Free Form Patterns

Free Form Patterns
Studio album by
Lightnin' Hopkins
Released1968
RecordedFebruary 1, 1968
StudioInternational Artists Studio, Houston, TX
GenreBlues
Length43:11
LabelInternational Artists
IA LP 6
ProducerLelan Rogers
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Talkin' Some Sense
(1968) 		Free Form Patterns
(1968) 		The Great Electric Show and Dance
(1969)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "Mr. Charlie" – 7:02
  2. "Give Me Time to Think" – 3:49
  3. "Fox Chase" (Billy Bizor, Marty Rubenstein) – 2:53
  4. "Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store" – 5:30
  5. "Open Up Your Door" – 3:54
  6. "Baby Child" (Bizor, Rubenstein) – 3:35
  7. "Cooking's Done" – 3:48
  8. "Got Her Letter This Morning" – 4:57
  9. "Rain Falling" – 4:33
  10. "Mini Skirt" – 3:10

Personnel

Performance

Production

References

  1. ^ Both Sides Now: International Artists Album Discography accessed November 13, 2018
  2. ^ Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 13, 2018
  3. ^ International Artists Records: album details accessed November 13, 2018
  4. ^ a b Campbell, Al. Lightnin' Hopkins: Free Form Patterns – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Record Collector Review accessed November 13, 2018
  6. ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.