of his music".
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted
Original LP (1983)
# "Mojo Hand" – 3:00 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# "Rock Me Baby" – 3:27 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# "Hello Central" – 4:32 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# "Ain't It Crazy" – 2:27 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# "Candy Kitchen" – 4:55
# "My Starter Won't Start This Morning" – 3:10 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# "One Kind Favor I Ask of You" – 4:25 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# "Little Girl" – 6:00 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# " Baby Please Don't Go" (Traditional) – 2:55 Originally released on ''Lightnin'!''
# "My Baby's Gone" – 4:25
*Recorded at Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley CA on November 26, 1961 (tracks 5 & 10) and May 20, 1969 (tracks 1–4 & 6–9)
CD Reissue (1993)
# "Ice Storm Blues" – 7:15 Originally released on ''Lightnin' Sam Hopkins''
# "Speedin' Boogie" – 3:05 Originally released on ''Lightnin' Sam Hopkins''
# "Wine Drinking Woman" – 4:50 Originally released on ''Blues n' Trouble Volume 2''
# "Do the Boogie" – 1:45 Originally released on ''Lightnin' Sam Hopkins''
# "My Baby's Gone" – 4:30 Originally released on the 1983 LP
# "Wake Up Old Maid" – 2:24
# "Jesus, Will You Come by Here" – 2:20
# "Candy Kitchen" – 4:55 Originally released on the 1983 LP
# "Gin Bottle Blues" – 3:33
# "Hurricanes Carla and Esther" – 5:06 Originally released on ''Texas Blues Volume 2''
# "Wipe Your Feet on the Floor" – 2:30 Originally released on ''Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley''
# "Please Settle in Vietnam" – 4:10 Originally released on ''Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley''
# "Up on Telegraph Avenue" – 3:10 Originally released on ''Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley''
# "California Showers" – 7:35 Originally released on ''Lightnin' Sam Hopkins''
# "Burnin' in L.A." – 4:25 Originally released on ''Lightnin' Sam Hopkins''
# "Selling Wine in Arizona" – 3:00 Originally released on ''Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley''
# "Brand New Lock" – 3:10 Originally released on ''Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley''
# "I'm Leaving You Now" – 3:04
# "Goin' Out Number" – 3:00 Originally released on ''Lightnin' Sam Hopkins''
*Recorded at Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley CA on November 26, 1961 (tracks 2–8, 10, 15 & 19), at Chris Strachwitz' Apartment, Berkeley in November 1961 (track 14), at ACA Studios in Houston, Texas on January 23, 1962 (track 1), and at Chris Strachwitz' Apartment, Berkeley in November 1961 (track 14), December 18, 1967 (tracks 9 & 18) and December 8, 1969 (tracks 11–13, 16 & 17)
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''Additional musicians on some tracks:''
*Jeff Carp – harmonica (LP track 2)
*Paul Asbell – guitar (LP track 2)
* Moose Walker – piano (LP track 2)
*Gino Landry –
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Francis Clay
Francis Clay (November 16, 1923 – January 21, 2008) was an American jazz and blues drummer, best known for his work behind Muddy Waters in the 1950s and 1960s, and as an original member of the James Cotton band. Clay's jazz-influenced style is ...
(LP), Victor Leonard (CD tracks 2–8, 10, 15 & 19) or Spider Kilpatrick (CD track 1) – drums