The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner is the very first longplayer from Ike & Tina, originally released in 1961 from Sue Records only in America. It was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from April 7, 1962. Beside the duos debut single A Fool In Love from 1960, it features also three additional singles. The album was re-issued several times on different labels on vinyl and compact disc, partly with bonus tracks like on the double CD The Sould of Ike & Tina / Dynamate!
Abridged versions were released 1969 in America as The Fantastic Ike And Tina Turner with a different song order, 1971 in the UK as The Fantastic Ike & Tina plus additional tracks from the album Don’t Play Me Cheap and 1974 in Germany as Fantastic Ike & Tina plus additional tracks from the duo’s following Sue longplayer. Additionally it was issued under the title Let’s Dance with Ike & Tina Turner in Germany.
Producer: Ike Turner
Recorded: 1960 - 1961
Release: August 1961 / 1969, 1971, 1974 (Abridged) / Various (Reissue)
Label: Sue / Sunset (Abridged) / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / CD
is the very first Ike & Tina single, which came out by accident, when Art Lassiter, booked for the recording session, did not show up and Tina stepped in. Although Ike and Anna Mae were not yet married, Ike changed Annas name to Tina and released the single as an Ike & Tina Turner production. It was the duos first hit in the pop chart and was later included into their debut album in 1961. The duo promoted it at the TV-Show American Bandstand in 1960, as well as later in several other shows. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from August 1, 1960.
Tina re-recorded the song thirty-three years later for the soundtrack album What's Love Got To Do With It and performed it live forty years later at her Twenty Four Seven Tour. Live versions are available on the album In Person from 1969 and the One Last Time home video from 2000.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: July 1960 / November 1960 (UK) / 1964 (Reissue)
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #2 (R&B) / #27 (Pop)
is the follow-up to Ike & Tina’s debut single. The b-side track is a different version of the song Poor Fool - without an intro and much quicker - and is only available on this single.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: October 1960
Format: 7“ Vinyl
is the third single from the album. A different version was produced from Ike in 1966 for their famous album River Deep - Mountain High and a remixed version is available on the digital album Reworked Version. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from November 14, 1960.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: November 1960
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #5 (R&B) / #82 (Pop)
was the last single, but missed the Hot 100 and reached only the Bubbling Under chart at #117, reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from January 30, 1961. The b-side track was already a single in 1960.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: January 1961
Format: 7“ Vinyl
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