IKE & TINA: Album (Sampler)

Classic (2003)

Ike & Tina Turner - Classic - Album

Classic (The Universal Masters Collection) features like the previously released Bold Soul Sister from 1997 selected tracks (but in a different order) from the album The Hunter and Outta Season - both released from Blue Thumb Records in 1969. It includes with I’ve Been Loving You Too Long Ike & Tina’s live signature song and with „I Am A Motherless Child“ a track written by Tina Turner, which she re-recorded in 2014 for the album Love Within. The cover picture was taken from Ike & Tina’s appearance at the TV-Show Ready, Steady, Go! on September 30, 1966.

Release: May 2003
Liner Notes: Daryl Easlea
Label: Blue Thumb / Universal
Format: CD / Digital

Ike & Tina Turner: One can now only speculate what it must have been like to be a fan hearing this music for the first time - the optimism, the raw grit.

  1. I've Been Loving You Too Long 3:55
    2. Written by Otis Redding, J. Butler / From the album 'Outta Season'
  2. 3 O'Clock In The Morning Blues 2:41
    3. Written by R. King, J. Taub / From the album 'Outta Season'
  3. Bold Soul Sister 2:38
    4. Written by Ike & Tina Turner / From the album 'The Hunter'
  4. You Don't Love Me (Yes I Know) 3:02
    5. Written by W. Cobbs / From the album 'The Hunter'
  5. Mean Old World 2:26
    6. Written by Ike Turner / From the album 'Outta Season'
  6. Dust My Broom 2:31
    7. Written by E. James / Adapted by Ike Turner / From the album 'Outta Season'
  7. Crazy 'Bout You Baby 3:24
    8. Written by W. Williamson / From the album 'Outta Season'
  8. Reconsider Baby 2:44
    9. Written by L. Fulsom / From the album 'Outta Season'
  9. Rock Me Baby 2:46
    10. Written by B.B. King, J. Josea / From the album 'Outta Season'
  10. Please Love Me 2:13
    11. Written by R. King, J. Taub / From the album 'Outta Season'
  11. Honest I Do 2:25
    12. Written by J. Reed, E.G. Abner / From the album 'Outta Season'
  12. I Smell Trouble 3:48
    13. Written by Robey / From the album 'The Hunter'
  13. Early In The Morning 3:03
    14. Traditional / From the album 'The Hunter'
  14. Five Long Years 3:24
    15. Written by E. Boyd / From the album 'Outta Season'
  15. I Am A Motherless Child 3:30
    16. Written by Tina Turner / From the album 'Outta Season'
  16. The Hunter 6:38
    17. Written by Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, C. Wells, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper / From the album 'The Hunter'
Ike & Tina Turner - Classic - Album

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