Ike Turner

I'm Gonna Forget About You

(Sun)

Rocks

(Bear Family)

While the fabled Memphis imprint retrieved 11 invaluable tapes from its own shelf, Germany's Bear Family swept up 33 killer cuts hailing from a host of names like Chess, Federal, and Cobra. Anyone yet unfamiliar with Izear Luster Turner's dazzling string-command -- in which both sittin'-down-hard Blues orations and go-for-broke R&B sprees delight -- is in for all-night celebration. Ike's soloing wasted no time on indulgence. It was razor-edged, vigorous, and each note was needed. Some maintain Ike was among burgeoning Rock'n'Roll's audacious sires. That contention won't be disputed in this precinct.

Recommended, Sun: "I'm Gonna Forget About You," "You Can't Be the One For Me," "Love Is a Gamble" (feat. Bonnie Turner), "How Long Will It Last," "Crying In the Courthouse" (feat. Houston Bonies and Little Milton), "Get It Over Baby"

Recommended, Bear Family: "Just One More Time" (feat. Billy Gayles), "Much Later" (feat. Jackie Brenston), "Hey Hey" (as Icky Renrut), "Sad As a Man Can Be" (feat. Billy Gayles), "The Groove," "(I Know) you Don't Love Me," "The Rooster," "Rocket 88" (feat. Jackie Brenston), "Early Times" (w/Dennis Binder and his Orchestra), "Hoo-Doo Say," "Peg Leg Woman" (feat. Willie King), "I'm Tore Up," "Steel Guitar Rag (Square Dance)," "She Made My Blood Run Cold," "Ho-Ho," "Gonna Wait For My Chance," "Do Right Baby"

Videos: "Crying In the Courthouse"   "Steel Guitar Rag (Square Dance)"      "Ho-Ho"

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