Ike and Tina Turner I Wish It Would Rain/ With A Little Help From My Friends (Liberty, LYK-3136, ?)
Couldn't find any reference to the I Wish It Would Rain single so I'm not sure about its specifics like the year it came out and I think it's the A side - if I'm wrong, then it should have been. It's a great song with a great groove but...
...listening to Ike Turner play now comes with that yuck factor. I have huge respect for Tina but having read her autobiography there is no way back for Ike.
Given that, I tend to concentrate on Tina in her early incarnation as a part of the Turner regime and she is, of course, a riveting performer and a one in a million vocalist. A force of nature - from her unique female position she delivers Come Together as the sexually charged stream of consciousness that The Beatles could never carry off - even given their omniscient fabness.
Hidden gems: Honky Tonk Women? Tina knew how that felt and her powerful performance makes this song her own and a million miles away from the lewd country honk of The Stones.
For some reason With A Little Help...never takes off. The pace maybe? Not sure, but where she's brilliant with Come Together, she seems unsuited to the quirkiness of the Ringo Starr vehicle from Sgt. Peppers.
