{"product_id":"lightnin-hopkins-soul-blues-analogue-productions-lp","title":"Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues - Analogue Productions LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cheader data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180g Vinyl LP!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePressed at Quality Record Pressings!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis release of Lightnin' Hopkins \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoul Blues\u003c\/em\u003e completes the series of 25 Prestige label stereo reissues from Analogue Productions. Of the 50 titles (25 stereo, 25 mono) in this reissue series, 49 of them were mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tape. For \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoul Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound created a 24\/192K hi-res file from a needle drop on a clean original LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis was done because the tape supplied for mastering proved to be from a needle drop itself, not the original, which has been lost since the early 1970s. Smith took the original LP, did a new needle drop and meticulously worked to eliminate the minimal tics and pops that remained. Then he mastered the album for LP and SACD from the hi-res file.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"We are amazed by the quality,\" says Chad Kassem, Acoustic Sounds\/Analogue Productions CEO. \"Now that the tape is lost, an original LP copy is now the master. Only in cases where the original master tape is lost or damaged and where we feel that we have no other choice, do we consider using the best source that remains. But we'd only do that if that source was sonically worth it. In this case, it most definitely is.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a needle drop from the original stereo LP. While the sound does not have the wide pan that you'd typically associate with stereo, meaning that it sounds very much like mono, this is in fact what was on the original stereo release of this title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA true poet of the blues, Lightnin' Hopkins was a master of tall, tongue-in-cheek tales, often made up on the spot in the recording studio. The first song on this album, \"I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own,\" describes an encounter with a bearded man claiming to be Jesus Christ. Hopkins also puts his personal stamp on Willie Dixon's \"My Babe\" and Smokey Hogg's \"Too Many Drivers,\" among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180g Vinyl LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from a 24\/192K Hi-Res File Created by Needle Drop from an Original Copy LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlated and Pressed at Quality Record Pressings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeticulous Test Pressing Evaluation and Quality Control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTip-On Stoughton Printing Jacket on Thick Cardboard Stock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOfficially Licensed \u0026amp; Authorized for Release by the Record Label\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelections\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Babe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eToo Many Drivers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI'm a Crawling Black Snake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRocky Mountain Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Mean Goodbye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Howling Wolf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Ghost Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDarling, Do You Remember Me?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLonesome Graveyard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Acoustic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59548219670609,"sku":"753088737718","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/APLPPR7377B__14136.jpg?v=1779348688","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/lightnin-hopkins-soul-blues-analogue-productions-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}