Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits - Album

Nutbush City Limits

Album / Singles (1973)

Nutbush City Limits is one of the best known album from Ike & Tina because of it’s title track about Tina’s hometown. Beside of this track, a total of five songs were written by Tina and it includes also a different version of River Deep - Mountain High. The song „Make Me Over“ was re-recorded by Tina in 1993 under the different title „Tina’s Wish“ for the soundtrack album What’s Love Got To Do With It. The album was re-issued on compact many times - among others on the double CD Nutbush City Limits / Feel Good in 2006.

Producer: Ike Turner for I & TT Productions Inc.
Recorded: Bolic Sound, June - September 1973
Photographer: Fred Valentine
Illustrations: Dave Willardson
Release: November 1973 / Various (Reissue)
Label: United Artists / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / Cassette / Cartridge / CD
Charts: USA: #21 (R&B) / Germany: #21

Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits - Album

Tracks

  1. Nutbush City Limits 2:57
    2. Written by Tina Turner
  2. Make Me Over 3:05
    3. Written by Ike Turner
  3. Drift Away 3:18
    4. Written by M. Williams
  4. That’s My Purpose 4:41
    5. Written by Tina Turner
  5. Fancy Annie 2:20
    6. Written by Tina Turner
  6. River Deep, Mountain High 4:01
    7. Written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
  7. Get It Out Of Your Mind 3:16
    8. Written by Ike Turner
  8. Daily Bread 2:45
    9. Written by Tina Turner
  9. You’re My Sunshine 3:20
    10. Written by J. Davis, C. Mitchell
  10. Club Manhattan 2:53
    11. Written by Tina Turner

Nutbush City Limits

is one of Ike & Tina's biggest hits, especially in Europe. Tina wrote the lyrics, because the melody reminds her of her hometown Nutbush. The duo performed this song at several TV-Shows for promotion and live in their concerts, but strangely enough no live version was released on any album. Nutbush is one of the few Ike & Tina songs which Tina even performed in her concerts after the divorce from Ike. In 1991 she recorded a dance version for her Simply The Best greatest hits collection and for the What’s Love Got To Do With It soundtrack album in 1993 a more original styled version.

  1. Nutbush City Limits 2:57
    2. From the 7" record
  2. Nutbush City Limits (Extended Disco Version) 5:40
    3. From the 12" record
  3. Nutbush City Limits (DMC Remix) 4:56
    4. From the DJ sampler 'Classic Mixes 70s (Vol. 4)' from May 2017 & 'Mixes 1' from January 1990 / Remixed by Sanny X / BMP 150
  4. Nutbush City Limits (Hong Kong Ping Pong Mix) 4:32
    5. Digital track / 'Ghetto Funk Allstars – The Icons'
    Additional tracks:
  1. Help Him 3:46
    2. From the 7" & 12" single
  2. Funkier Than A Mosquitas Tweeter (Long Version) 4:05
    3. From the Australian 12" single

Writer: Tina Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Recorded: Bolic Sound, March 1973
Release: July 1973 / 1978 (Maxi)
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl
Charts: Germany: #2 / UK: #4 / USA: #22

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High - Single

River Deep Mountain High '74

was only released in France, with an updated version of the classic track written by Phil Spector and originally released in 1966. This version is an Ike Turner production in the style of Ike & Tina’s live interpretation.

  1. River Deep, Mountain High (1974) 4:02
  2. Fancy Annie 2:30

Writer: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
Producer: Ike Turner for I and TT Productions, Inc
Recorded: Bolic Sound, June-September 1973
Release: March 1974
Format: 7“ Vinyl

Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits - Promo
He was a hipster from the big city.

She was a barefoot country girl from Nutbush, Tennessee.

He had big ideas that would lead to Hollywood and Stardom.

She could sing a song like nobody's business.

He gave her …………….direction.

She gave him……….her all.

The result: NUTBUSH (City Limits) …. The album Ike & Tina Turner always had in them….is out.

Billboard - November 24, 1973

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