Lightnin' Hopkins – Free Form Patterns (unsealed)
Rarity - Unsealed (mint conditions)
Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - vocals & guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Lightnin' Hopkins]
Duke Davis - Bass
Blues Harp - Billy Bizor, Wild Child
Written by Lightnin' Hopkins (A1-2, A4-5, B2-5), B.Bizor (A3, B1), M.Rubenstein (A3, B1)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Get Back
Original Label : International Artists
Engineered by Jim Duff
Produced by Lelan Rogers
Originally released in 1968
Reissued in 2002
Tracks :
Side A
- Mr. Charlie
- Give Me Time To Think
- Fox Chase
- Mr. Dittas' Grocery Store
- Open Up Your Door
Side B
- Baby Child
- Cookings Done
- Got Her Letter This Morning
- Rain Falling
- Mini Skirt
Reviews:
“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 Review by Al Campbell
Rating:
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs 4 / 5