Make no mistake about it, this 16-track collection culled from their two albums recorded for the Blue Thumb label in 1969 (Outta Season and The Hunter) is as much Ike's show as it is Tina's -- truly the other half of the equation, the blues part of rhythm & blues.
His stinging guitar matches Tina's voice lick for nasty lick, and the blues song choices ("Dust My Broom," "Three O'Clock Blues," "Please Love Me," "Five Long Years," "You Don't Love Me," "Mean Old World," "Rock Me Baby," "Honest I Do," "Reconsider Baby") were undoubtedly tunes he and the Kings of Rhythm knew in their sleep, playing them since they were new hits on the charts.
These were the last truly pure R&B albums the two of them would ever make, and even the then-current stabs at R&B trends (the title track is little more than Ike's version of a James Brown groove with Tina babbling in true JB incomprehensibility in spots) shine brightly in the spotlight of hindsight.
Subtitled The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings, this makes a great document of what they must have sounded like in the clubs that dotted the landscape of the chitlin circuit way back when.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bold Soul SisterIke Turner, Tina Turner | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 2 | I've Been Loving You Too LongJerry Butler, Otis Redding | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | 3 O'Clock In The Morning BluesB.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | You Don't Love Me (Yes I Know)Willie Cobbs | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 5 | I Smell TroubleDon Robey | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Please Love MeB.B. King, Riley King, Jules Taub | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 7 | Mean Old WorldLittle Walter | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:24 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 8 | Dust My BroomElmore James | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 9 | Early In The MorningTraditional | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:25 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 10 | Crazy 'Bout You BabyPat Barrett, Rudi Maugeri, Willie Williamson | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 11 | Reconsider BabyLowell Fulson | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 12 | Rock Me BabyJoe Josea, B.B. King, Riley King | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 13 | Five Long YearsEddie Boyd | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 14 | I Am A Motherless ChildTina Turner | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 15 | Honest I DoEwart Abner, Jerry Reed, Jimmy Reed | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 16 | The HunterSteve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Jr., Carl Wells, Junior Wells | Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner | Play | 06:35 | 15 MB | 43 MB |
| 50 mins | 114 MB | |||||
| 50 mins | 298 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ewart Abner | Composer |
| 2 | Pat Barrett | Composer |
| 3 | Eddie Boyd | Composer |
| 4 | Jerry Butler | Composer |
| 5 | Willie Cobbs | Composer |
| 6 | Steve Cropper | Composer |
| 7 | Donald "Duck" Dunn | Composer |
| 8 | Lowell Fulson | Composer |
| 9 | Al Jackson, Jr. | Composer |
| 10 | Elmore James | Composer |
| 11 | Booker T. Jones | Composer |
| 12 | Joe Josea | Composer |
| 13 | B.B. King | Composer |
| 14 | Riley King | Composer |
| 15 | Bob Krasnow | Arranger, Producer |
| 16 | Amy Linden | Liner Notes |
| 17 | Little Walter | Composer |
| 18 | Rudi Maugeri | Composer |
| 19 | Andy McKaie | Compilation Producer, Producer |
| 20 | Meire Murakami | Design |
| 21 | Otis Redding | Composer |
| 22 | Jerry Reed | Composer |
| 23 | Jimmy Reed | Composer |
| 24 | Bruce Resnikoff | Executive Producer |
| 25 | Don Robey | Composer |
| 26 | Doug Schwartz | Remastering |
| 27 | Norman Seeff | Photography |
| 28 | Mitch Steele | Production Coordination |
| 29 | Jules Taub | Composer |
| 30 | Traditional | Composer |
| 31 | Ike Turner | Arranger, Composer, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 32 | Ike & Tina Turner | Primary Artist |
| 33 | Tina Turner | Composer, Producer |
| 34 | Carl Wells | Composer |
| 35 | Junior Wells | Composer |
| 36 | Willie Williamson | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |