The Soul of Ike & Tina is a compilation and should not to be confused with Ike & Tina's debut album from 1961. It contains almost previously released singles and b-side tracks, as well as some new songs. The album was originally released in 1965 only in America but was later re-issued worldwide on different labels and with different cover pictures. In 1994 it was released on compact disc with additional bonus tracks. In Spain it was released under the different title Goodbye So Long in 1971 and in Italy and France with a different order of the tracks as We Call It Soul in 1974.
Producer: Ike Turner
Writer: Ike Turner
Release: 1965 / Various (Reissue) / 1994 (CD)
Label: Kent / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / CD
Tracks
- Goodbye, So Long 2:14
- If I Can’t Be First 2:14
- Chicken Shack 1:56
- I Don’t Need 2:19
- I Wish My Dream Would Come True 1:53
- Hard Times 2:22
- It’s Crazy Baby 3:00
- Gonna Have Fun 2:07
- Am I A Fool In Love 2:58
- Something Came Over Me 2:46
- Hurt Is All You Gave Me 2:33
- Don’t You Blame It On Me 1:49
Singles
If I Can’t Be First was the first single after Ike Turner formed his own record label Sonja in 1963, featuring two non album tracks. A live version is available on the album Festival of Live Performances.
Goodbye So Long was promoted from the duo at several TV-Shows in America. A different version is available on the album Workin Together. After Ike & Tina's live performance in the movie Taking Off in 1971, the single was also released in France with a different b-side track and a picture cover.
Gonna Have Fun was promoted from Ike & Tina live at the American TV-Shows Hollywood a GoGo and Shindig! in 1965. The b-side track I Don’t Need charted for one week on #134 in the Billboard Hot 100 Bubbling Under chart.
I Wish My Dream Would Come True is a rock’n roll song. The latin-tinged b-side Flee Flee Fla was a Spanish promotional single in 1969 and was reissued on the album Airwaves in 1978.
If I Can’t Be First: September 1963
Goodbye, So Long: May 1965 / 1969 (Spain) / 1971 (France) / USA: #32 (R&B)
Gonna Have Fun: August 1965
I Wish My Dream Would Come True: 1966