Free Form Patterns
Free Form Patterns | ||||
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Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | February 1, 1968 | |||
Studio | International Artists Studio, Houston, TX | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 43:11 | |||
Label | International Artists IA LP 6 | |||
Producer | Lelan Rogers | |||
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology | ||||
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Free Form Patterns (also released as Reflections) is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins backed by the rhythm section of the 13th Floor Elevators, recorded in Texas in 1968 and released on the International Artists label.[1][2][3]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [6] |
Record Collector | [5] |
AllMusic's Al Campbell stated: "While not as revolutionary as John Lee Hooker's sessions with Canned Heat, Free Form Patterns steers clear of the late-'60s psychedelic trappings that screwed up such similar sessions as Electric Mud. No one tried to bend Hopkins to fit a foreign musical approach on Free Form Patterns; he made the music bend to him".[4] Record Collector observed that "Free Form Patterns isn't some hippy hybrid, it's a pure blues album – actually, scrub that; it's a pure Lightnin’ Hopkins album".[5] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "Despite these interpolations it's a rather lacklustre affair".[6]
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted
- "Mr. Charlie" – 7:02
- "Give Me Time to Think" – 3:49
- "Fox Chase" (Billy Bizor, Marty Rubenstein) – 2:53
- "Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store" – 5:30
- "Open Up Your Door" – 3:54
- "Baby Child" (Bizor, Rubenstein) – 3:35
- "Cooking's Done" – 3:48
- "Got Her Letter This Morning" – 4:57
- "Rain Falling" – 4:33
- "Mini Skirt" – 3:10
Personnel
Performance
- Lightnin' Hopkins – electric guitar, vocals
- Duke Davis – bass
- Danny Thomas – drums
- Billy Bizor – harmonica and vocals
Production
- Lelan Rogers – producer
- Jim Duff – engineer
References
- ^ Both Sides Now: International Artists Album Discography accessed November 13, 2018
- ^ Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 13, 2018
- ^ International Artists Records: album details accessed November 13, 2018
- ^ a b Campbell, Al. Lightnin' Hopkins: Free Form Patterns – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Record Collector Review accessed November 13, 2018
- ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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- Country Blues (1959)
- Autobiography in Blues (1960)
- Down South Summit Meetin' (1960)
- Last Night Blues (1961)
- Lightnin' (1961)
- Lightnin' in New York (1961)
- Blues in My Bottle (1961)
- Mojo Hand (1962)
- Lightnin' Sam Hopkins (1962)
- Walkin' This Road by Myself (1962)
- Lightnin' and Co. (1962)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1962)
- Blues Hoot (1963)
- Smokes Like Lightning (1963)
- Goin' Away (1963)
- Hootin' the Blues (1964)
- Down Home Blues (1964)
- Soul Blues (1965)
- My Life in the Blues (1965)
- The King of the Blues (1965)
- Lightning Hopkins with His Brothers Joel and John Henry / with Barbara Dane (1966)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1966)
- Blue Lightnin' (1967)
- Something Blue (1967)
- Texas Blues Man (1968)
- Free Form Patterns (1968)
- Talkin' Some Sense (1968)
- The Great Electric Show and Dance (1969)
- California Mudslide (and Earthquake) (1969)
- Lightnin'! (1969)
- Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley (1972)
- The Swarthmore Concert (1993)
- Live at Newport (2002)
- In the Key of Lightnin' (2002)
- Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (1958)
- Last of the Great Blues Singers (1960)
- Lightnin' and the Blues (1960)
- Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues (1961)
- Early Recordings (1965)
- Early Recordings Vol. 2 (1971)
- Po' Lightnin' (1983)
- Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins