Ike & Tina Turner - The Edge - Album

The Edge

Album / Singles / Demo (1980)

The Edge features the very last Ike & Tina recordings with lead vocals from Tina Turner on the a-side and Ike Turner compositions without Tina on the b-side. The instrumental part was played by Home Grown Funk, a popular Memphis group in the '70s. After Tina’s comback in 1984, all five songs with lead vocals by Tina have been reissued on a Mini album.

Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1980 / 1984 (Mini) / 2017 (CD)
Label: Fantasy
Format: Vinyl / Cassette / CD

Ike & Tina Turner - The Edge - Back Cover

Tracks

  1. Shame, Shame, Shame 2:59
    2. Written by Sylvia Robinson
  2. Lean On Me 3:32
    3. Written by Bill Withers
  3. Philadelphia Freedom 4:10
    4. Written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  4. Use Me 3:08
    5. Written by Bill Withers
  5. Only Women Bleed 3:56
    6. Written by Cooper, Wagner
  6. Party Vibes 4:37
    7. Written by Ike Turner
  7. Lum Dum 3:27
    8. Written by Ike Turner
  8. No Other Woman 3:31
    9. Written by Ike Turner
  9. I Can’t Believe 3:27
    10. Written by Ike Turner
  10. I Don’t Want Nobody 3:37
    11. Written by Ike Turner
Ike Turner - Party Vibes - Single

Party Vibes

was released as a promotional record for DJ’s and radio stations in America and reached the Billboard dance chart. The track features only vocals from Ike Turner, in contrast to the b-side track Shame, Shame, Shame which features vocals from Tina Turner and was released as a regular single two years later in Europe - this time with Party Vibes on the flip side.

  1. Party Vibes (Disco Version) 8:02
  2. Shame, Shame, Shame (Extended Disco Version) 5:00

Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1980
Label: Fantasy
Format: 12“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #27 (Dance)

Shame, Shame, Shame

is a cover version from Shirley And Company and was released as a single only in Europe. The b-side track Party Vibes features vocals from Ike and was already a promotional record in America two years earlier. Tina promoted the title track twice: First in 1975 as a duet at the Cher Show and once again at the Willem Ruis Lotto Show on March 26, 1982. Another remix of the title track is available on the digital album Reworked Versions.

  1. Shame, Shame, Shame (Disco Version) 3:52
    2. From the 7" single
  2. Shame, Shame, Shame (Extended Disco Version) 5:00
    3. From the 12" single
    Additional tracks:
  1. Party Vibes (Album Version) 4:39
    2. From the 7" single
  2. Party Vibes (Disco Version) 8:02
    3. From the 12" single

Writer: Sylvia Robinson
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1982
Label: Fantasy / EMI
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl
Charts: Netherlands: #47 

Ike & Tina Turner - Lean On Me - Single

Lean On Me

is a cover song, written and first released from Bill Withers in 1972. Both tracks were taken from the album Mini, which includes the five last recordings with lead vocals from Tina Turner, originally released on the album The Edge. A remixed version of the title track is available on the digital album Reworked Versions. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from September 1, 1984.

  1. Lean On Me 3:32
  2. Shame, Shame, Shame 3:03

Writer: Bill Withers
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1984
Label: Fantasy
Format: 7“ Vinyl

Demo

This demo acetate from 1980 features a very different tracklist, including only songs with lead vocals from Ike Turner - some of them still unavailable anywhere else. Maybe The Edge was initially intended as an Ike Turner solo album. Only three tracks from this demo appeared later on the album and some were released in 1991 on the rarities sampler Good Old Times.

  1. Gotta Get Me A-Nurden 4:25
    2. Unreleased track
  2. Can't Beleave Nothin You Say (aka I Can't Believe What You Say)
    3. Originally released on the album 'The Edge'
  3. Stormy Weather
    4. Released in 1991 on the sampler 'Good Old Times'
  4. Disco Worm 3:50
    5. Unreleased track
  5. Bootsie Whitelaw 4:30
    6. Released in 1991 on the sampler 'Good Old Times'
  6. You Can Have Your Cake (And Eat It Too) 4:22
    7. Released in 2021 on the sampler 'The Bolic Sound Sessions'
  7. No Other Woman (Can Do With Me What You Do) 3:31
    8. Originally released on the album 'The Edge'
  8. Lum Dum 3:27
    9. Originally released on the album 'The Edge'
  9. Saturns Rings (Instrumental) 4:01
    10. Unreleased track

Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1980
Label: Quad Teck Studios
Format: Acetate

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