Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live

Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live
Live album by
Ike & Tina Turner
ReleasedNovember 1964
Recorded1964
VenueClub Imperial (St. Louis, MO), Harlem Club (St. Louis, MO)
Genre
LabelKent Records
ProducerIke Turner
Ike & Tina Turner chronology
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
(1963) 		Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live
(1964) 		Live! The Ike & Tina Turner Show
(1965)
Singles from Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live
  1. "Please, Please, Please"
    Released: November 1964
  2. "All in My Mind"
    Released: 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live is the first live album by Ike & Tina Turner released on Kent Records in 1964.[3]

Background

The Ike & Tina Turner Revue was formed in 1960 in St. Louis by songwriter, musician, and bandleader Ike Turner. By 1963, Ike Turner and his wife Tina Turner, lead singer of his band, had a string of R&B hit singles but no charting albums on Sue Records. They recorded on Turners own Sonja label and then signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1964.[4] They also released a few singles and an album on Kent Records. The Revue had already built a reputation as "one of the most potent live acts on the R&B circuit,"[5] so for their first, and the only Kent album they recorded a live album.

Recording and release

Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live was recorded at Club Imperial and the Harlem Club in St. Louis. The album features lead vocals from Tina and other vocalists within the Ike & Tina Turner Revue including Ikettes Venetta Fields and Robbie Montgomery. Released in November 1964, the album became their first charting album. It peaked at No. 90 on Cash Box's albums chart.[6]

A studio version of "I Can't Believe What You Say" was released as a single in September 1964 and reached No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their cover of James Brown's "Please, Please, Please" was released as a single in November 1964. The B-side was a previously unreleased song, "Am I A Fool in Love."[7] Ike & Tina Turner performed "Please, Please, Please" on The Big T.N.T. Show in 1965.

In 1973, Seabird Records released Ike & Tina Turner's cover of Maxine Brown's "All In My Mind" as a single in France.[8]

Critical reception

Record World (October 24, 1964): "Nothing stops Tina Turner when she starts in. And does she start in on this disk! Her 'Please, Please, Please' is a highly charged blueser-cum-speech which goes on and on and has the crowd screaming like Beatle fans. The other acts match her fervor."[9]

Cash Box (October 24, 1964):

"Soul" singing runs rampant and rhythm and blues were never more potent than on this "live" cut performance by Ike & Tina Turner and their revue which spotlights Stacy Johnson, Vernon Guy, Venetta Fields, Jimmy Thomas, Bobby John, Robbie Robinson [ sic ], and the Kings of Rhythm. "Please Please Please," "The Love Of My Man," and "Drown In My Own Tears" could make this one an instant best-seller on the r&b market.[1]

Reissues

Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live was reissued by Kent as Please, Please Please 1970.[10] The album was released by Kent on CD with nine additional tracks in 1996.[11]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Please, Please, Please" (Tina Turner)James Brown, Johnny Terry6:54
2."Feel So Good" (Jimmy Thomas)Junior Parker3:12
3."The Love of My Man" (Venetta Fields)Ed Townsend3:55
4."Think" (Bobby John)Lowman Pauling2:24
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drown in My Own Tears" (Stacy Johnson)Henry Glover7:31
2."I Love the Way You Love" (Robbie Montgomery)Al Abrams, John Odenwald, Stanley Ossman, Berry Gordy3:12
3."Your Precious Love" (Vernon Guy)Richard Brooks, Arthur Brooks, Jerry Butler2:30
4."All In My Mind" (Tina Turner)Maxine Brown, Kirkland, Johnson3:30
5."I Can't Believe What You Say" (Tina Turner)Ike Turner1:59

Chart performance

Chart (1965) Peak
position
US Cash Box Top 100[6] 90
US Record World LP's Coming Up[12] 129

References

  1. ^ a b c "Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 24. October 24, 1964.
  2. ^ "The Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live – Ike & Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "R&B D.J. Roundup" (PDF). Billboard: 12. November 21, 1964.
  4. ^ "Ike & Tina, Rocky Fellers Pacted By Warner Bros" (PDF). Cash Box: 35. March 21, 1964.
  5. ^ "Ike & Tina Turner | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ a b "Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box: 21. January 9, 1965.
  7. ^ "R&B D.J. Roundup" (PDF). Billboard: 16. November 14, 1964.
  8. ^ "Ike & Tina Turner – All in My Mind". discogs.
  9. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Record World: 10. October 24, 1964.
  10. ^ "Ike & Tina Turner – Please, Please, Please – Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live". discogs.
  11. ^ "The Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live – Ike & Tina Turner | Releases". AllMusic.
  12. ^ "LP's Coming Up" (PDF). Record World: 13. January 9, 1965.