Acid Queen

Acid Queen is the second solo album while Tina was still married with Ike Turner. All songs from the a-side are covers of famous rock songs from The Rolling Stones, The Who and Led Zeppelin, while all songs from the b-side are Ike Turner compositions. The title track is a re-recorded version from the Tommy soundtrack. Baby, Get It On, the first from four singles, was Ike & Tina's very last chart success before they separated. Beside other artists, Kim Carnes provided the backing vocals on some tracks, as well as Rod Taylor on Whole Lotta Love. Tina performed Acid Queen live in the late concerts from Ike & Tina as well as at most of her solo concerts. Live versions are available on the home video Nice ’N' Rough from 1982 and One Last Time from 2000. The album was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from August 30, 1975 and it was reissued in 2024 as part of the 'Tina Turner 74 - 79 Reissues‘.

Producer: Denny Diante & Spencer Proffer / Ike Turner (b-side)
Photographer: Randy Green
Release: August 1975 / Various (Reissue) / November 2023 (Digital) / 2024 (Vinyl, CD)
Label: United Artists / EMI (CD) / Parlophone (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / Cartridge / Cassette / CD / Digital
Charts: USA: #39 (R&B) / Australia: #75

Tracks

Baby, Get It On

is an Ike Turner composition and released as the first single, it was the last chart entry for Ike & Tina Turner before their separation. It’s one of the rare songs with lead vocals from Ike and Tina together. Ike produced many different versions, among others an extended disco version, released on some single b-sides. Ike & Tina promoted the single live at several TV-Shows in America and Europe, like the Cher Show and the German Musikladen. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from March 8, 1975.

Nobody, but nobody, gets it on like Ike & Tina Turner. The spectacular legend of Ike & Tina Turner grows with the hottest record of the year. „Baby-Get It On“ — Promotional

Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner, Claude Williams, Warren Dawson, Soko Richardson, Gerhard Augustin
Recorded: Bolic Sound & Dieter Dirks Studio (Germany), November 1974
Release: May 1975 (USA) / July 1975 (UK)
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #14 (Dance), #31 (R&B), #88 (Pop) / UK: #53

Whole Lotta Love

is a Led Zeppelin cover and the very first solo single from Tina Turner. The version is much shorter than on the album, because the intro and outro instrumental part is edited. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from October 25, 1975. During the introduction of Tina's band members at the final date of her Twenty Four Seven Tour in 2000, Tina performed a very short version of the song, which is the only live version from this track. It was released 48 years later again as a digital single, to promote the compilation Queen Of Rock ’N’ Roll in 2023.

Anaheim, Arrowhead Pond (USA) - May 2000

Writer: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Producer: Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer
Release: October 1975 / October 2023
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #61 (R&B)

Acid Queen

is the title track and third single in Germany and the second one in England. The single version is a re-recording from the soundtrack for the movie Tommy. Tina performed the song live in the late concerts from Ike & Tina as well as repeatedly in her solo concerts. She also promoted it on the German TV-Show Musikladen in 1978.

Writer: Pete Townsend
Producer: Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer
Release: January 1976 (UK) / 1978 (Germany)
Format: 7“ Vinyl

Under My Thumb

is a song from The Rolling Stones, originally released on their album „Aftermath“ in 1966. Tina’s cover was released as a single only in Australia to promote her Australian Tour, starting in August. The single comes without a picture cover.

Writer: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Producer: Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer
Release: 1977
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: Australia: #80