IKE: Album (Sampler)

Real Gone Rocket (2011)

Ike Turner - Real Gone Rocket - Album

Real Gone Rocket (Session Man Extraordinaire) features selected singles from 1951-1959. Included are R&B essentials such as My Real Gone Rocket or „I Ain’t Drunk“ by the legendary Jackie Brenston and Lonnie the Cat, as well as never re-issued obscure numbers, such as „Nobody Seems To Want Me“ by Jessie Knight, „Would You Rather“ by Kenneth Churchill, the Starrs’ amazing cover of „Ain’t Got No Home“ or Chuck Bernard’s „Calling Your Name“. Liner notes, discography and sessionography by Fred Rothwell.

Release: 2011
Artwork: Pilar Velloso
Label: Jerome
Format: Vinyl / CD
Recorded: Memphis Recording Service / Technisonic Studios, Clayton Missouri / King Records, Cincinnati / Premier Studios, St. Louis, Missouri

    Side A
  1. My Real Gone Rocket 2:30
    2. Jackie Brenston
  2. I Ain't Drunk 2:22
    3. Lonnie The Cat
  3. Gypsy Blues 3:10
    4. Matt Cockrell
  4. Nobody Seems To Want Me 2:18
    5. Jesse Knight
  5. I'm Tired Of Begging 2:30
    6. The Sly Fox
  6. Peg Leg Woman 2:27
    7. Willie King
  7. Suffocate 2:42
    8. Johnny Wright
    Side B
  1. Just One More Time 2:50
    2. Billy Gayles
  2. My Baby's Tops 2:25
    3. Gardinias
  3. The Big Question 2:16
    4. Clayton Love
  4. Would You Rather 2:32
    5. Kenneth Churchill
  5. Calling Your Name 2:14
    6. Chuck Bernard
  6. Ain't Got No Home 2:34
    7. Starrs
  7. Ho Ho 2:29
    8. Ikey Renrut (Ike Turner)
Ike Turner - Real Gone Rocket - Album

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