Ike Turner - The Bad Man

The Bad Man chronicles Ike Turner's attempts in the early '60s to launch his own record labels. After moving to Los Angeles in 1963, Turner bought a house, set up a home studio, and began recording some primal R&B and soul featuring Tina Turner, The Ikettes, Fontella Bass, and others. None of the labels (Innis, Prann, Sonja, Sony, or Teena) amounted to much commercially, but quite a few of the sides on this disc stack up well against the hits Ike & Tina were having at the time for Sue. Read More