Ike & Tina Turner - So Fine - Album

So Fine

Album / Singles (1968)

So Fine was the first album on the Pompeii label and contains no less than 4 singles, including one from The Ikettes. It features also a different version of Ike & Tina’s debut single A Fool In Love from 1960. The album was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from July 13, 1968 and was released with many different cover pictures, depending on the country. In America, it was reissued under the different title Too Hot To Hold in 1974 and again in 1981 as Hot ’N’ Sassy, both with a different cover artwork. It was also part of the 2 disc compilations TNT, and the French The Great Album (available with two different cover pictures), both from 1974. In Italy, it was re-issued in 1978 without a title. In 2016, it was included into the box set The Complete Pompeii Recordings on compact disc and in 2021, it was released as a purple vinyl edition with a gatefold cover.

Producer: Ike Turner
Release: June 1968 / Various (Reissue)
Label: Pompeii (USA) / London (Europe) / Pickwick (Too Hot To Hold) / Accord (Hot ’N’ Sassy) / Joker (Italy) / Disques Festival (France)
Format: Vinyl / CD

Tracks

  1. Bet’cha Can’t Kiss Me (Just One Time) 2:51
    2. Written by M. Rice / Single in 1967
  2. Ain’t Nobody’s Business 2:09
    3. Written by Ike Turner
  3. It Sho Ain’t Me 3:07
    4. Written by M. Rice
  4. Too Hot To Hold 2:08
    5. Written by M. Rice
  5. A Fool In Love (Different Version) 2:50
    6. Written by Ike Turner
  6. I Better Get Ta Steppin’ 2:43
    7. Written by Ike Turner, C. Harris / Single in 1968
  7. Shake A Tail Feather 2:19
    8. Written by Hayes, Williams, M. Rice
  8. So Fine 2:44
    9. Written by J. Otis / Lead vocals by The Ikettes / Single in 1968
  9. We Need An Understanding 2:45
    10. Written by Ike Turner, J. Northern, R. Bailey / Single in 1968
  10. You’re So Fine 2:29
    11. Written by Finney, West, Shofield

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