Close to Me: More Fame Recordings

by Dan Penn

Overview

Ace's second collection of Fame recordings by Dan Penn equals the first from 2012, and part of the reason for its success is that it shifts ever so slightly away from material popularized by other singers. Close to Me: More Fame Recordings still essentially consists of exceptionally well-produced publishing demos -- songs written by Penn, often with a couple of other writers, notably Spooner Oldham and David Briggs -- and cut at FAME with the finest musicians the studio had to offer. Consequently, these 24 tracks don't feel like demos: they feel like fully formed recordings. Certainly, Penn and the FAME crew aren't tossing these songs away -- they want to turn these into hits, so they're putting their all into the rhythms and performances, so these songs feel like buried treasures instead of archival asides. As Close to Me rolls along, it feels like a lost treasure: unheard songs from perhaps the greatest songwriter at FAME, played with the house band and with a singer who is among the greatest blue-eyed soul vocalists. It's hard to resist. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/2016
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667076326
Rank:	89365

Tracks

1. Close to Me
2. Without a Woman
3. Trash Man
4. Miss Personality
5. Love Is a Wonderful Thing
6. It Hurts
7. Standing in the Way of a Good Thing
8. Reaching Out for Someone
9. I'll Take Care of You
10. I Need You
11. Destroyed
12. So Many Reasons
13. Little Girl
14. I Love Everything About You
15. Lovely Ladies
16. I Dig a Big Town
17. Diamonds
18. She Ain't Gonna Do Right
19. I Can't Stop (The Feeling Won't Let Me)
20. Do You Need It
21. You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy
22. Live and Let Live
23. We're Swinging
24. Downright Uptight Good Woman

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dan Penn   Primary Artist,Completion
Alec Palao   Completion

Technical Credits

Don Covay   Composer
Rick Hall   Composer
Quin Ivy   Composer
Nick Robbins   Mastering
Alec Palao   Liner Notes
Dan Penn   Composer,Cover Photo
Donnie Fritts   Composer
David Briggs   Composer
Niall McCormack   Package Design
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Marlin Greene   Composer