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Early Recordings (Lightnin' Hopkins album)

Early Recordings
Compilation album by
Released1965
Recorded1946–50
StudioGold Star Recording Studios, Houston, Texas
GenreBlues
Length45:52
LabelArhoolie
CompilerChris Strachwitz
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Early Recordings
(1965)
Early Recordings Vol. 2
(1971)

Early Recordings is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins featuring tracks recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios between 1946 and 1950, eight of which were originally released as 10-inch 78rpm records on the Gold Star and Jax labels, along with eight others that were previously unissued.[1] Arhoolie reissued The Gold Star Sessions on two CDs through Smithsonian Folkways in 1990.[2]

  1. ^ O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 17 – December 25, 2010 accessed November 23, 2018
  2. ^ Smithsonian Folkways: Lightnin' Hopkins catalog accessed November 23, 2018