Showing posts with label Ike Turner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ike Turner. Show all posts

May 31, 2023

1,000,001 CDs 21: Tina Turner ~ Foreign Affair (Tina & Kaisik)

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cover design by 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Tina Turner, "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", died last week; Tina was one of my "Immortal Loves" (link below) and, of course, I was devastated.           
 
 
 

When I heard about her death it brought back to mind the wonderful tales Kaisik Wong told me about his fashion adventures, which were many. He worked with such music icons as Betty Davis, wife of jazz musician Miles Davis, Leila And The Snakes, and there was his encounter with Tina and Ike Turner which was at the top of my favorite tales by him.     

I chose this CD to honor her because it's one of my favorite albums by her, she is wearing one of the fashions similar to the those Kaisik designed for her . . .     
         
           
interior cover photo by 
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
  . . . one of the songs on the album was produced by Rupert Hine who also worked with Turner on her Private Dancer album, the packaging for the album was totally cool and the music is pretty good as well.    
 
           
           
           
Tracklist:

1 - Steamy Windows, Written By Tony Joe White - 4:03

2 - The Best, Producer – Tina Turner, Written By H. Knight*, M. Chapman*e - 5:28

3 - You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What), Written By Tony Joe Whitee - 3:45

4 - Undercover Agent For The Blues, Written By Leann White, Tony Joe Whitee - 5:20

5 - Look Me In The Heart, Written By B. Steinberg*, T. Kelly*e - 3:42

6 - Be Tender With Me Baby, Written By A. Hammond*, H. Knight*e - 4:18

7 - You Can't Stop Me Loving You, Written By A. Hammond*, H. Knight*e - 4:00

8 - Ask Me How I Feel, Producer – Tina Turner, Written By A. Hammond*, H. Knight*e - 4:46

9 - Falling Like Rain, Producer – Rupert Hine, Written By D. Munday*, S. Stewart*e - 4:03

10 - I Don't Wanna Lose You, Producer – Roger Davies, Written By Albert Hammond, Graham Lylee - 4:20

11 - Not Enough Romance, Written By Dan Hartmane - 4:04

12 - Foreign Affair, Producer – Roger Davies, Written By Tony Joe Whitee - 4:27

Companies, etc.

    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Mastered At – DADC Austria

Credits:

    Executive-Producer – Roger Davies, Tina Turner
    Management – Roger Davies, Roger Davies Management Inc.
    Mixed By – Chris Lord-Alge
    Producer – Dan Hartman (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
    Producer – Dan Hartman (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)

Notes:


Limited Edition Passport Edition.

TINA TURNER Foreign Affair (1989 UK limited edition 12-track CD album including The Best and Steamy Window, in special 7" x 5" (appr. 17 x 13 cm) passport pack with integral 16-page booklet and gold embossed artist/title/logo on the cover).

This edition of Tina Turner's Foreign Affair album is limited. It has the Original album "foreign Affair".
The Presentation of this Limited Edition: It comes in a custom passport design with a designed Tina Turner Coat Of Arms on the cover.

Inside we get the wavy background that reads Tina Turner Foreign Affair, which is repeated just like inside a real passport. No detail is left out here, the passport cover is a Navy Blue/Indigo colour with Gold Colour printing for the titles and Emblem. The back of the front cover has Tina Turner's album Logo in a blasted rosy pink colour, which turns purple towards the right. It also features some lyrics from the title track, in a handwritten style. After the song credits we get a passport details page for Tina Turner with a nice photo and a printed signature. The following pages contain the photographs from the Foreign Affair album artwork shoot.

The complete set is resented here in a scrapbook/photo album feel way. The Middle Page contains the Iconic Image by Herb Ritts that appears on the Foreign Affair Tour Programme and the Steamy Windows Single Cover. The back page has a full-page photograph of Tina. Detail is that the song titles appear over the each of the pages in a passport stamp nature. All individually designed with the credits for the writers, composers and producers within each unique shape.

The Disc comes in a white slip cloth that is housed inside a pocket at the back that you slide the Disc into... So basically a Limited Edition that goes well with the Foreign Affair Concept. An Collector's item that is becoming increasingly rare to find as it has been deleted for many years.

Passport has release number CDP 7 93129 2 and  states "Printed in UK".
Disc has number CDP 7 91873 2 with artwork similar to the regular UK release. CD states "Made in Austria", although it is said there is also a disc with matching passport artwork.

℗ © 1989 Capitol Records, Inc.
Made in Austria

Barcode and Other Identifiers

 Label Code: LC 0148
    Rights Society: BIEM / MCPS
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): CDP-7918732 11 A1 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): CDP-7918732 11 A7 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA

          
 
 
          
Viewfinder links:        
         
Immortal Loves         
Ike Turner           
Tina Turner         
Kaisik Wong        
      
Net links:        
        
Rupert Hine        
        
         
      
YouTube links:        
         
Tina Turner ~ Foreign Affair (complete album)

      
The Best     
Steamy Windows     
Undercover Agent for the Blues (Live in Barcelona 1990)    
         
 
 

 
 
Sing on, Girl!
 
 
 
        
         
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November 10, 2020

Elmore James articles/mentions

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mentions:           
Kismet & Alexander Porfirievich Borodin         
     
     
     
     
     
     
date & photographer unknown


     
    
    
     
      

        
         
         
         
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November 7, 2020

Johnny Otis articles/mentions

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mentions:            
Hellen Miller & Linda Hopkins ~ Inner City   
Ike Turner ~ Bad Dreams    
     
     
     
     
     
     
photo by Billy Vera


     
    
    
     
      
     
      
  
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November 5, 2020

20,000 vinyl LPs 250: Ike Turner ~ Bad Dreams

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vinyl LP front cover 
album design by Mike Salisbury 
cover Illustration by W. T. Vinson
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Today is the birthday of Ike Turner who was born in 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi to Creole parents. When Turner applied for his first passport in the 1960s, he discovered that his name was registered as Ike Wister Turner. By then both of his parents were deceased, so he could not verify the origin of his name.             

In 1957, Turner met Ann Bullock (Tina Turner) at Club Manhattan in East St. Louis, Illinois. Turner and Bullock eventually began having an affair and she became pregnant in January 1960. Following the formation of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and the birth of their son Ronnie in October 1960, they were married in Tijuana in 1962.         
 
 
photographer unknown
 
 
In his 1999 autobiography, Turner claimed that he was still legally married to Alice Bell when he married Tina; Turner states that he located Bell in Chicago and divorced her. Turner claimed on more than one occasion that he had never been officially married to Tina. They divorced in March, 1978. Tina retained songwriter royalties from songs she had written, but Ike got the publishing royalties for his compositions and hers. She also kept her two Jaguar cars, furs and jewelry along with her stage name. Tina gave Ike her share of their Bolic Sound recording studio, publishing companies, and real estate, and he kept his four cars.      
       
 

vinyl LP back cover 
photo by Styrous®


He has been hailed as a "great innovator" of rock and roll by contemporaries such as Little Richard and Johnny Otis. Rolling Stone magazine editor David Fricke ranked Turner No. 61 on his list of 100 Greatest Guitarists and noted, "Turner was one of the first guitarists to successfully transplant the intensity of the blues into more-commercial music." Turner won five Grammy Awards, including two competitive awards and three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Tina Turner in 1991. He is also inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the Clarksdale Walk of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame, and the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.       
 
 
photographer unknown 

Bad Dreams is a studio album by musician Ike Turner released on United Artists Records in 1973. The album cover was illustrated by W. T. Vinson and designed by Mike Salisbury who also created the cover for the Ike & Tina Turner album Live! The World of Ike & Tina.        

 
Ike TurnerBad Dreams 
vinyl LP back cover detail 
detail photo by Styrous®
 
 
As with every album I like, I have a favorite song; on this one it is Don't Hold Your Breath which starts out fairly quietly with him humming; it's a moderate speed tempo that builds to a driving beat. 
  
       
Ike TurnerBad Dreams 
vinyl LP back cover detail 
detail photo by Styrous®
 
 
Rats is a strange song; the music is fast and staccato but Turner speaks the lyrics as opposed to sing them. I believe he is talking about people, actually.       
 
 
Ike TurnerBad Dreams 
vinyl LP back cover detail 
detail photo by Styrous®
 
 
On December 10, 2007, Turner told Falina Rasool that he believed he was dying and would not live until Christmas. As he predicted, he died two days later, on December 12, at the age of 76, at his home in San Marcos, California, near San Diego.           
 
 
Ike TurnerBad Dreams 
vinyl LP, side 1 
photo by Styrous®


Ike TurnerBad Dreams 
vinyl LP label, side 1 
photo by Styrous®


 
 
 
 

Ike TurnerBad Dreams 
vinyl LP, side 2 
photo by Styrous®


Ike TurnerBad Dreams 
vinyl LP label, side 2 
photo by Styrous®

   
Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - These Dreams - 2:53
A2 - That's How Much I Love You - 2:52
A3 - One Nite Stand - 3:27
A4 - Don't Hold Your Breath - 3:45
A5 - (You Can Have) The City - 3:42

Side 2:

B1 - Flockin' With You - 2:50
B2 - Take A Walk With Me - 3:26
B3 - Later For Baby -     2:37
B4 - Rats - 4:00
B5 - I Love The Way You Love - 2:42

Notes:
 
Produced By Ike Turner, Warren Dawson & Soko Richardson.
Arranged By Ike Turner.
Engineers: Ike Turner, Barry Keene & John Mills.
Recorded At Bolic Sound, Inglewood, California. March 1973.
Cover Illustration By Mike Salisbury.
Album Design By Mike Salisbury.

Ike Turner ‎– Bad Dreams
Label: United Artists Records ‎– UA-LA087-F
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1973Little Richard
Genre: Funk / Soul, Blues
 
 
   
         
Viewfinder links:        
        
Little Richard         
Johnny Otis       
Ike Turner        
Tina Turner        
        
Net links:        
        
Mike Salisbury        
W. T. Vinson        
        
YouTube links:        
       
Ike Turner ~ 
       Bad Dreams Pt. 1             
       Bad Dreams Pt. 2            
Ike Turner ~ Don't Hold Your Breath         
       Rats       
       Interview                
        
        
         
 
“I believe I was ahead of my time.” 
                 ~ Ike Turner
 
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Thursday, November 5, 2020       
       
















Ike Turner articles/mentions

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Bad Dreams     
     
mentions:            
Betty Davis, Kaisik Wong & Sandra Sakata      
Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ Smash Hits  
The Platters ~ Only You (And You Alone)   
     
     
     
     
Ike Turner - February 12, 1972
photographer unknown