Make no mistake about it, this 16-track collection culled from their two now extremely rare albums recorded for the Blue Thumb label in 1969 (Outta Season and The Hunter) is as much Ike's show as it is Tina's, truly the other half of the equation, the blues part of rhythm & blues. His stinging guitar matches Tina's voice lick for nasty lick, and the blues song choices ("Dust My Broom," "Three O'Clock Blues," "Please Love Me," "Five Long Years," "You Don't Love Me," "Mean Old World," "Rock Me Baby," "Honest I Do," "Reconsider Baby") were undoubtedly tunes he and the Kings of Rhythm knew in their sleep, playing them since they were new hits on the charts. These were the last truly pure R&B albums the two of them would ever make, and even the then current stabs at R&B trends (the title track is little more than Ike's version of a James Brown groove with Tina babbling in true JB incomprehensibility in spots) shine brightly in the spotlight of hindsight. Subtitled The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings, this makes a great document of what they must have sounded like in the clubs that dotted the landscape of the chitlin circuit way back when.
AMM
The Tasters!
16 comments:
Yep, she's been loving him too long. 💔
Thanks, AMM!
No matter what private problems they might have had - they were great. Thanks for review, P.
A best from Blue Thumb. Why not? She is a great lady who we already miss.
Thanks AMM
Yves
Great sides-thanks for the comments
Great review as always
Thank you my friend
Well dust my broom . Great review .
I love them both thanks for the review AMM!
I have this cd and all both the lp's and the singles so don't need a link. Great tracks, some of my favourites by the great duo, nice post AMM
Such a great Album As Always,Many Thanks AMM
Thanks AMM for showcasing yet another side of Tina here.
thank you
thanks AMM for the flac upgrade Reb
Very nice addition. Thanks.
she should love him a bit longer !
This one takes me back i remember buying "crazy about you baby" that single could still be stoke/Stafford somewhere but that's another story.Thanks for the great review AMM a truly well develop CD bundle
Cheers Pedro
Top performing duo, thank you AMM.
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