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Crate Diving in Modern America
Finding, Remembering Tina Turner
Old records never die
So many good writers and music lovers have commemorated Tina Turner’s passing last week. It’s hard to describe the impact of her life on popular music, and I would have written, too, about my feelings, but I couldn’t find the right words. Sadness is all.
Except, knowing how an artist’s work becomes so much more in demand after their death, I was stunned to find in Cabin Floor Records this week, two vintage Ike and Tina LPs. I’ll be up front: each cost $4.00, and they’re both in what I would describe as Very Fine shape, sound wise. The sleeves are Good to Very Good, I suspect, since I’m not an official grader. When I flipped through the stacks and found this first one, I almost walked on by (foolish pride) because I couldn’t believe anything of this semi-rare nature would be lurking so near (so far) from me.
According to Discogs, this first find is a reissue of 1966’s The Ike and Tina Show (Vol. 2), originally released on the Loma label (product of Warner Bros-7 Arts) in the U.S. Here it is:
