{"product_id":"lightnin-hopkins-lightnin-strikes-vmp-vinyl-me-please","title":"Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Strikes (Mono)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRarity - Sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLightnin' Hopkins, vocals and guitar \u003ca title=\"vinyl featuring Lightnin' Hopkins\" href=\"https:\/\/www.audiosoundmusic.com\/collections\/lightnin-hopkins\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e[click here to see more vinyl featuring Lightnin' Hopkins]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten by Semiens (A1, B1), Hopkins (A1, B1), B. Quinn (A2-5, B2-5), A. Cullen (A2-5, B2-5)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 LP,  Standard sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal analog Master tape : YES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeavy Press : 180gr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecord color : black\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeed : 33 RPM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize : 12'’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMono\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecord Press : \u003cspan\u003eGZ Media\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel : VMP - Vinyl Me Please, Classics series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Label : Vee\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJay Records\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eRecorded in 1962 at \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGold Star Studio (Houston, Texas)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePlated at Record Technology Incorporated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLiner Notes by Andrew Winistorfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSleeve Notes by John W. Peters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003eOriginally released in 1962\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003eReissued in 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracks :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSide A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGot Me A Louisiana Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWant To Come Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePlease Don't Quit Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDevil Is Watching You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRolling And Rolling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWar Is Starting Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWalkin' Round In Circles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMary Lou\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHeavy Snow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCoon is hard to catch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e“Lightnin’ Strikes (from 1962, not the album of the same name recorded three years later) is credited as another solo record, recorded back in Houston and notable for most of the songs being credited not to Hopkins but to Lola Anne Cullen and Bill Quinn, who had worked with Hopkins over the years at Aladdin and Gold Star Records and seem to have an amazing knack of writing songs just like Hopkins does.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eIt opens with Got Me A Louisiana Woman – complete with bass, drums, electric guitars, piano, all uncredited and all struggling at times to keep up with Hopkins’s raffish approach to tempo and song structure. The band return for War Is Starting Again, which fades away mid-verse. Both songs are credited to Hopkins and Semiens, rather than to Cullen and Quinn: Semiens is probably Ivory Lee Semien, a Houston-based drummer. The album’s also notable for using too much reverb, possibly in an attempt to make Hopkins sound more with-it: it’s unnecessary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThere are plenty of songs here about the life of the blues singer, but Hopkins may be unique among his contemporaries in writing a song for Queen Elizabeth II. Blues For Queen Elizabeth is the longest track on these albums by some way, a song in praise of the titular monarch with Hopkins bemoaning the fact “this big world is sinking down,” telling of how the rooster crowed in England and could be heard over in France, then declaring his hope that he can take Mrs Hopkins to England to meet the queen. 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