Search - Ike & Tina Turner :: Live At Circus Krone 1973

Sounds Familiar?

08/05/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"A good--although misleading--album. The first twelve tracks are live performances that sound suspiciously like those found on "The World Of Ike & Tina," a live double-album released in 1972. The song arrangements are identical in every way. Fans of that '72 album should buy this to hear the same songs digitally remastered and cleaned up for cd-format. Of these first twelve (out of 20) tracks, "Annie Had a Baby," "Come Together," and "Don't Fight It" come off best. "I Want to Take You Higher" contained here is the best "live" version I've heard from Ike & Tina. Three other tracks ("Proud Mary," "Proud Mary Encore," and "Respect" were lifted from the 1971 album "What You Hear Is What You Get" (recorded live at Carnegie Hall). They seem slightly out of place here since they were taken from a far superior recording, and you can hear the difference. Maybe they are considered the "bonus tracks"!!! This cd also contains two tracks that are actually studio cuts: "Pick Me Up, Take Me Where Your Home Is," and a slightly different version of "Nutbush City Limits" Here, "Nutbush" has an abrupt ending. Both tracks are excellent."