The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner is the very first longplayer from Ike & Tina, originally released in 1961 from Sue Records only in America. It was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from April 7, 1962. Beside the duos debut single A Fool In Love from 1960, it features also three additional singles. The release on the double CD The Soul of Ike & Tina / Dynamite! features some bonus tracks.
Producer: Ike Turner
Recorded: 1960 - 1961
Release: February 1961 / Various (CD)
Label: Sue / Collectables, Hoodoo, Oldays Records, Hallmark, EMI, Stateside (CD)
Format: Vinyl / CD
Tracks
- I’m Jealous 2:15
- I Idolize You 2:51
- If 2:10
- Letter From Tina 2:37
- You Can’t Love Two 2:55
- I Had A Notion 2:57
- A Fool In Love 2:41
- Sleeples 2:56
- Chances Are 3:48
- You Can’t Blame Me 2:14
- You’re My Baby 2:23
- The Way You Love Me 1:55
Reissue
The album was re-issued several times on different labels and with different cover pictures, partly also with bonus tracks. Abridged versions have been issued in America as The Fantastic Ike And Tina Turner with a different song order, in the UK as The Fantastic Ike & Tina plus additional tracks from the album Don’t Play Me Cheap and in Germany as Fantastic Ike & Tina plus additional tracks from the duo’s following Sue longplayer. Additionally it was issued under the title Let’s Dance with Ike & Tina Turner in Germany.
Release: 1969 (USA) / 1971 (UK) / 1972, 1974, 1983 (Germany) / 2013, 2018 (Europe)
Label: Sunset (Germany, UK, USA) / Line (Germany) / WaxTime, Rumble Records, DOL (Europe) / BYG (Spain)