Innis Records

Innis Records was a record label established in 1964 by musician and bandleader Ike Turner. The label operated within the professional network surrounding the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, a touring and recording organization whose performers included the Ikettes. Its releases included singles by members of the revue as well as recordings by other artists whom Turner was producing. The label formed part of Ike Turner's broader music-business activities during the 1960s. In addition to performing, Turner worked as a producer and managed recording projects involving artists connected to his live organization. Innis Records provided a label identity for some of those projects, giving Turner a vehicle for issuing recordings outside the main Ike & Tina Turner billing. Turner's business affairs were handled with assistance from George Grenier, whom Turner hired for that purpose. The available historical record does not provide a complete account of Innis Records' release schedule, distribution arrangements, sales, or detailed roster. It does, however, place the label among the small, closely connected imprints used by Turner and associated performers during this period. In 1968, Innis Records was acquired by Pompeii Music Corp. The acquisition marked a change in the label's corporate ownership. Public reference material does not establish the extent to which the Innis name continued in active use after the transaction, nor does it document a later revival or current operating business. Innis Records is therefore best understood as a historically significant but sparsely documented 1960s label associated with Ike Turner's production and revue activities.

Innis Records emerged in 1964 from Ike Turner's overlapping roles as a musician, bandleader, producer, and organizer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Turner founded the label during a period when the revue served as both a touring act and a network of performers whose recordings could be developed and released through related music-business arrangements. The label's documented output included singles by members of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, notably the Ikettes. It also issued recordings by other artists whom Turner was producing. This suggests that Innis Records functioned not simply as a vehicle for the central Ike and Tina Turner name, but as an imprint for projects involving the revue's wider performer community and Turner's production activities. The label's business administration included George Grenier, whom Ike Turner hired to handle his business affairs. Available reference material does not specify Grenier's exact corporate title at Innis Records or describe the label's distribution structure, recording contracts, sales performance, or complete catalog. The surviving account is consequently more useful for establishing the label's ownership and artistic context than for reconstructing its full commercial history. Innis Records was acquired by Pompeii Music Corp. in 1968. The transaction is the last clearly documented corporate milestone in the available reference material. It places Innis among the cluster of small labels associated with the mid-1960s recording activities of Ike Turner and related performers, while also connecting its later history to Pompeii's music-label operations. No reliable source supplied for this entry confirms whether the Innis name remained active after the acquisition, whether its catalog was reissued under another imprint, or whether the label was formally dissolved. Its present status is therefore recorded as unknown rather than definitively defunct.

• 1968

  Acquisition by Pompeii Music Corp.

  [1]Innis Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Pompeii Music Corp. acquired Innis Records. The available source does not describe the purchase price or subsequent operating arrangements.

• 1964

  Innis Records is founded

  [1]Innis Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Ike Turner founded Innis Records as a label for singles by performers associated with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and other acts he produced.

A small 1960s record label connected to Ike Turner's production work and the performer network surrounding the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

• Recorded music · 1964

  Innis Records singles

  The label released singles by members of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, including the Ikettes, and by other artists whom Ike Turner was producing. The available reference material does not provide a complete catalog, release chronology, or sales information.

• 1968

  Transfer of ownership to Pompeii Music Corp.M&A

  Background

  Innis Records had operated as an imprint associated with Ike Turner's revue and production work since its founding in 1964.

  Action taken

  Pompeii Music Corp. acquired the label.

  Aftermath

  The available source does not establish whether the Innis name continued in active use, was absorbed into another operation, or was later discontinued.

  Source

1. 1Innis Recordsen.wikipedia.org