This set offers the most comprehensive selection in the marketplace of his recordings made between 1946 and 1955 with all of the key tracks. It comes with a 48 page booklet with his full story, session detail and rare pictures.
This one is now OUT OF PRINT and we are down to our last couple copies. Well, now it's sold out... BUT it has now been reissued under a different title: Houston Hurricane. So you can relax.
Texas Thunderbolt - Hopkins, Lightnin'
Disc 1
1. West Coast Blues
2. Katie Mae Blues
3. That Mean Old Twister
4. I Can't Stay Here In Your Town
5. Short Haired Woman
6. Little Mama Boogie
7. (Let Me) Play With Your Poodle
8. Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind
9. Picture On The Wall
10. You Are Not Goin' To Worry My Life Anymore
11. Miss Me Blues
12. Sugar On My Mind
13. Nightmare Blues
14. Lightnin's Boogie
15. Daddy Will Be Home One Day
16. Moonrise Blues
17. Morning Blues
18. Have To Let You Go
19. Mama's Baby Child
20. Mistreater Blues
21. My California
22. Honey Babe
23. So Long
24. See See Rider
25. Unpredictable Woman
26. I Just Don't Care
27. Whiskey Headed Woman
28. Abilene
Disc 2
1. Shotgun
2. Rollin' And Rollin
3. Tell It Like It Is
4. Miss Loretta
5. Ida Mae
6. What Can It Be
7. Lonesome Home
8. Appetite Blues
9. Ain't It A Shame
10. Tim Moore's Farm
11. You Don't Know
12. Somebody's Got To Go
13. Baby Please Don't Go
14. Mad With You
15. Unsuccessful Blues
16. Rollin' Woman Blues
17. T Model Blues
18. Lightnin's Boogie
19. Zologo
20. Automobile Blues
21. Untrue Blues
22. Henny Penny Blues
23. Jackstropper Blues
24. Grievance Blues
25. Grosebeck Blues
26. Racetrack Blues
27. Bluebird Blues
28. Goin' Back And Talk To Mama
Disc 3
1. Beggin' You To Stay
2. Bad Luck And Trouble
3. Last Affair
4. Jake Head Boogie
5. Lonesome Dog Blues
6. Needed Time
7. One Kind Favour
8. Another Fool In Town
9. Candy Kitchen
10. Black Cat
11. Santa Fe Blues
12. Some Day Baby
13. Black Cat Bone
14. Disagreeable
15. Dark And Cloudy
16. Coffee Blues
17. Praying Ground Blues
18. Give Me Central 209
19. Long Way From Texas
20. You Caused (My Heart To Weep)
21. Tap Dance Boogie
22. Dirty House
23. Freight Train Blues
24. One Kind Of Favor
25. Contrary Mary
26. I'm Beggin' You
27. Sad News From Korea
Disc 4
1. Ain't It A Shame
2. Crazy 'Bout My Baby
3. Highway Blues
4. I'm Wild About You Baby
5. Bad Things On My Mind
6. The War Is Over
7. Policy Game
8. Merry Christmas
9. Happy New Year
10. Cemetery Blues
11. Shine On Moon
12. Lightnin's Boogie
13. Lonesome In Your Home
14. Remember Me
15. Sittin' Down Thinkin'
16. Lightnin's Special
17. Don't Think Cause Your Pretty
18. Life I Used To Live
19. My Baby's Gone
20. Sick Feeling Blues
21. Moving On Out
22. Evil Hearted Woman
23. Blues For My Cookie
24. Had A Gal Called Sal
25. Nothin' But The Blues
26. My Little Kewpie Doll
27. Moanin' Blues
DISCOGRAPHY
DISC ONE : SHORT HAIRED WOMAN
Thunder & Lightnin�?? : Lightnin�?? Hopkins, g; Thunder Smith, p, voc, unknown, d.
Los Angeles, November 8, 1946
53-1 WEST COAST BLUES
Lightnin�??Hopkins, voc, g; Thunder Smith, p; unknown, d
Los Angeles, November 9, 1946
56-1 KATIE MAE BLUES
58-1 THAT MEAN OLD TWISTER
59-1 I CAN�??T STAY HERE IN YOUR TOWN (ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUS)
Lightnin�??Hopkins, voc, g; Thunder Smith, p; (-1) unknown, d
Los Angeles, August 15, 1947
219-1 SHORT HAIRED WOMAN
220-1 LITTLE MAMA BOOGIE (-1)
222-1 (LET ME) PLAY WITH YOUR POODLE (-1)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc,
Houston, November 1947
450 CAN�??T GET THAT WOMAN OFF MY MIND
452 PICTURE ON THE WALL
453 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WORRY ME LIFE ANYMORE (WORRIED LIFE BLUES)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston, February 25, 1948
HTN 501-1 MISS ME BLUES (YOU�??RE GONNA MISS ME)
HTN 502-1 SUGAR ON MY MIND (SUGAR MAMA)
HTN 503-1 NIGHTMARE BLUES
HTN 506-1 LIGHTNIN�??S BOOGIE
HTN 509-1 DADDY WILL BE HOME ONE DAY
HTN 509A-1 MOONRISE BLUES (THE MOON IS RISING)
HTN 511-1 MORNING BLUES
HTN 511-2 HAVE TO LET YOU GO
HTN 512A MAMA�??S BABY CHILD (BABY CHILD)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston, February 1948
HTN 1 MISTREATER BLUES (MISTREATED)
HTN 2 MY CALIFORNIA
HTN 3 HONEY BABE (HONEY HONEY BLUES)
HTN 4 SO LONG
HTN 5 SEE SEE RIDER
HTN 6 UNPREDICTABLE WOMAN (CHANGING WEATHER BLUES)
HTN 7 I JUST DON�??T CARE (CANDY KITCHEN)
HTN 8A WHISKEY HEADED WOMAN (LIQUOR DRINKIN�?? WOMAN)
HTN 8B ABILENE
DISCOGRAPHY
DISC TWO: SHOTGUN BLUES
Lightnin�?? Hopkins voc, g
Houston, February 1948
HTN 9A SHOTGUN BLUES
HTN GB ROLLIN�?? AND ROLLIN�?? (ROLLIN�??BLUES)
HTN 12 TELL IT LIKE IT IS (WHISKEY BLUES)
HTN 13 MISS LORETTA (LORETTA BLUES OR SUGAR MAMA NO.2)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston, 1948
A IDA MAE
B WHAT CAN IT BE
A LONESOME HOME (AIN�??T IT LONESOME)
B APPETITE BLUES
B AIN�??T IT A SHAME
A TIM MOORE�??S FARM (TIM MOORE BLUES)
B YOU DON�??T KNOW
B SOMEBODY�??S GOT TO GO
A BABY PLEASE DON�??T GO
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g unknown, speech (-1)
Houston, 1949
A MAD WITH YOU
B UNSUCCESSFUL BLUES (CAN�??T BE SUCCESSFUL) (-1)
Add Frankie Lee Sims, g.
B ROLLIN�?? WOMAN BLUES
Lightnin�?? Hopins, voc, g : L.C. WILLIAMS, TAP DANCING (-1)
Houston, 1949
B �??T�?� MODEL BLUES
A LIGHTNIN�??S BOOGIE (LIGHTNIN�??S BLUE OR MAD MAN�??S BOGIE) (-1)
A AUTOMOBILE BLUES
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, org
Houston, 1949
B ZOLOGO (Organ Blues)
Lightnin�?? Hopkns, voc, g
Houston, 1949
B UNTRUE BLUES (GRIEVANCE BLUES)
A HENRY PENNY BLUES
A JACKSTROPPER BLUES (THE JACKSTROPPER)
B GRIEVANCE BLUES (GRIEVANCE BLUES OR NOBODY CARES FOR ME)
TK4 GROSEBECK BLUES (TAKE 4)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston 1949-50
RACETRACK BLUES
BLUEBIRD BLUES
GOIN�?? BACK AND TALK TO MAMA
DISC THREE : GIVE ME THE CENTRAL 209
DISCOGRAPHY
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston, 1950
MM.1652 BEGGIN�?? YOU TO STAY (SOMEDAY BABY)
MM.1655 BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
MM.1664 LAST AFFAIR
MM.1665 JAKE HEAD BOOGIE
MM.1667 LONESOME DOG BLUES
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g, p (-1)
Houston, 1950
MM.1846 NEEDED TIME
MM.1847 ONE KIND FAVOR
MM.1902 ANOTHER FOOL IN TOWN
MM.1903 CANDY KITCHEN (-1)
MM.1973 BLACK CAT
MM.2032 SANTA FE BLUES
MM.2033 SOME DAY BABY
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston, 1950-51
BLACK CAT BONE
DISAGREEABLE
DARK AND CLOUDY
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g; unknown, b
New York, 1951
2326 COFFEE BLUES
2327 PRAYING GROUND BLUES
2332 GIVE ME CENTRAL 209 (HELLO CENTRAL)
2333 LONG WAY FROM TEXAS
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc,g, tap dancing (-1); Donald Cooks, b
Houston, 1952
J478 YOU CAUSED (MY HEART TO WEEP)
J479 TAP DANCE BOOGIE (-1)
J488 DIRTY HOUSE
J492 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES (WHEN I STARTED HOBOING)
J495 ONE KIND OF FAVOR
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g; Donald Cooks, b
Houston, 1952
4069 CONTRARY MARY (CRAZY MARY)
4071 I�??M BEGGIN�?? YOU
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g; Donald Cooks, b.
Houston, 1952
YB-9104 SAD NEWS FROM KOREA
DISC FOUR : REMEMBER ME
DISCOGRAPHY
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston, 1952
YB 9406 AIN�??T IT A SHAME
YB 9407 CRAZY ABOUT MY BABY
Lightnin�?? Hopkins : Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g; Donald Cooks, b; Connie Kroll, d. �??Crying�?� dubbed on (-1)
Houston, July 29, 1953
84970 HIGHWAY BLUES
84971 I�??M WILD ABOUT YOU BABY
84972 BAD THINGS ON MY MIND
84973 THE WAR IS OVER
84974 POLICY GAME
84975 MERRY CHRISTMAS
84976 HAPPY NEW YEAR
84977 CEMETERY BLUES (-1)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, d
Houston, April 1954
H-1075 SHINE ON MOON
H-1076 LIGHTNIN�??S BOOGIE (BOOGIE WOOGIE DANCE)
H-1077 LONESOME IN YOUR HOME
H-1078 REMEMBER ME
H-1079 SITTIN�?? DOWN THINKIN�??
H-1080 LIGHTNIN�??S SPECIAL (FLASH LIGHTNIN�??)
H-1082 DON�??T THINK�?? CAUSE YOU�??RE PRETTY (BLUES IS A MIGHTY BAD FEELIN�??)
H-1083 LIFE I USED TO LIVE (GONNA CHANGE MY WAYS)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g; Donald Cooks, b; Ben Turner, d
Houston, April 1954
H-1099 MY BABY�??S GONE
H-1101 SICK FEELING BLUES (I�??M ACHING)
H-1102 MOVING ON OUT BOOGIE (LET�??S MOVE)
H-1104 EVIL HEARTED WOMAN
H-1106 BLUES FOR MY COOKIE
H-1107 HAD A GAL CALLED SAL
H-1109-1 NOTHIN�?? BUT THE BLUES
H-1396 MY LITTLE KEWPIE DOLL (BAD BOOGIE)
Lightnin�?? Hopkins, voc, g
Houston - 1955
8003-2 MOANIN�?? BLUES