Lightning - Lightning (1970 us, power stoner blues psych rock )<br /><br />Lightning was an offshoot of Minneapolis ’60s legends Litter that featured guitar wizard Tom “Zippy” Caplan. After recording the Litter’s 1966 garage classic Distortions and 1968 psych masterpiece $100 Fine, Caplan split from the Litter and formed Lightning. <br /><br />The band started out as a power trio and cut one fierce Cream-inspired single “William” b/w “Of Paupers And Poets” in 1968 under the White Lightning moniker with Twin Cities record producer Warren Kendrick. The band regrouped into a quintet and scored a record deal with P.I.P. which issued their eight-song album. That album has since become a highly collectable LP. <br /><br />Lightning became one of the Midwest’s hardest working rock acts and toured extensively throughout the region during their three-year tenure. <br /><br />Tracklist <br /><br />A1 Prelude To Opus IV<br />Written-By – Stanhope*, Woodrich*<br />0:00<br />A2 Hideaway<br />Written-By – Stanhope*, Woodrich*<br />4:14<br />A3 When A Man Could Be Free<br />Written-By – Stanhope*, Caplan*, Woodrich*<br />8:20<br />A4 Madame Sunrise<br />Written-By – Stanhope*, Caplan*, Woodrich*<br />12:51<br /><br />B1 1930<br />Written-By – Stanhope*, Roberts*, Caplan*<br />18:56<br />B2 Freedom (Is Life With Living)<br />Written-By – Stanhope*, Roberts*, Woodrich*<br />23:17<br />B3 They've Got The Time<br />Written-By – Stanhope*, Woodrich*<br />29:10<br />B4 Riders In The Sky<br />Written-By – Edwin H.Morris*<br />35:04<br /><br />Credits<br /><br />Arranged By – Lightning (6)<br />Arranged By [Additional String Arrangement Arp Synthesizer] – Herb Pilhofer<br />Bass Guitar – Woody Woodrich<br />Design [Cover Design] – John Hanson (13)<br />Engineer [Chief Recording Engineer] – Tom Jung<br />Guitar – Ronn Roberts, Zip Caplan*<br />Lead Vocals – Mick Stanhope<br />Percussion – Bernie Pershey, Mick Stanhope<br />Producer – Ira Heilicher, Lightning (6), Pat Rains<br />Vocals – Ronn Roberts
