Lightnin’ Hopkins with Sonny Terry – Last Night Blues [Stereo] (Craft Recordings Bluesville Acoustic Sounds Series Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from the original analog master tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab at Blue Heaven Studios.

The Bluesville Series from Craft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds!

Inspired by the original Prestige label imprint established in 1959

Last Night Blues by Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry

All-analog mastering by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab at Blue Heaven Studios!

180-gram vinyl pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Obi strip with reflections written by Grammy-winning producer, writer, and musician Scott Billington

Highlighting trailblazing blues musicians from legendary labels

"Hopkins' most significant collaboration with a harmonica player arguably occurred on a single day — October 26, 1960 — when he recorded in a New Jersey studio with Sonny Terry, his folk blues revial peer ... The result was this very fine album, Last Night Blues, first released in 1961 on the Prestige label's Bluesville imprint, now reissued by Craft Recordings on 180-gram vinyl.

"...Last Night Blues features some of the strongest, most impassioned singing that Hopkins ever recorded, along with his always marvelous guitar playing. ... Hopkins and company deliver spirited interpretations of eight numbers, a dynamic mix of upbeat shuffles and mournfully introspective blues. ... Even before Last Night Blues was impeccably restored on high-quality vinyl for this year's reissue, it was already a special album. When it comes to fervent vocalizing and clever guitar picking, the highly individualistic Hopkins has perhaps never sounded better, complimented as he is by Terry's gracefully collegial presence." — Roger Wood, Living Blues, November 2024

Last Night Blues is Lightnin' Hopkins' 1961 album, featuring Sonny Terry. The second of three album collaborations, Last Night Blues showcases Hopkins' and Terry's different yet complementary styles to create a well-rounded listening experience. AllMusic declared, "this dynamite disc represents what the blues should be: stripped-down, soulful, and full of truth."

Featuring all-analog mastering by Grammy-nominated engineer Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab at Blue Heaven Studios. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, this album is released in partnership with Acoustic Sounds, and features a paper-wrapped tip-on jacket.

(Above description from AcousticSounds.com)