Ike and Tina Turner – Good Bye, So Long

By , February 2, 2016 1:00 pm

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Greetings all.

To borrow (and slighty alter) an old phrase, any time is a good time for some Ike and Tina Turner.

As I’ve mentioned here in the past, I kind of backed into the Turner’s early catalog, having only been familiar with what I knew from my childhood, i.e. the ‘Proud Mary’ years.

It was only a few years back – via a clip of them playing on the Big TNT Show – that I really got the bug for their earlier stuff.

This unsealed another can of worms, because their discography – especially the early years – is a masterpiece of label-hopping, with the Ike and Tina moving from Sue, to Modern, to Loma, to WB, to Sonja, to Kent, to Philles, to Tangerine/TRC and on, and on.

Asa result, the records are all over the place, and for an act as important as Ike and Tina, very poorly represented in reissue form.

Today’s selection – ‘Good Bye, So Long’ – is a 1965 killer for the Modern label that made it into the R&B Top 40 in 1965 (just grazing the Pop Hot 100). It is a veritable juggernaut, powered by a positively relentless rhythm guitar, with Tina and the Ikettes dancing nimbly over the whole thing, with Ike jumping in for the ‘OO WAH’s in the chorus.

I mean, this is a POWERFUL record, guaranteed to get people up out of their seats and onto the dance floor, shaking what they brought with them.

I wrote up the live performance (mentioned above) a while back, and it really needs to be seen to be believed, with the thundering guitars, Tina out front with the crazy hat, and the Ikettes bouncing around the stage like they have dynamite in their panties.

Basically a long soul medley, the band is tearing it up, and it is a sure antidote for anyone with ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero’ stuck in their craw.

Heavy stuff, indeed, because I always endeavor to bring you the best.

Dig it,and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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One Response to “Ike and Tina Turner – Good Bye, So Long”

  1. djwaterman says:

    Love this period of Ike and Tina Turner, well actually up to the point of the split. Ike was a kind of magician the way he got that outfit to work the way it did on stage, I can’t imagine he was working the choreography but he must’ve sort of let the girls do their thing and tell them to keep this or that bit for the act, I mean the act was utterly unique for the time, still is cos no one’s doing anything that well oiled today. He pioneered some heavy stuff with his guitar arrangements and had a great ear for pop, I wish he would be more noted today as one of those on the forefront of rock and roll, a great show man.

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