Album artwork for Lightnin' in New York by Lightnin' Hopkins

Recorded November 15, 1960 at the Nola Penthouse Sound Studios in New York, Lightnin' In New York captures the legendary bluesman in classic form, including some rare solos on the piano. Produced by Candid Records label co-founder, famed music critic and social activist, Nat Hentoff, and recorded at a time when Hopkins was being "rediscovered" by white audiences, the bluesman was reluctant in accepting his new role as an "artist" before predominantly white audiences.

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' in New York

Candid Records
Album artwork for Lightnin' in New York by Lightnin' Hopkins
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$26.99

Black
Released 09/23/2022Catalog Number

CDID30101.1

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Album artwork for Lightnin' in New York by Lightnin' Hopkins
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Released 04/15/2022Catalog Number

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Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' in New York

Candid Records
Album artwork for Lightnin' in New York by Lightnin' Hopkins
LP

$26.99

Black
Released 09/23/2022Catalog Number

CDID30101.1

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Album artwork for Lightnin' in New York by Lightnin' Hopkins
CD

$15.99

Released 04/15/2022Catalog Number

CDID30102.2

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Recorded November 15, 1960 at the Nola Penthouse Sound Studios in New York, Lightnin' In New York captures the legendary bluesman in classic form, including some rare solos on the piano. Produced by Candid Records label co-founder, famed music critic and social activist, Nat Hentoff, and recorded at a time when Hopkins was being "rediscovered" by white audiences, the bluesman was reluctant in accepting his new role as an "artist" before predominantly white audiences.