Ike & Tina Turner [2021] - Bold Soul Sister / Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You (2021 Remaster) [Good Time Records]

It's talcum time again! Good Time Records, the same outfit who re-issued Charles Mitchell's 1973 single posted yesterday, have also remastered and reissued a Northern Soul track covered by a few artists which has a backing track that has also been used on several other recordings. 

Ike & Tina Turner were the first to record the song, credited to Frank Wilson, in 1965 on Loma. The following year another two versions materialised. Darrell Banks cut a version on Revilot, now credited to Marc Gordon in addition to Wilson, and another version on Loma, from Larry Laster called "Go For Yourself" which used the same backing track but different lyrics credited to Leon Sylvers.

The following year (1967) Ty Karim released "Lighten Up Baby" which used the backing again on Car-A-Mel, but with new lyrics attributed to her husband Kent Harris. Larry Atkins released another version of the same song credited to Harris on Highland in 1968.

Also in 1968, Herb (Sadler) & Doris (Dorsey) did "Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You" on Hip and white Canadian group The Mid Knights also recorded a more garage version of it on Warner Bros. 

If you want to listen to the versions above, they were featured in a write up on Ty Karim posted last year.

There's a couple of more versions I omitted last time. One by another white Canadian artist Natalie Baron in 1967 (which I've not heard but would guess it's a pop version?). The other is a pop version by a group called West who released it on their 1969 album "Bridges". So that's nine versions so far! There may well be others I've omitted, if you know of one let me know.

Live In Texas

(or is it - doesn't sound very live to me, it sounds very similar to the studio version apart from the 'canned' applause at the start!)

Details

Rating:	9
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single / Reissue
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Year:	23/07/2021
Key/BPM:	9B/136
Value:	£1