Thinkin' and worryin' : the Aladdin singles 1947-1952

"With his starkly effective vocalizing, inventive guitar picking and freestyling poetic capabilities, Hopkins fused elements of the Texas country blues tradition with a slyly modernized individualism ... these 26 selections vary in quality, both artistic and technical, but as a whole they comprise some profoundly compelling deep blues ... a worthwhile trip back in time to recording sessions on which a true blues giant first began to reveal his idiosyncratic brilliance".