A Black Man's Soul

A Black Man's Soul is a instrumental album by musician Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm released by Pompeii Records in 1969.[2]

A Black Man's Soul
Studio album by
Ike Turner
ReleasedMay 1969
GenreInstrumental, Funk, soul music, R&B
Length33:00
LabelPompeii Records
ProducerIke & Tina Turner
Ike Turner chronology
Rocks The Blues
(1963)		 A Black Man's Soul
(1969)		 Blues Roots
(1972)
Singles from A Black Man's Soul
  1. "Thinking Black"
    Released: 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Recording and release

A Black Man's Soul contains songs written by Ike Turner, fellow St. Louis musician Oliver Sain and some others including Rufus Thomas. The album was recorded during Turner's free time while he was touring with then wife Tina Turner as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. All tracks were recorded at various studios in the U.S. between tour dates.

A Black Man's Soul exposed a side of Turner's music not as popular with his audiences of the time. While Turner's more popular tracks like "Proud Mary" relied heavily on vocal harmonies and popular soul influences, these tracks reflected a more traditional and simple funk popularized by acts such as Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Baby Huey, The Bar-Kays and Brother Jack McDuff among others.

One single was released, "Thinking Black" / "Black Angel" (ST-100), distributed by Sterling Award Records in association with Pompeii Records.[3]

Awards and nominations

A Black Man's Soul was nominated for Best R&B Instrumental Performance at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards.[4]

Reissues

A Black Man's Soul was first issued in Europe in 1975 under different titles, Funky Mule by DJM Records in the U.K. and as Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm by Bellaphon Records in Germany.[5] In 2003, the album was reissued on CD with four bonus tracks, including three with vocals from Tina Turner.[6] It was digitally remastered and included in the 3-CD compilation The Complete Pompeii Recordings 1968-1969 released from Goldenlane Records in 2016.[7]

  • Los Angeles hip-hop group Jurassic 5 sampled part of the verse of "Getting Nasty" in the track Concrete Schoolyard on their Jurassic 5 EP

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ike Turner; except where indicated.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thinking Black" 2:41
2."Black Beauty" 2:21
3."Ghetto Funk" 2:33
4."Blacks' Alley"Oliver Sain2:44
5."Black Angel"Oliver Sain3:15
6."Getting Nasty" 3:08
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Funky Mule"Marvin Holmes3:22
2."Philly Dog"Rufus Thomas2:24
3."Scotty Souling" 2:59
4."Up Hard"Art Miller2:40
5."Nuttin' Up" 2:25
6."Freedom Sound" 2:38

Personnel
  • Guitar – Jesse Knight
  • Drums – Mack Johnson
  • Guitar – Ike Turner
  • Percussion – Tommy "Teasky" Tribble
  • Piano – Fred Sample, Ike Turner, Billy Preston
  • Saxophone – Washee
  • Trombone – Jesse Heron
  • Vocals – Tina Turner
  • Loring Eutemey - cover design

References
  1. "A Black Man's Soul- Ike Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. "Album Reviews - 4 Star" (PDF). Rolling Stonec. May 3, 1969.
  3. "Ike Turner – Thinking Black / Black Angel". Discogs.
  4. "Ike Turner". The Recording Academy - GRAMMY Awards.
  5. "Ike Turner – Funky Mule". Discogs.
  6. "Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm – A Black Man's Soul". Discogs.
  7. "Ike & Tina Turner – The Complete Pompeii Recordings 1968-1969". Discogs.
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