Ike Turner - A Black Man's Soul - Album

A Black Man’s Soul

Album / Singles (1969)

A Back Man’s Soul is an instrumental funk and soul album, released with a b/w 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. In addition to Ike on piano and guitar, also Billy Preston played piano. The album received a 4 star rating from Billboard in their issue from May 3, 1969 and earned Ike his first solo Grammy nomination in 1970. 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. It's also part of the 3 CD box set The Complete Pompeii Recordings. The track Funky Mule was released as a single in 2015.

Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1969 (USA) / 1975 (Europe) / Various (Reissue)
Label: Pompeii (USA) / DJM (UK) / Bellaphone (Germany) / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / Cartridge / CD
Grammy: Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Nomination 1970)

Ike Turner - xxx - Album

Tracks

  1. Thinking Black 2:41
  2. Written by Ike Turner
  3. Black Beauty 2:28
  4. Written by Ike Turner
  5. Ghetto Funk 2:31
  6. Written by Ike Turner
  7. Black’s Alley 2:44
  8. Written by Oliver Sain
  9. Black Angel 3:13
  10. Written by Oliver Sain
  11. Getting Nasty 3:08
  12. Written by Ike Turner
  13. Funky Mule 3:23
  14. Written by Marvin Holmes
  15. Philly Dog 2:24
  16. Written by Rufus Thomas
  17. Scotty Souling 2:59
  18. Written by Ike Turner
  19. Up Hard 2:41
  20. Written by Art Miller
  21. Nuttin’ Up 2:27
  22. Written by Ike Turner
  23. Freedom Sound 2:38
  24. Written by Ike Turner

Thinking Black

was the only single from the album in 1969. It was reissued in 2020 as a limited edition Japanese vinyl single, including the original version and a more playful and funky remix from 'Conomark' on the flip side. The reissue includes a paper insert sheet that mimics the album cover.

    Original release 1969
  1. Thinking Black (Instrumental) 2:33
  2. Black Angel (Instrumental) 3:14
    Reissue 2020
  1. Thinking Black (Original) 2:40
  2. Thinking Black (Conomark & Hong Kong Edit) 4:28

Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1969 / August 2020 (Reissue)
Remix: Conomark
Label: Sterling Award
Format: 7“ Vinyl