Dan Penn Close To Me: More Fame Recordings (CD)

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(2016/Ace) 24 tracks. The sequel to their acclaimed 2014 release 'The Fame Recordings',... more

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Dan Penn: Close To Me: More Fame Recordings (CD)

(2016/Ace) 24 tracks. <br>
The sequel to their acclaimed 2014 release 'The Fame Recordings', Ace presents now 'Close To Me: More Fame Recordings', comprising another two dozen nuggets featuring the unmistakeable voice of songsmith extraordinaire, Dan Penn. As with the previous volume, all the tracks were recorded from 1963 to 1966, when a prolific and driven Penn spent countless days and nights at Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals honing his writing and recording skills in the company of collaborators such as Donnie Fritts, Marlin Greene and his longtime cohort, Spooner Oldham. The accompaniment features crack Fame sessioneers David Briggs, Junior Lowe, Roger Hawkins, Jimmy Johnson and others. Penn issued a handful of singles in this period in a half-hearted attempt at a solo career; two are featured here, including the title cut. Otherwise the contents of "Close To Me: More Fame Recordings" are previously unreleased. They provide another treasure trove of Penn the writer and Penn the song-stylist, with compelling, impassioned performances throughout. While the songs 'Without A Woman,' 'Lovely Ladies' and 'She Ain't Gonna Do Right' are familiar to southern soul fans through the interpretation of others, Dan's personal treatment of his newly-minted creations casts fresh light on the material and his artistry. There are also many more obscure entries from the Penn songbook, including several tunes like the grooving 'Standing In The Way Of A Good Thing' or the impassioned 'It Hurts' that were never covered. Detailed liner notes with extensive commentary from Penn himself complete the package, along with some rare illustrations. "Close To Me: More Fame Recordings" is further evidence that nobody sings Dan Penn like Dan Penn.

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Interpret: Dan Penn
Album titlle: Close To Me: More Fame Recordings (CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label Ace Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0029667076326
weight in Kg 0.11

Penn, Dan - Close To Me: More Fame Recordings (CD) CD 1
01	Close To Me	Dan Penn
02	Without A Woman	Dan Penn
03	Trash Man	Dan Penn
04	Miss Personality	Dan Penn
05	Love Is A Wonderful Thing	Dan Penn
06	It Hurts	Dan Penn
07	Standing In The Way Of A Good Thing	Dan Penn
08	Reaching Out For Someone	Dan Penn
09	I'll Take Care Of You	Dan Penn
10	I Need You	Dan Penn
11	Destroyed	Dan Penn
12	So Many Reasons	Dan Penn
13	Little Girl	Dan Penn
14	I Love Everything About You	Dan Penn
15	Lovely Ladies	Dan Penn
16	I Dig A Big Town	Dan Penn
17	Diamonds	Dan Penn
18	She Ain't Gonna Do Right	Dan Penn
19	I Can't Stop (The Feeling Won't Let Me)	Dan Penn
20	Do You Need It	Dan Penn
21	You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy	Dan Penn
22	Live And Let Live	Dan Penn
23	We're Swinging	Dan Penn
24	Downright Uptight Good Woman	Dan Penn

Dan Penn Dan Penn first came to the fore as the 14-year-old writer of `Is A Bluebird Blue?', a... more

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Dan Penn

Dan Penn first came to the fore as the 14-year-old writer of `Is A Bluebird Blue?', a substantial hit for Conway Twitty in 1960. In the late Fifties, he formed a group, Dan Penn and the Pallbearers — adopting their name after buying a hearse as a bandwagon — with David Briggs (piano), Norbert Put-nam (bass), Jerry Carrigan (drums).

They made several un-successful records, playing local Alabama clubs and bars, before Rick Hall hired them as a session band for his new Fame studio, where Penn began a lengthy and fruitful part-. nership with another Fame sessioneer, Lyndon 'Spooner' Oldham. As a songwriting partnership, Penn and Oldham produced several hundred songs, some used by artists from Hall's own Fame label, some artists from other labels doing individual sessions at the studio, and some passed on to artists in other local studios since Penn and Oldham were not contracted to Fame as writers.

Penn also wrote with other renowned sessioneers, most notably with Chips Moman, which team was responsible for `Do Right Woman — Do Right Man', a million-seller for Aretha Franklin and the magnificent doomy, country-soul ballad 'Dark End Of The Street', recorded by James Carr, Roy Hamilton and numer-ous others. As a producer Penn worked with the Box Tops amongst others. He continued his partnership with Spooner Oldham, however, and they went on to form their own in-dependent production company, working from Lynn-Lou Studios. He has recorded in his own right for MGM, Earth, Fame, Atlantic and Happy Tiger.

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