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Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Aladdin Recordings (1948)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Katie May 3:00
  2. Feel So Bad 2:09
  3. Blues (That Mean Old Twister) 3:10
  4. I Can't Stay Here In YourTown 2:49
  5. Can't Do Like You Used To 2:34
  6. West Coast Blues 2:39
  7. Short Haired Woman 2:25
  8. L.A. Blues 2:55
  9. Big Mama Jump 2:41
  10. Down Baby 2:17
  11. Let Me Play With Your Poodle 2:33
  12. Fast Mail Rambler 2:49
  13. Thinkin' And Worryin' 2:54
  14. Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind 2:39
  15. Woman Woman 2:45
  16. Picture On The Wall 2:50
  17. You're Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore 2:50
  18. You're Gonna Miss Me 2:19
  19. Sugar On My Mind 2:44
  20. Nightmare Blues 2:40
  21. Someday Baby 2:40
  22. Come Back Baby 2:38
CD2
  1. Lightnin's Boogie 2:20
  2. Baby You're Not Going To Make A Fool Out Of Me 2:32
  3. Daddy Will Be Home One Day 2:27
  4. Moon Rise Blues 2:58
  5. Howling Wolf 2:44
  6. Morning Blues 2:48
  7. Have To Let You Go 2:41
  8. Mama's Baby Child 2:45
  9. Mistreated Blues 2:40
  10. My California 2:35
  11. Honey Babe 2:35
  12. So Long 2:47
  13. See See Rider 2:36
  14. Unpredictable Woman 3:00
  15. I Just Don't Care 2:49
  16. Drinkin' Woman 2:53
  17. Abilene 2:27
  18. Shotgun 2:41
  19. Rollin' And Rollin' 2:43
  20. Tell It Like It Is 2:37
  21. Miss Loretta 2:40

Notes

This is where it all began for the Houston troubadour: 43 solo sides, as evocative and stark as any he ever did, from 1946-1948. The first 13 sides find the guitarist in tandem with pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith (who handles the vocals on a few tracks), but after that, old Lightnin' Hopkins went the solo route. "Katie May," "Short Haired Woman," "Abilene," "Shotgun" -- all these and more rate with his seminal performances.