| In the Key of Lightnin' | ||||
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| Released | August 27, 2002 [1] | |||
| Recorded | May 20, 1969 [1] | |||
| Studio | Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, California | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 43:31 | |||
| Label | Tomato TOM 2098 | |||
| Producer | Chris Strachwitz, Jim Malloy, Kevin Eggers | |||
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In the Key of Lightnin' is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded at the sessions that produced Lightnin'! in California in 1969, but not released until 2002 on the Tomato label. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |    [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings said: "In the Key of Lightnin' contains unissued material from the Poppy sessions with the full band on "What'd I Say" and "Katie May". Five tracks are snatches of inconsequential talking". [3]
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