The Early Years

The Early Years features a complete concert from the Rockefeller music venue in Houston, Texas on April 25, 1983, taken from a radio broadcast.

Tina performed many new songs like the Foreigner cover „Night Live,“ the David Bowie song „Cat People“ and „Hollywood Nights“ from Bob Seger. Included is also a very rare version of the track „Take A Little Pain,“ written by Tina’s longtime friend Eddy Armani. He ran the Ike & Tina Turner fanclub and was her personal wardrobe assistant before her comeback and wrote the book The Real T. in 1998. The album features also an absolutely wonderful version of the track „Rock’n Roll Widow,“ which Tina performed in her concerts since 1982.

The album was reissued in 2023 under the different title Rock’n Roll Queen with a new cover and again in 2026 with selected tracks on vinyl as The Rock’n Roots of Tina Turner.

Release: February 2019 / August 2023 (Reissue) / May 29, 2026 (Vinyl)
Label: Laser Media / Ids (Vinyl)
Format: CD (Picture) / Vinyl