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Ike & Tina Turner: Dynamite!

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In May 1962, “Sue” label released “Dynamite!”, the second Ike & Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, and was produced by Ike Turner and Juggy Murray.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocal
  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • Juggy Murray – directed
  • Bob King – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner, except where noted.

  1. You Should’a Treated Me Right
  2. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Rose Marie McCoy, Joe Seneca, James Lee
  3. A Fool in Love
  4. Poor Fool
  5. I Idolize You
  6. Tra La La La La
  7. Sleepless
  8. I’m Jealous – Ike Turner, Jane Bussong
  9. Won’t You Forgive Me
  10. The Way You Love Me
  11. I Dig You – Joe Seneca, Maynor Steward
  12. Letter from Tina

The Kings Of Rhythm: Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm Dance

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In March 1962, “Sue” label released “Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm Dance”, the debut Kings of Rhythm (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1961, in Hollywood, and was produced by Ike Turner.

Personnel:

  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • The Kings of Rhythm

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner, except where noted.

  1. The Gulley
  2. Twistaroo
  3. Trackdown Twist
  4. Potatoe Mash
  5. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Rose Marie McCoy, Sylvia McKinney
  6. Steel Guitar Rag
  7. Doublemint
  8. The Rooster
  9. Prancing
  10. Katanga
  11. The Groove
  12. Going Home

Ike & Tina Turner: Outta Season

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In March 1969, “Blue Thumb” label released “Outta Season”, the eight Ike & Tina Turner album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Bob Krasnow and Tina Turner.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocal
  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • Tom Wilkes – art direction
  • Barry Feinstein – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Reding, Jerry Butler
  2. Mean Old World – adapted by Ike Turner
  3. 3 O’clock in the Morning Blues – B.B. King, Jules Taub
  4. Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd
  5. Dust My Broom – adapted by Ike Turner
  6. Grumbling – Ike Turner
  7. I am a Motherless Child – Tina Turner
  8. Crazy ‘Bout You Baby – Sonny Boy Williamson
  9. Reconsider Baby – Lowell Fulson
  10. Honest I Do – Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed
  11. Please Love Me – B. B. King, Jules Taub
  12. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  13. Rock Me Baby – B. B. King, Joe Josea

Ike & Tina Turner: The Hunter

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In October 1969, “Blue Thumb” label released “The Hunter”, the tenth Ike & Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Bob Krasnow.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocals
  • Ike Turner – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Michaelangelo Linguini – design
  • Bartram Bartram – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Hunter – Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr.
  2. You Don’t Love Me (Yes I Know) – Willie Cobbs
  3. You Got Me Running – Jimmy Reed
  4. Bold Soul Sister – Ike Turner, Tina Turner
  5. I Smell Trouble – Don Robey
  6. The Things I Used to Do – Eddie Jones, Memphis Slim
  7. Early in the Morning – traditional, arranged by Ike Turner and Bob Krasnow
  8. You’re Still My Baby – Chuck Willis
  9. I Know – Barbara George

Ike Turner: Bad Dreams

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In July 1973, “United Artists” label released “Bad Dreams”, the seventh Ike Turner album. It was recorded in March 1973, at “Bolic Sound” in Inglewood, California, and was produced by Ike Turner, Soko Richardson and Warren Dawson.

Personnel:

  • Ike Turner – guitar, arrangements, engineer
  • Barry Keene, John Mills – engineer
  • Mike Salisbury – illustration, design
  • W.T. Vinson – cover illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner except where noted.

  1. These Dreams
  2. That’s How Much I Love You – Eddy Arnold, Wally Fowler, Graydon J. Hall
  3. One Nite Stand
  4. Don’t Hold Your Breath
  5. (You Can Have) The City
  6. Flockin’ with You
  7. Take a Walk with Me
  8. Later for Your Baby – Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
  9. Rats
  10. I Love the Way You Love – Berry Gordy, Mikaljon (Mike Ossman, Al Abrams, John “Jun” O’den)

Tina Turner

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On May 24, 2023, Anna Mae Bullock aka Tina Turner died aged 83. She was singer, author, dancer and actress, referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, began her career with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1957. In 1958, under the name Little Ann, she released her first record, “Boxtop”. In 1960, she debuted as Tina Turner with the duet single “A Fool in Love”. The duo Ike & Tina Turner became “one of the most formidable live acts in history”. In the 1980s, Turner made a great comeback, and in the decades that followed she sold over 100 million records worldwide, and became one of  the best-selling recording artists of all time. She won twelve “Grammy Awards”, three “Grammy Hall of Fame” awards and a “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked her among the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” and the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”. She was twice inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, with Ike Turner in 1991 and as a solo artist in 2021. In 2005, she was recipient of the “Kennedy Center Honors” and “Women of the Year” award. As leader Tina Turner released nine albums.

Rival Sons: Hollow Bones

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On June 10, 2016, “Eearache” label released “Hollow Bones”, the fifth Rival Sons studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “RCA Studio A”, “Low Country Sound Studio”, “House of David Sixteen Ton Studio” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Jay Buchanan – vocals
  • Scott Holiday – guitar, string arrangement
  • Dave Beste – bass guitar
  • Michael Miley – drums
  • Todd E. Ogren Brooks – keyboards
  • Eamon McLoughlin – cello, violin
  • Kristen Rogers, Whitney Coleman, April Rucker – backing vocals
  • Matt Ross’Spang – recording
  • John Netti – recording
  • Eddie Spear – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Martin Wittfooth – artwork, layout
  • Emilia Pare – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hollow Bones Pt. 1 – Scott Holiday, Jay Buchanan, Michael Miley, Dave Cobb
  2. Tied Up – David Beste, Jay Buchanan, Scott Holiday
  3. Thundering Voices – Scott Holiday, Jay Buchanan, Dave Cobb, Michael Miley
  4. Baby Boy – Jay Buchanan, Scott Holliday
  5. Pretty Face – Jay Buchanan, Scott Holiday
  6. Fade Out – Scott Holiday, Jay Buchanan
  7. Black Coffee – Ike Turner, Tine Turner
  8. Hollow Bones Pt. 2 – Jay Buchanan, Scott Holiday, Michael Miley, David Beste
  9. All That I Want – Jay Buchanan

Ike Turner: Blues Roots

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In June 1972, “United Artists” label released “Blues Roots”, the fourth Ike Turner album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, at “Bolic Sound” in Inglewood, California, and was produced by Gerhard Augustin and Ike Turner.

Personnel:

  • Ike Turner – vocals, guitar, arranger, engineer
  • Berry Keene – engineer
  • John Mills – engineer
  • Jim Saunders – engineer
  • Steve Waldman – engineer
  • Jon Echevarrieta – design
  • Mike Salisbury – design
  • Norman Seeff – art direction, photography
  • T. Vinson – cover illustration
  • Frederic Valentine – cover photography
  • John Tobler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. You’re Still My Baby – Chuck Willis
  2. Tacks in My Shoes – Ike Turner
  3. The Things I Used To Do (I Don’t Do Anymore) – Eddie Jones
  4. Goin’ Home – L. Jennings, J.L. Lattaker
  5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price
  6. Right On – Ike Turner
  7. Think – Ike Turner
  8. Rockin’ Blues – Booker Lee
  9. That’s Alright
  10. My Babe – Willie Dixon
  11. Broken Hearted – Jean Tucker
  12. If You Love Me Like You Say – Ike Turner

Ike Turner: A Black Man’s Soul

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In May 1969, “Pompeii Records” released “A Black Man’s Soul”, the third Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm album. It was recorded in 1969,  and was produced by Ike Turner and Tina Turner.

Personnel:

  • Ike Turner – guitar, piano
  • Tina Turner – vocals
  • Jesse Knight – guitar
  • Fred Sample, Billy Preston – piano
  • Mack Johnson – drums
  • Tommy “Teasky” Tribble – percussion
  • Washee – saxophone
  • Jesse Heron – trombone
  • Loring Eutemey – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner; except where noted.

  1. Thinking Black
  2. Black Beauty
  3. Ghetto Funk
  4. Blacks’ Alley – Oliver Sain
  5. Black Angel – Oliver Sain
  6. Getting Nasty
  7. Funky Mule – Marvin Holmes
  8. Philly Dog – Rufus Thomas
  9. Scotty Souling
  10. Up Hard – Art Miller
  11. Nuttin’ Up
  12. Freedom Sound

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa: Macot Label Group

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On January 26, 2018, “J&R Adventures”, “Mascot Label Group” labels released “Black Coffee”, the third Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa covers album. It was recorded in August 2016, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa– guitar
  • Beth Hart– vocals
  • Rob McNelley – rhythm guitar
  • Michael Rhodes– bass guitar
  • Anton Fig– drums, percussion
  • Reese Wynans– keyboards
  • Paulie Cerra – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Ron Dzuibla – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet, trombone
  • Jade Macreae – backing vocals
  • Juanita Tippins – backing vocals
  • Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals
  • Rob Katz – engineer
  • Jaramiah Rios – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Luu – engineer assistant
  • Lowell Reynolds – recording
  • Ben Rodgers – recording
  • Ron Dziubla – recording
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Roy Weisman – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Give It Everything You Got – Edgar Winter, Jerry LaCroix
  2. Damn Your Eyes – Barbara Wyrick, Stephen Bogard
  3. Black Coffee – Ike Turner, Tina Turner
  4. Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joseph Young
  5. Why Don’t You Do Right – Kansas Joe McCoy
  6. Saved – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  7. Sitting on the Top of the World – Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon
  8. Joy – Lucinda Williams
  9. Soul on Fire – Ahmet Ertegun, Gerald Wexler, LaVern Baker
  10. Addicted – Eva Engel, Klaus Waldeck