Rhythm Rockin' Blues [Import]

Ike Turner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B00000DN2V
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rocket 88 - Jakie Brenston & His Delta Cats

2. The Way You Used To Treat Me - Lover Boy

3. I Miss You So - Dennis Binder

4. Nobody Wants Me - Dennis Binder

5. Loosely (aka The Wild One) - Ike Turner & His Orchestra

6. All The Blues All The Time (Medley) - Ike Turner

7. Feeling Good

8. Love My Baby

9. Please Love Me

10. Boogie Chillen

11. Dust My Broom

12. Rockin & Rolling

13. Hoochie Coochie Man

14. Woke Up This Morning

15. Sitting And Wondering - JW Walker

16. Early Times - Dennis Binder

17. The World Is Yours - Johnny Wright With Ikes Turner's Orches

18. Suffocate - Johnny Wright With Ike Turner's Orchestra

19. Talkin About Me - Little Johnny Burton

20. Walk My Way Home - Little Johnny Burton

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1995 compilation contains Ike's first recording, 'Rocket 88' (released by Chess as by Jackie Brenston), while the rest of the cuts detail some of his finest productions for Modern Records dating from 1954-56. The CD features his blistering blues guitar & rolling piano with a boogie beat. It spotlights some of the vocalists he discovered including Dennis 'Longman' Binder, Lonnie 'The Cat', J.W. Walker, Johnny Wright & the late Billy Gayles. On all the sides the Kings Of Rhythm act as accompanists, & Ike himself turns up under the Lover Boy disguise. Ace.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I could rate this one higher., June 12, 2003

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Timothy C. Beasley (Crawfordsville, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rhythm Rockin' Blues (Audio CD)

Forget that this alblum is a good sampler of Ike Turner's best work. Forget that this is high quality release from Ace. The original version of Rocket 88 is included here! The song, for those of you that don't know is, THE mother of all R&B songs. If I have a favorite song - "rocket 88" is it. It is the epitome of the 50's R&B feel- drinking, women.. and that's not all...it *is* afterall, a song about a car! What makes this song so special is the feel. The unique guitar sound was achived form stuffing a damaged guitar amplifier full of paper. The result was the *first* example of distortion. Mix that with some killer tenor sax and some tough-guy lyrics, and you have one of the most historically important and hardest rocking songs of all time. Some claim "Rocket" to be the first Rock n' Roll song. Other great songs include: 'All the blues all the time' A medley in which Ike's tearin' it up on some popular blues riffs of the day. In most cases better guitar work than the original song!, 'Night Howler' A lawdy miss clawdy spin off...and a good one too!, 'I Ain't Drunk', 'Nobody Wants Me' in the tradition of fats domino's 'nobody loves me'

Rocket 88 alone, make this worth picking up. This alblum is the prize of my collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exellent cd of Ike Tuner & His Rhythm Kings, May 12, 2006

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Costa Rican Papi - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rhythm Rockin' Blues (Audio CD)

This is a great single disc collection of Ike Turner & His Rhythm Kings' brand of hot & sizzling rhythm & blues. From the huge hit Rocket 88 to the All The Blues medley, Ike's wild boogie piano playing and blues guitar is showcased well. This is one of those cd's you pop in your 50's custom/hotrod and blast while cruisin.' Great cd that jumps all the way through, and is great for jive dancers and swing dancers alike. Hot sizzling wild 50's r&b.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good compilation, August 11, 2006

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Keith Forsyth (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rhythm Rockin' Blues (Audio CD)

Good overview of Ike, although missing some of the instrumental gems. Check out "I Like Ike" on Rhino as another good compilation.

Contrary to the implication of the "Editorial Review", Jackie Brenston was not only CREDITED with writing "Rocket 88", he actually DID write it, according to the folks still living in Clarksdale who knew both of them at the time.