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| Recorded | 1964 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PR 1084 |
| Released | 1964 |
| Personnel | 11 credited players |
| Discogs | master 565898 |
The record
Compiled from more than one session, and the credits give it away: three drummers, two bassists, two harmonica players. Sonny Terry is one of those, Billy Bizor the other, with Buster Pickens at the piano and Hopkins singing and playing guitar across all ten tracks. "Mojo Hand" and "Last Night Blues" are the ones people come for. Prestige PR 1084, 1964.
Tracks
- The Walkin' Blues
- Back To New Orleans
- Last Night Blues
- Hard To Love A Woman
- Wake Up Old Lady
- Sinner's Prayer
- Angel Child
- Business You're Doin'
- Mojo Hand
- Got To Move Your Baby
Session personnel
- Donald Cooks — Bass
- Leonard Gaskin — Bass
- Belton Evans — Drums
- Herbie Lovelle — Drums
- Spider Kilpatrick — Drums
- Lightnin' Hopkins — Guitar, Vocals
- Billy Bizor — Harmonica
- Sonny Terry — Harmonica
- Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
- Francis Squibb — Liner Notes [Nov. 1963]
- Buster Pickens — Piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1964 | Prestige Bluesville · BV 1084 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp |
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| 1964 | Prestige · PR 1084 — Vinyl LP Compilation |
| 1964 | Bluesville · BV 1084 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Mono |
| 1968 | Stateside · MSL 6067 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation · laminated sleeve |
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