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Strange Fruit is an instrumental album by Family Vibes. The album was released on United Artists Records in January 1972.[2] Led by Ike Turner, Family Vibes was the backing band for Ike & Tina Turner.[3] They are best known as the Kings of Rhythm, but the name of the band changed to Family Vibes for a few years in the 1970s.

Strange Fruit
Studio album by Family Vibes
Released	January 1972
Recorded	October 1971
Studio	Bolic Sound (Inglewood, California)
Genre	Instrumental funk soul R&B
Label	United Artists Records
Producer	Ike Turner
Family Vibes chronology
A Black Man's Soul (1969) Strange Fruit (1972) Confined to Soul (1973)
Singles from Strange Fruit
"Soppin' Molasses" Released: April 1972

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Recording and release

Strange Fruit was recorded at Ike Turner's Bolic Sound Studios in Inglewood, California in October 1971. Turner arranged and produced the album. His sister-in-law Alline Bullock wrote two songs on the album, "Happy But Lonely" and "Bootie Lip." The latter was released as a B-side single to "Soppin' Molasses" in 1972.[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• Arranger – Ike Turner
• Bass – Warren Dawson
• Baritone Saxophone – J. D. Reed
• Drums – Soko Richardson
• Engineer – Steve Waldman
• Guitar – Jackie Clark
• Organ – Ike Turner
• Producer – Ike Turner
• Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Smith
• Tenor Saxophone – Larry Reed
• Trombone – Edward Burks
• Trumpet – Claude Williams, Mack Johnson

References

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