Ike & Tina Turner - Golden Empire - Album

Golden Empire

Album / Singles (1985)

Golden Empire is a collection of rock and r&b standards like Faye Adams Shake A Hand, contemporary tunes including Stevie Wonders Living For The City and funky, witty Ike Turner originals. Beside previously released songs, it features also a lot of unreleased material, available for the first time on this two record set. All tracks are re-mastered and remixed by Striped Horse Records chief Carlo Nasi and Philadelphia International veteran engineer Don Murray. Four singles were released from the album and twenty years later, also the track Raise Your Hand was issued as a single. A selection of twelve songs was also released under the different title Get It On and all songs have been reissued on the two record set The Collection in 1987. Some of the previously unreleased songs can be found on an early demo record from 1976, maybe for a planned album which never materialised because of the split of the duo.

Producer: Ike Turner
Recorded: Bolic Sound Studios
Remix: Carlo Nasi, Don Murray
Release: November 1985
Label: Striped Horse / Teldec (Germany)
Format: 2 Vinyl / Cassette / CD

Ike & Tina Turner - Golden Empire - Album

Tracks

    Volume I
  1. Mississippi Rolling Stone 3:41
    2. Written by T. Seals, D. Goodman
  2. Living For The City 3:42
    3. Written by Steve Wonder
  3. Golden Empire 3:48
    4. Written by Ike Turner
  4. I’m Looking For My Mind 3:11
    5. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased
  5. Shake A Hand 3:38
    6. Written by Morris / Previously Unreleased
  6. Bootsie Whitelaw 4:05
    7. Written by Ike Turner
  7. Too Much Man For One Woman 3:06
    8. Written by Tina Turner
  8. I Know (You Don’t Want Me No More) 3:27
    9. Written by George
  9. Rockin’ And Rollin’ 3:16
    10. Written by Ike Turner
  10. Never Been To Spain 3:00
    11. Written by H. Axton
    Volume II
  1. Sugar, Sugar 2:43
    2. Written by J. Berry, A. Kim
  2. Push 5:06
    3. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased
  3. Raise Your Hand 2:31
    4. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased
  4. Tina’s Prayer 3:04
    5. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased
  5. Chicken 3:22
    6. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased
  6. If You Want It 2:39
    7. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased
  7. Let’s Get It On 2:43
    8. Written by Ike Turner
  8. You’re Up To Something 3:52
    9. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased
  9. You’re Still My Baby 2:12
    10. Written by Chuck Willis
  10. Jesus 3:28
    11. Written by Ike Turner / Previously Unreleased

Living For The City

is a song from Stevie Wonder, originally released in 1973. Ike & Tina covered it one year later for their album Sweet Rhode Island Red. In 1985, it was remixed and released as the first single from the album with different b-side tracks in America and Europe. Some records are made of transparent yellow vinyl. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from July 6, 1985.

  1. Living For The City 3:41
    2. From the 7" single
  2. Living For The City (Club Version) 5:02
    3. From the 12" single
    Additional tracks:
  1. Push 5:06
    2. From the European release
  2. Bootsy Whitelaw 4:05
    3. From the American release

Writer: Steve Wonder
Producer: Ike Turner
Remix: Carlo Nasi, Don Murray
Release: 1985 (USA) / 1986 (Europe)
Label: Striped Horse
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl (Colored)

Ike & Tina Turner - Golden Empire - Single

Golden Empire

was a previously unreleased track and only released officially as a single in Italy, but it was also a promotional record in America. Version two and three on the maxi are nearly equal.

  1. Golden Empire 3:45
  2. Golden Empire (Version Two) 4:26
    3. From the 7" single
  3. Golden Empire (Club Version) 5:22
  4. Golden Empire (Version Three) 4:22
    5. From the 12" single
  5. Golden Empire (Short Version) 3:45
    6. From the 12" promotional record

Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Remix: Carlo Nasi, Don Murray
Release: 1986
Label: Striped Horse
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl

Ike & Tina Turner - Multimix - Single

Multimix

is a Spanish maxi single with an over twenty minutes long megamix on both sides. All songs were taken from the album Golden Empire.

  1. Multimix (Part I) 10:46
    2. Tracks: Rockin' & Rollin', I'm Looking For My Mind, Golden Empire, Mississippi Rolling Stone, Living For The City, Shake A Hand, Too Much Man For One Woman
  2. Multimix (Part II) 10:46
    3. Tracks: Jesus, Never Been To Spain, Push, I Know, Sugar Sugar, Chicken, You're Up To Something, Tina's Prayer

Mixed: Jordi Pou & Paco Penaranda
Remixed: Carlo Nasi, Don Murray
Release: 1986
Label: Perfil
Format: 12“ Vinyl

Ike & Tina Turner - Shake A Hand - Single

Shake A Hand

is a cover from Faye Adams, which stayed unreleased until 1985, when it was first issued on this album and as a single the next year in France. The b-side track I Know (You Don't Want Me No More) was already a single in 1969, taken from the album The Hunter, but this is a re-recorded version. In 1991, it was also included into the tracklist of the sampler Sexy-Seducative-Provocative, released again as a single.

  1. Shake A Hand 3:36
  2. I Know (You Don’t Want Me No More) 3:25

Writer: Morris
Producer: Ike Turner
Remix: Carlo Nasi, Don Murray
Release: 1986
Label: Striped Horse
Format: 7“ Vinyl

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