A Back Man’s Soul is an instrumental funk and soul album, released with a black and white and colored cover. It contains songs written by Ike Turner, his St. Louis colleague Oliver Sain and some others. All tracks were recorded at various studios in the U.S. between tour dates. The album was originally released in 1969 from Pompeii Records in America. In England, it was first issued in 1975 under the different title „Funky Mule“ and in Germany as „Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm“. In 2003, it was reissued on compact disc with four bonus tracks, including three with vocals from Tina Turner. It’s also part of the 3 CD box set The Complete Pompeii Recordings from 2016.
Producer: Ike Turner
Design: Loring Eutemey
Release: 1969 (USA) / 1975 (Europe) / 2003 (CD)
Label: Pompeii (USA) / DJM (UK) / Bellaphone (Germany) / Funky Delicacies (CD)
Format: Vinyl / Cartridge / CD
Tracklist
- Thinking Black 2:41
- Black Beauty 2:28
- Ghetto Funk 2:31
- Black’s Alley 2:44
- Black Angel 3:13
- Getting Nasty 3:08
- Funky Mule 3:23
- Philly Dog 2:24
- Scotty Souling 2:59
- Up Hard 2:41
- Nuttin’ Up 2:27
- Freedom Sound 2:38
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CD Bonus Tracks
- Chain Of Fools 2:11
- Philly Dog 2:24
- Chain Of No More Doggin’ 3:32
- Knock On Wood 2:45
- Drifting Blues 2:35