{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = The Swarthmore Concert | type = Live album | artist = Lightnin' Hopkins | cover = The Swarthmore Concert.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = 1993 | recorded = April 6, 1964 | venue = Swarthmore College Folk Festival, Swarthmore, PA | studio = | genre = Blues | length = 33:46 | label = Bluesville<br />{{small|00025218056328}} | producer = Shel Kagen | chronology = Lightnin' Hopkins | prev_title = Goin' Away | prev_year = 1963 | next_title = Down Home Blues | next_year = 1964 }}
'''''The Swarthmore Concert''''', subtitled ''King of the Blues'', is a live album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded at the Swarthmore College Folk Festival in 1965. It was originally released as part of the seven-CD box set ''Lightnin' Hopkins: The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings'', in 1991, before being reissued on Bluesville as a single CD in 1993.<ref>[https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography] accessed November 26, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Lightnin-Hopkins-The-Swarthmore-Concert-The-King-Of-The-Blues/release/7759032 Discogs album details] accessed November 26, 2018</ref> ==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" /> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=280}}</ref> }} AllMusic reviewer Cub Koda stated: "this languished unissued in Fantasy Records' vaults until its release in the early '90s. That's a shame, because this concert captures Lightnin' at his beguiling best, spinning tales and blues magic with every track. ... If you want a disc that clearly showcases Lightnin' Hopkins at his enchanting best, start your collection with this one; it's a charmer".<ref name="AllMusic">{{Allmusic|first=Cub |last=Koda |class=album |id=mw0000622250 |title= Lightnin' Hopkins: ''Swarthmore Concert'' – Review |accessdate= November 26, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted # "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Traditional ) – 2:09 # "My Black Cadillac" – 1:44 # "It's Crazy" – 2:32 # "Mojo Hand" – 3:02 # "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 2:20 # "Short Haired Woman" – 3:52 # "Mean Old Frisco" (Arthur Crudup) – 1:53 # "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 2:44 # "The Twister" – 3:04 # "Green Onion" – 1:31 # "Sun Goin' Down" – 3:20 # "Come Go Home with Me" – 2:28 # "I'm a Stranger" – 3:07 ==Personnel== ===Performance=== *Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
==References== {{reflist}} {{Lightnin' Hopkins}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Swarthmore Concert, The}} Category:1993 live albums Category:Lightnin' Hopkins live albums Category:Bluesville Records live albums