Ike and Tina Turner rock again in new boxed set

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A live album originally released by Ike and Tina Turner in 1969 will make its CD debut in a three-disc career retrospective billed as the couple's first boxed set.

The package, "The Ike and Tina Turner Story: 1960-1975," is due in stores October 2 via Time Life.

In addition to such favorites as "Proud Mary," "Nutbush City Limits," and "I've Been Loving You Too Long," the box includes the complete album "In Person," which originally came out on the small Minit Records label in 1969. The disc boasts live covers of tunes like "Everyday People," "Respect" and "Son of A Preacher Man."

All told, the boxed set features 49 tunes, spanning the duo's 1960 breakthrough "A Fool in Love," which went to No. 2 on the R&B charts, to the 1975 cover of Pete Townshend's "Acid Queen."

The Turners divorced the following year following a tumultuous relationship recounted in harrowing detail in Tina Turner's 1986 memoir, "I, Tina." After almost a decade in the wilderness, she launched a massive comeback with the 1984 album "Private Dancer."

Ike Turner, one of the originators of rock 'n' roll, toiled in relative obscurity, dealing with drug and legal issues, but has rebounded in recent years. He received a Grammy in February for his latest album, a blues release.

Reuters

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