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AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Roots Album, series with a re-mastered 2CD third release from Sam Lightnin Hopkins, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details The Rooster Crowed In England; Lightnin-The Blues Of Lightnin Hopkins; Last Night Blues with Sonny Terry and Lightnin Strikes One of the absolute delights to witness as we have grown our blues catalogue has been the success of all the titles we have released so far. Its been very exciting and rewarding to know that there are still music lovers out there who continue to honour and enjoy the music of a bygone era, whether it be blues, jazz. folk or country. We believe its because this music is timeless, but above all else it is just great music. Music that still needs to be heard as we move into the 21st century digital age. Music that is becoming harder and more expensive to find in its original format of vinyl and later even on CD. Maybe as we advance into this new digital age we will begin to long for the true sound of music coming at us not in some compressed digital form? We will long for the honesty and simplicity of what has gone before
before it is gone forever. The blues has been with us now for well over a century, it has influenced and changed popular music in so many ways its hard to keep count. But at its core it is still about life and love and the struggle of the human condition and the chance to have a damn good time on a saturday night. Our first two Lightnin Hopkins releases have both been gratifyingly successful to date. We hadnt planned on a third release just yet, but when we got the chance to feature a very rare, expensive and hard to find Hopkins album, we felt we just had to fit that third set in. This set opens with the album in question The Rooster Crowed In England, recorded in 1959 with a couple of tracks from 1954. Our liner notes indicate we could not find the original composers of the songs so we have listed them as unknown, we think theres a fair chance they are all by the great man himself. We believe this is the first time this album has appeared on CD. Check out:- Howlin Wolf / Muddy Waters (AMSC1162); Lightnin Hopkins (AMSC1225 & 1254); Jimmy Reed (AMSC1214); John Lee Hooker (AMSC1234); B.B. King (AMSC1203); (Lonnie Johnson AMSC1207); Freddie King/Albert King (AMSC1229); Rev. Gary Davis (AMSC1271); Josh White / Jesse Fuller (AMSC1344); Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (AMSC1361); T Bone Walker (AMSC1359); Big Bill Broonzy (AMSC 1001 & 1159); Champion Jack Dupree (AMSC 1006); Memphis Slim (AMSC1148); Rural Blues (AVC942)
CD1 1-14: The Rooster Crowed In England 1. Hello England 2. Beggin Up And Down The Streets 3. When The Saints Go Marching In 4. Hard Headed Children 5. Dig Me In The Morning 6. Have You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry? 7. Black Snake 8. Met The Blues At The Corner 9. How Many Days Must I Wait 10. If You Ever Been Mistreated 11. Back To Arkansas 12. Childrens Boogie 13. Blues For Queen Elizabeth 14. Goin To Galveston 15-24: Lightnin (The Blues Of Lightnin Hopkins) 15. Automobile Blues 16. You Better Watch Yourself 17. Mean Old Frisco 18. Shinin Moon 19. Come Back Baby 20. Thinkin Bout An Old Friend 21. The Walkin Blues 22. Back To New Orleans 23. Katie Mae 24. Down There Baby
CD2 1-8: Last Night Blues 1. Rocky Mountain 2. Got To Move Your Baby 3. So Sorry To Leave You 4. Take A Trip With Me 5. Last Night Blues 6. Lightnins Stroke 7. Hard To Love A Woman 8. Conversation Blues 9-18: Lightnin Strikes 9. Got Me A Louisiana Woman 10. Want To Come Home 11. Please Dont Quit Me 12. Devil Is Watching You 13. Rolling And Rolling 14. War Is Starting Again 15. Walkin Round In Circles 16. Mary Lou 17. Heavy Snow 18. Coon Is Hard To Catch |