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Like Ike & Tina Turner, the Ikettes had a pretty confusing recording career, releasing numerous discs for several labels and enduring several lineup changes. They did, however, settle at Modern for a while in the mid-'60s, releasing six singles and one LP for the company. This 27-track compilation includes all of that material, as well as some solo recordings by Ikettes Venetta Fields and Flora Williams (aka Delores Johnson), adding quite a few outtakes and alternate takes not issued in the '60s. It's not, it should be a clarified, a greatest-hits compilation; it doesn't include anything not recorded for Modern, which means it doesn't have their biggest hit, 1962's Top 20 single "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" (released on Atco), though it does have their only other Top 40 pop entry, 1965's "Peaches 'n' Cream." The Ikettes were good singers -- you probably had to be to remain in Ike Turner's employ -- and at Modern, they cut a variety of material in a straightforward early soul vein, sometimes with a bit of a girl group edge. However, many of the songs they recorded for the label were more ordinary than their talents likely deserved. Most of this is pretty average mid-'60s soul, sometimes with (like many Modern discs of the time) a rather ersatz Motown sound -- the Top 20 R&B single "I'm So Thankful" is a virtual copy of mid-'60s Mary Wells -- and sometimes with a pronounced R&B approach more in line with Ike & Tina Turner's own discs (though Ike Turner wrote only a few of these songs). Sometimes, for sure, it's pretty good, particularly on "Peaches 'n' Cream," "Can't Sit Down 'Cos I Feel So Good," and the Ike Turner-penned dance tune "Camel Walk." But this is a group that would be better served by a more selective best-of sampling from their work for various labels, though this comp's valuable for completist soul collectors who want everything the Ikettes did during this period.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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The Ikettes, MainArtist - Frank Wilson, Composer - Jobete Music, MusicPublisher - EMI Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Tommy Boyce, Composer - Toni Wine, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Steve Venet, Composer - Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Joe Josea, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Maxwell Davis, Composer - Jimmy Beasley, Composer - Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd, MusicPublisher - Universal Music-Careers, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Venetta Fields, Composer, MainArtist - PUBLISHER(S) UNKNOWN, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Marc Gordon, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Frank Wilson, Composer - Jobete Music, MusicPublisher - EMI Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Venetta Fields, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - PUBLISHER(S) UNKNOWN, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Venetta Fields, Composer, MainArtist - PUBLISHER(S) UNKNOWN, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
The Ikettes, MainArtist - Peter Maurice Music Co Ltd, MusicPublisher - Lona Stevens, Composer - Zell Sanders, Composer
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Walter Ward, Composer - Flora Williams, MainArtist - Acorn Pub, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Tommy Boyce, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Steve Venet, Composer - Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Venetta Fields, MainArtist - Ike Turner, Composer - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - ROCKIN MUSIC USA, MusicPublisher - MARMIKE MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Venetta Fields, Composer, MainArtist - The Ikettes, MainArtist - PUBLISHER(S) UNKNOWN, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
The Ikettes, MainArtist - Walter Ward, Composer - Acorn Pub, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Chuck Willis, Composer - Venetta Fields, MainArtist - Edward Kassner Music Co Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Gerald Goffin, Composer - Carole King, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Robert Mosley, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Robert Taylor, Composer - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - EMI Music Pub Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Jeff Barry, Composer - Ellie Greenwich, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Phillip Spector, Composer - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - ABKCO Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - MOTHER BERTHA MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Ike Turner, Composer - The Ikettes, MainArtist - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - ROCKIN MUSIC USA, MusicPublisher - MARMIKE MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Album review
Like Ike & Tina Turner, the Ikettes had a pretty confusing recording career, releasing numerous discs for several labels and enduring several lineup changes. They did, however, settle at Modern for a while in the mid-'60s, releasing six singles and one LP for the company. This 27-track compilation includes all of that material, as well as some solo recordings by Ikettes Venetta Fields and Flora Williams (aka Delores Johnson), adding quite a few outtakes and alternate takes not issued in the '60s. It's not, it should be a clarified, a greatest-hits compilation; it doesn't include anything not recorded for Modern, which means it doesn't have their biggest hit, 1962's Top 20 single "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" (released on Atco), though it does have their only other Top 40 pop entry, 1965's "Peaches 'n' Cream." The Ikettes were good singers -- you probably had to be to remain in Ike Turner's employ -- and at Modern, they cut a variety of material in a straightforward early soul vein, sometimes with a bit of a girl group edge. However, many of the songs they recorded for the label were more ordinary than their talents likely deserved. Most of this is pretty average mid-'60s soul, sometimes with (like many Modern discs of the time) a rather ersatz Motown sound -- the Top 20 R&B single "I'm So Thankful" is a virtual copy of mid-'60s Mary Wells -- and sometimes with a pronounced R&B approach more in line with Ike & Tina Turner's own discs (though Ike Turner wrote only a few of these songs). Sometimes, for sure, it's pretty good, particularly on "Peaches 'n' Cream," "Can't Sit Down 'Cos I Feel So Good," and the Ike Turner-penned dance tune "Camel Walk." But this is a group that would be better served by a more selective best-of sampling from their work for various labels, though this comp's valuable for completist soul collectors who want everything the Ikettes did during this period.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:22
- Main artists: The Ikettes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ACE RECORDS
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records - This product is protected by a registered watermark patent. All copying prohibited.
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