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Tina Turns The Country On

Album (1974)

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Tina Turn The Country On! is Tina’s very first solo album while she was still married with Ike and a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. All songs are cover versions from different artists, recorded at Ike’s Bolic Sound studios in June, 1974. Tina recorded twenty songs, but only a selection of ten made it to the final tracklist. The remaining tracks were released for the first time in 1979 on the album Good Hearted Woman. The only song Tina performed live in her concerts was „Help Me Make It Through The Night,“ available on the Wild Lady Of Rock home video from 1984. The track „Bayou Song“ was performed live from Ike & Tina at the TV-Show Midnight Special in 1975 as well as „I’m Movin On“ at the De Van Speyk Show in 1974 for promotion. The album didn’t charted, but was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1975. It was reissued in 2024 on vinyl and for the first time on compact disc, as part of the 'Tina Turner 74 - 79 Reissues'. Lyric videos for some of the album tracks were issued for promotion.

Producer: Tom Thacker
Photographer: David Alexander
Release: August 1974 / November 2023 (Digital) / 2024 (Vinyl, CD)
Label: United Artists
Format: Vinyl / Cartridge / Cassette / Digital
Grammy: Best R&B Vocal Performance (Nomination 1975)

Tina Turner - Tina Turns The Country On - Album

Tracks

  1. Bayou Song 3:28
  2. Written by P.J. Morse
  3. Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:55
  4. Written by K. Kristofferson
  5. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You 3:00
  6. Written by B. Dylan
  7. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 3:05
  8. Written by J. Rostill
  9. He Belongs To Me 4:07
  10. Written by B. Dylan
  11. Don’t Talk Now 3:04
  12. Written by J. Taylor
  13. Long Long Time 4:55
  14. Written by G. White
  15. I’m Moving On 2:40
  16. Written by H. Snow
  17. There’ll Always Be Music 4:17
  18. Written by D. Parton
  19. The Love That Lights Our Way 3:15
  20. Written by F. Karlin
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The Writers: B. Dylan, G. White, J. Taylor, H. Snow, K. Kristofferson, J. Rostilli, P.J. Morse, D. Parton, F. Karlin/M. Karlin

The Songs
: Don’t Talk Now, There’ll Always Be Music, Help Me Make It Through The Night, If You Love Me (Let Me Know), Bayou Song, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You, He Belongs To Me, Long Long Time, I’m Moving On, The Love That Lights Our Way

The Voice
: TINA TURNER - "Tina Turns The Country On" On United Artists Records & Tapes


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