Label: Master Classics | Release: Jan 10, 2006 | MP3 VBR-Kbps | 2CD | 176 MB
Genre: Pop, Rock, Soul, R&B
SOUL ANTHOLOGY is a 2-disc, 44-track set that serves up some of the best material Ike & Tina Turner put to tape. Finding a comprehensive compilation of the dynamic duo, especially one that isn't hampered by poor audio quality, can be a tricky prospect, but SOUL ANTHOLOGY is a good bet. Four complete studio albums are included here, as is the single version of "River Deep-Mountain High," produced by Phil Spector.
The duo's band, led by Ike on guitar, is a crack unit, and their high-energy R&B is in excellent form here. But the real spotlight, naturally, shines on Tina, whose powerhouse performances, dripping with soulful rasp and raw rock & roll energy, make a case for the artist's 1960s work as among the most vital and powerful of the era. For a one-stop dose of this dynamic outfit performing full force, this is about as good as it gets.
Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (05/07/1966).
Arrangers: Ike Turner; Jack Nitzsche.
Personnel: Ike Turner (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, background vocals); Tina Turner (vocals); Eugene Goff, Glenn Ross Campbell , Barney Kessel, Jackie Clark (guitar); Larry Reed (tenor saxophone, piano); Larry Blake, Mary Lee Reed (tenor saxophone); Bishop Berry, J.D. Reed (baritone saxophone); Harold Carrol, Claude Williams, Mackinley Johnson (trumpet); Charles Hunt, Edward Burks (trombone); Ernest Lane, Leon Russell (piano); Edna Richardson, The Ikettes, Vera Hamilton (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Athan Maroulis.
Uncut (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The blend of slow-burning confessionals, gospel/secular showdowns, sizzling rock, proto funk and bristling blues updates prove that, in the studio, they easily matched their potent live reputation."
Tracklist:
DISC 1:
01. River Deep, Mountain High
02. Bet'cha Can't Kiss Me (Just One Time)
03. Ain't Nobody's Business
04. It Sho Ain't Me
05. Too Hot To Hold
06. Fool In Love
07. I Better Get Ta Steppin'
08. Shake A Tail Feather
09. So Fine
10. We Need An Understanding
11. You're So Fine
12. Cussin', Cryin' And Carryin' On
13. Poor Little Fool
14. So Blue Over You
15. Nothing You Can Do Boy (To Change My Way)
16. I'm Fed Up
17. You Got What You Wanted
18. Make 'Em Wait
19. Beauty Is Just Skin Deep
20. Thinking Black
21. Black Beauty
22. Funky Mule
DISC 2:
01. I've Been Loving You Too Long
02. Mean Old World
03. 3 O'Clock In The Morning Blues
04. Five Long Years
05. Dust My Broom
06. Grumbling
07. I Am A Motherless Child
08. Crazy 'Bout You Baby
09. Reconsider, Baby
10. Honest I Do
11. Please Love Me
12. My Babe
13. Rock Me Baby
14. The Hunter
15. You Don't Love Me
16. You Got Me Running
17. Bold Soul Sister
18. I Smell Trouble
19. Things I Used To Do
20. Early In The Morning
21. You're Still My Baby
22. I Know
