The Edge features the very last Ike & Tina recordings with lead vocals from Tina Turner on the a-side and Ike Turner compositions without Tina on the b-side. The tracks with lead vocals from Tina were recorded already in 1975 at the Acid Queen recording session, but stayed unreleased. The instrumental part was played by Home Grown Funk, a popular Memphis group in the '70s. After Tina’s comback, all five songs with lead vocals by Tina have been reissued on a Mini album.
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1980 / 1984 (Mini) / 2017 (CD)
Label: Fantasy
Format: Vinyl / Cassette / CD
This demo acetate from 1980 features a very different tracklist, including only songs with lead vocals from Ike Turner - some of them still unavailable anywhere else. Maybe The Edge was initially intended as an Ike Turner solo album. Only three tracks from this demo appeared later on the album and some were released in 1991 on the rarities sampler Good Old Times.
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1980
Label: Quad Teck Studios
Format: Acetate