Lightnin' and the Blues

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{{Infobox album

| name = Lightnin' and the Blues

| type = Album

| artist = Lightnin' Hopkins

| cover = Lightnin' and the Blues.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1960

| recorded = April 1954

| venue =

| studio = Houston, Texas

| genre = Blues

| length = 30:56 Original LP release

| label = Herald
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| producer =

| chronology = Lightnin' Hopkins

| prev_title = Last of the Great Blues Singers

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Lightnin' Hopkins

| next_year = 1959

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic (2001 reissue)

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Leggett |first1=Steve |title=Lightnin' and the Blues: The Herald Sessions Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lightnin-and-the-blues-the-herald-sessions-mw0000002054 |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 September 2024}}

}}

Lightnin' and the Blues is a 12-inch LP album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, collecting twelve tracks recorded in 1954 that were originally released as 7-inch singles on the Herald Records label.[https://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/herald/herald.html Both Sides Now: Herald/Ember/Muse Album Discographies] accessed November 22, 2018[https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography] accessed November 22, 2018 Since its original release, Lightnin' and the Blues has been reissued several times including in 2001 and later in 2016 when it was expanded to a 30 song track-list. The material Hopkins recorded with Herald Records in 1954 has also been released under various other compilations, including Collectables Records' two volumes The Herald Recordings{{cite web |title=Lightnin' Hopkins - The Herald Recordings 1954 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6898254-Lightnin-Hopkins-The-Herald-Recordings-1954 |website=Discogs |access-date=24 September 2024}} and The Herald Recordings Vol. 2.{{cite web |last1=Dahl |first1=Bill |title=The Herald Recordings, Vol. 2 Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-herald-recordings-vol-2-mw0000314867 |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 September 2024}}{{cite web |title=Lightnin' Hopkins – The Herald Recordings Vol. 2 - 1954 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1811675-Lightnin-Hopkins-The-Herald-Recordings-Vol-2-1954 |website=Discogs |access-date=24 September 2024}}