Vinyl Record

Ike & Tina Turner - So Fine

Ike & Tina Turner - So Fine album cover

Ike & Tina Turner - So Fine on LP vinyl. A 1968 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP ยท 1968

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1968 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

So Fine is a 1968 Ike & Tina Turner album with the heat of a working revue packed into a short, hard-driving soul set. It belongs to the Pompeii chapter of their story, after the grandeur of River Deep - Mountain High and before the late-1960s records that would push the act toward a rougher rock-and-soul public image. What makes it compelling is how compact and physical it feels. Bet'cha Can't Kiss Me, It Sho Ain't Me and Too Hot to Hold keep the groove direct; Shake a Tail Feather brings familiar dance-floor charge; Ain't Nobody's Business and We Need an Understanding add adult blues and relationship drama; the remake of A Fool in Love folds their breakthrough history back into the present. The title song itself also reminds you that Ike & Tina Turner records were often revue records, powered not only by the duo's name but by the surrounding singers, band energy and stage-tested attack. The album is not polished soul elegance. It is lean, sweaty, sometimes raw, and built around momentum. Its best moments feel like a room being pushed forward by rhythm section, call-and-response pressure and Tina Turner's unmistakable force within the ensemble's broader blast.

So Fine matters because it catches Ike & Tina Turner during a transitional period when their R&B foundations were being sharpened for a tougher late-1960s audience. It is also historically useful as part of the brief Pompeii run, where singles, revue material and album statements overlapped. The record helps explain how the act moved from early soul hits toward the more combustible live reputation that would define the next phase.

For collectors, So Fine is valuable as a focused snapshot rather than a greatest-hits shortcut. It gives the shelf a rawer Ike & Tina chapter, close to the working-band energy that made the revue famous. It is especially rewarding next to River Deep - Mountain High and Outta Season, because together they show three different angles: studio grandeur, compact soul drive and heavier blues-rock pressure.

Short, urgent late-1960s soul and R&B with revue-style backing vocals, tough grooves, blues touches, dance-floor covers and a raw stage-band push.

Recommended for: Collectors tracing Ike & Tina Turner's late-1960s transition; Fans of raw soul albums with revue energy and compact pacing; Listeners who like R&B records that feel closer to a club set than studio gloss.

What year was So Fine released? So Fine was released in 1968. What are the key songs on the album? So Fine, A Fool in Love, Shake a Tail Feather, Bet'cha Can't Kiss Me and We Need an Understanding are central to the record's character. Where does it sit in Ike & Tina Turner's catalogue? It sits between the mid-1960s breakthrough period and the heavier late-1960s and early-1970s sound, making it a useful transitional album.