Ike Turner - Blues Roots - Album

Blues Roots

Album / Singles (1972)

Blues Roots is one of Ike Turners side projects, after he built his own recording studio Bolic Sound. The album was recorded in 1971 / '72 and produced two singles. Originally released in 1972 on vinyl with a wonderful gatefold cover, it was reissued in 2012 on the double CD Blues Roots / Bad Dreams.

Producer: Ike Turner
Recorded: Bolic Sound, 1971 & 1972
Photographer: Fred Valentine, Norman Seeff
Release: 1972 / 2012 (CD)
Label: United Artists / BGO (CD)
Format: Vinyl (Gatefold) / CD

Ike Turner - Blues Roots - Album

Tracks

  1. You’re Still My Baby 2:54
    2. Written by Chuck Willis
  2. Tacks In My Shoes 2:57
    3. Written by Ike Turner
  3. The Things I Used To Do (I Don’t Do No More) 3:00
    4. Written by Eddie Jones
  4. Goin’ Home 3:05
    5. Written by L. Jennings, J.L. Lattaker
  5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy 1:39
    6. Written by Lloyd Price
  6. Right On 4:50
    7. Written by Ike Turner
  7. Think 2:56
    8. Written by Ike Turner
  8. Rockin’ Blues 2:51
    9. Written by Booker Lee
  9. That’s Alright 3:02
    10. Written by J. Rogers
  10. My Babe 3:00
    11. Written by Willie Dixon
  11. Broken Hearted 3:32
    12. Written by Jean Tucker
  12. If You Love Me Like You Say 3:13
    13. Written by Ike Turner

Right On

features two songs from the album, with an edited version of thetitle track. The American promotional record comes with a lithographed picture sleeve from Nadja Gruen, the wife of the famous photographer Bob Gruen.

  1. Right On (Edit) 3:30
  2. Tacks In My Shoes 2:58

Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner, Gerhard Augustin
Recorded: Bolic Sound, March 1972
Release: April 1972
Format: 7“ Vinyl

Lawdy Miss Clawdy

is the second single with a cover from Lloyd Price, originally released in 1952. The single features different b-side tracks, depending on the country.

  1. Lawdy Miss Clawdy 1:41
    Additional tracks:
  1. Tacks In My Shoes 3:02
    2. From the UK & American release
  2. Think 3:04
    3. From the French release
  3. If You Love Me Like You Say 3:13
    4. From the Japanese release

Wirter: Lloyd Price
Producer: Ike Turner, Gerhard Augustin
Recorded: Bolic Sound, March 1972
Release: July 1972
Format: 7“ Vinyl

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