1982 Linda Ronstadt – Get Closer

Andrew Gold, Bill Payne, Bob Glaub, Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor, Jim Horn, Linda Ronstadt, Rick Marotta, Russ Kunkel, Waddy Wachtel

Get Closer is the eleventh studio album by singer, songwriter and producer Linda Ronstadt, released in 1982.

Since releasing her previous album, Mad Love, in 1980, Ronstadt’s career had taken turns away from the country-rock field she’d engaged in for more than a decade. In 1980-81, she moved into light opera on Broadway (The Pirates of Penzance), and during production of the play had expressed a desire to record an album of standards. In 1981, under producer Jerry Wexler, she recorded the album Keeping Out of Mischief, but dissatisfied with its quality, she had cancelled its release. Although she would later revisit the concept (and most of the attempted songs) for a trilogy of albums with Nelson Riddle, Get Closer was recorded to satisfy her obligations to her label, and found Ronstadt returning to the genres that had resulted in her commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s, and working again with British musician and producer Peter Asher.

Tracks

1 Get Closer (Jon Carroll) 02:31
2 The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Jimmy Webb) 03:02
3 I Knew You When (Joe South) 02:54
4 Easy For You To Say (Jimmy Webb) 03:58
5 People Gonna Talk (Clarence Lewis; Lee Dorsey; Morris Levy; William Wheeler) 02:38
6 Talk To Me Of Mendocino (Kate McGarrigle) 03:01
7 I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (Rose Marie McCoy; Sylvia McKinney) 03:59
8 Mr. Radio (Rod Taylor) 04:07
9 Lies (Beau Charles; Buddy Randall) 02:34
10 Tell Him (Bert Russell) 02:42
11 Sometimes You Just Can’t Win (Smokey Stover) 02:33
12 My Blue Tears (Dolly Parton) 02:39

Musicians

1 Get Closer

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Guitar	Andrew Gold
Guitar	Danny Kortchmar
Guitar	Waddy Wachtel
Wurlitzer	Bill Payne
Background Vocals	Patti Austin
Background Vocals	Rosemary Butler
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

2 The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Guitar	Danny Kortchmar
Pedal Steel Guitar	Dan Dugmore
Piano	Bill Payne
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

3 I Knew You When

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Guitar	Danny Kortchmar
Organ	Bill Payne
Piano	Bill Payne
Background Vocals	Patti Austin
Background Vocals	Rosemary Butler
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

4 Easy For You To Say

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Guitar	Danny Kortchmar
Guitar	Waddy Wachtel
Guitar	Dan Dugmore
Fender Rhodes	Bill Payne
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

5 People Gonna Talk

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Piano	Bill Payne
Sax	Jerry Peterson
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

6 Talk To Me Of Mendocino

Acoustic Bass	Kenny Edwards
Acoustic Guitar	Andrew Gold
Mandolin	David Grisman
Accordion	Lindsey Buckingham
Cello	Dennis Karmazyn
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

7 I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Rick Shlosser
Guitar	Waddy Wachtel
Guitar	Dan Dugmore
Synthesizer	Don Grolnick
Sax	Jim Horn
Percussion	Andrew Gold
Vocals	James Taylor
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

8 Mr. Radio

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Pedal Steel Guitar	Dan Dugmore
Fender Rhodes	Bill Payne
Synthesizer	Bill Payne
Percussion	Andrew Gold
Percussion	Peter Asher
Background Vocals	Andrew Gold
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

9 Lies

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Guitar	Danny Kortchmar
Guitar	Dan Dugmore
Keyboards	Bill Payne
Background Vocals	Edie Lehmann
Background Vocals	Rosemary Butler
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

10 Tell Him

Bass	Bob Glaub
Drums	Rick Shlosser
Guitar	Andrew Gold
Guitar	Waddy Wachtel
Keyboards	Bill Payne
Percussion	Peter Asher
Percussion	Andrew Gold
Background Vocals	Debbie Pearl
Background Vocals	Rosemary Butler
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

11 Sometimes You Just Can’t Win

Bass	Kenny Edwards
Drums	Rick Marotta
Guitar	Danny Kortchmar
Acoustic Guitar	Waddy Wachtel
Pedal Steel Guitar	Dan Dugmore
Organ	Don Grolnick
Piano	Andrew Gold
Vocals	John David Souther
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

12 My Blue Tears

Acoustic Guitar	Emmylou Harris
Vocals	Dolly Parton
Vocals	Emmylou Harris
Vocals	Linda Ronstadt

Liner Notes

Producer – Peter Asher
Producer – Peter Asher (Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Producer – Brian Ahern (Track 12)
Arranged By (Strings) – Bill Payne (Track 2)
Conductor (Strings) – Bill Payne (Track 2)
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Recorded By – Stuart Taylor (Track 12)
Mixed By – George Massenburg, Val Garay (Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Mixed By (Assistant) – Barbara Rooney, Bruce Wildstein, Niko Bolas (Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Recorded By – George Massenburg, Val Garay (Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Recorded By (Assistant) – Barbara Rooney, Bruce Wildstein, Niko Bolas (Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Art Direction, Design – John Kosh, Ron Larson
Photography By – Aaron Rapoport

Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Record One, Los Angeles
Mixed At George Massenburg Studios
Recorded At Record One, Los Angeles
Recorded At George Massenburg Studios
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