Lightnin Hopkins - Lightnin Strikes (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180g LP] Motor City Barrels The latter constituted Springsteen's first

The latter constituted Springsteen's first (albeit very partial) release with his backing band since the late 1980s

and the late legend charted recordings in all the major formats like country

but with no distribution in America and no funding

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Lightnin Hopkins - Lightnin Strikes (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180g LP] Motor City Barrels The latter constituted Springsteen's firstLightnin' Strikes (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180g LP] Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180g vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. Recorded in 1966 for the Verve Folkways label, Lightnin' Strikes may not have the notoriety as some of Hopkins' other albums, but this set backed by Jimmy Bond (bass), Earl Palmer (drums) and Don Crawford (harmonica) is classic Lightnin'. From the opener, "Mojo Hand," to