Live! The Ike & Tina Turner Show- IKE & TINA TURNER***

Finger Poppin’/Down In The Valley/Good Times/You Are My Sunshine/Having A Good Time/Twist & Shout/ Something’s Got A Hold On Me/I Know (You Don’t Want Me No More)/Tight Pants/My Man He’s A Lovin’ Man/I Can’t Stop Loving You/To Tell The Truth

Live! The Ike & Tina Show demonstrates the raw and primitive nature of the Turners’ live act in the mid sixties. Some critics thought that it needed some polishing up to reach a mass audience. (US:126)

“Listening to this live concert from mid-1960s and one can understand clearly why it took almost ten years before the Turners finally hit the big time. To put it simply, they were too raw, brutal and unpolished for a mass audience. Lacking their own hits, in live concerts they were covering everybody from Sam Cooke to The Isley Brothers. While Ike's guitar playing was buried somewhere in the background, Tina sounded breathless and raspy with too much chest-beating which rather kills the songs. While their show was popular in black circles, the Turners were then unable to cross over into the white market.”

“This LP doesn’t represent Ike & Tina in the best light, but it gives an interesting look into early soul music, the way it was performed live in front of an admiring audience.”

“Fantastic album by these incredible stage performers. This album is recorded live in 1965, is pretty raw and has some crazy R & B tunes plus some soul ballads. Tina's voice is fantastic, and Ike's Kings of Rhythm are on a roll.”

“Raw and primitive, this set catches the Ike and Tina revue at the height of their booty shaking powers.”

“This LP includes the original recordings from the Skyliner Ballroom in Fort Worth and Lovall's Ballroom in Dallas. The sound is great, it has a wild, soulful, feel alright music. 60s soul music is great, a period in time that I love and why wouldn't you all.”

“A great album of early Ike & Tina Turner in concert, long before things became formulaic. They were still hungry and eager then, and even performed with energy and fire on mundane filler. If you ever spot this one, grab it immediately.”

“The recording is primitive and raw, with considerable distortion, but that only adds to the excitement as Tina Turner shouts and screams her way through soul standards.”