Lightnin' and the Blues is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, collecting twelve tracks recorded in 1954 that were originally released as 7-inch singles on the Herald Records label.[2][3] From the late 1980s, other Herald tracks began appearing on collections like The Herald Recordings – 1954 and The Herald Recordings Vol. 2 before a 30-track CD edition was released in 2016.

Lightnin' and the Blues
Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins
Released	1960
Recorded	April 1954
Studio	Houston, Texas
Genre	Blues
Length	30:56 Original LP release
Label	Herald HLP 1012
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Last of the Great Blues Singers (1960) Lightnin' and the Blues (1960) Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

1. "Nothin' But the Blues" – 2:22
2. "Don't Think Cause You're Pretty" – 2:40
3. "Lightnin's Boogie" – 2:35
4. "Life I Used to Live" – 2:49
5. "Sick Feelin' Blues" – 2:15
6. "Evil Hearted Woman" – 2:47
7. "Blues for My Cookie" – 2:27
8. "Sittin' Down Thinkin'" – 2:45
9. "My Baby's Gone" – 2:46
10. "Lonesome in Your Home" – 2:45
11. "Lightnin's Special" – 2:22
12. "My Little Kewpie Doll" – 2:23
13. "Let's Move" – 2:19 Additional track not on original LP
14. "Had a Gal Called Sal" – 2:17 Additional track not on original LP
15. "Shine on Moon" – 2:40 Additional track not on original LP
16. "Don't Need No Job" – 2:18 Additional track not on original LP
17. "Early Mornin' Boogie" – 2:14 Additional track not on original LP
18. "Blues Is a Mighty Bad Feeling" – 2:27 Additional track not on original LP
19. "Boogie Woogie Dance" – 2:36 Additional track not on original LP
20. "Please Don't Go Baby" – 2:44 Additional track not on original LP
21. "Finally Met My Baby" – 2:22 Additional track not on original LP
22. "That's Alright Baby" – 3:01 Additional track not on original LP
23. "I Love You Baby" – 2:30 Additional track not on original LP
24. "Grandma's Boogie" – 2:35 Additional track not on original LP
25. "Hear Me Talkin'" – 2:16 Additional track not on original LP
26. "Lightnin's Stomp" – 2:39 Additional track not on original LP
27. "Lightnin' Don't Feel Well" – 3:22 Additional track not on original LP
28. "Flash Lightnin'" – 2:29 Additional track not on original LP
29. "Shine on Moon" – 2:36 Additional track not on original LP
30. "Hopkin's Sky Hop" – 2:14 Additional track not on original LP

Personnel

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals

References