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Lou Rawls
Close Company
Album US 1984 on Epic label
R&B/Soul (Soul)
Lyrics on inner sleeve A1, A3 Recorded at Ardent Recording Studios, Nashville, TN & The Complex, Los Angeles, CA B2 Recorded at Kajem Recording Studio, Gladwyne A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5 Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia Mastered at Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs, Philadelphia, except A1, A3
Musicians
 | Lou Rawls voc, 1933-2006 US lead vocals, album by |
 | David Porter voc, *1941 US arranged by, arranged by, backing vocals, producer, written by |
 | Dexter Wansel key, syn, *1950 US arranged by, backing vocals, executive producer, keyboards, electric piano, fender rhodes, piano, acoustic, producer, synthesizer, fairlight, synthesizer, ppg, wave, yamaha dx 7, synthesizer, percussion, written by |
 | Donald O'Conner key, syn, US arranged by, arranged by, backing vocals, producer, synthesizer, written by |
 | John R. Faith sax, arranged by, producer |
 | Joseph Mele , arranged by |
 | Norman Harris g, 1947-1987 US arranged by |
 | Wanda Vaughn voc, arranged by, backing vocals, backing vocals |
 | Judy Jones bvoc, US arranged by, co-arranger of backing vocals, backing vocals, lead vocals |
 | Tanya Boyd arranged by, co-arranger of backing vocals, backing vocals |
 | Bunny Sigler bvoc, p, key, *1941 US backing vocals, keyboards, producer, written by |
 | Cynthia Biggs bvoc, US backing vocals, producer, wind chimes, written by |
 | Doug Wimbish b, voc, *1956 US bass |
 | Jimmy Williams b, US bass |
 | Ray Griffin b, bass |
| Rodney Burton bass |
 | Steve Green b, bvoc, voc, bass |
 | Clifford "Pete" Rudd , drums, drums, simmons, percussion |
 | Darryl Brown , US drums, percussion |
 | Keith LeBlanc dr, US drums |
 | Michael Beard dr, perc, drums, drums, synthesizer, syn drums, synthesizer, syn drums |
 | David Williams g, voc, 1950-2009 US guitar |
 | Dennis Harris g, guitar |
 | Herb Smith g, guitar |
| Marc Rubin guitar |
 | Roy R. Smith , guitar, guitar, solo |
 | Skip McDonald g, b, voc, US guitar |
 | Joe Fusco g, US guitar, solo |
 | James Sigler key, US keyboards |
 | Lester Snell key, US keyboards |
 | Mark Dauberman perc, dr, marimba |
 | Jean Albert Renaud voc, percussion, written by |
 | Leonard 'Doc' Gibbs, Jr. , percussion |
 | Paulinho Da Costa perc, cng, *1948 BR percussion |
 | Sanford Ponder syn, US programmed by, fairlight |
 | Bob Malach ts, sax, *1954 US saxophone, saxophone, solo |
 | Don Renaldo And His Horns And Strings , strings, horns |
 | Bill Meyers ep, p, US synthesizer |
| Daniel Desouza synthesizer |
 | Robbie Buchanan syn, voc, p, *1957 CA synthesizer |
Producers
| Barbara Ingram backing vocals |
| BeLoyd Taylor backing vocals |
| Carla Benson backing vocals |
| Evette Benton backing vocals |
| Josie James backing vocals |
| Marti McCall backing vocals |
| Michael Robinson backing vocals |
| Sasss backing vocals |
| The Jones Girls backing vocals |
| Arthur Stoppe engineer |
| Gene Leone engineer |
| Joe Hardy engineer |
| Joe Tarsia engineer, engineer, remix |
| Michael Tarsia engineer |
| Mick Guzauski engineer, mixed by |
| Mitch Goldfarb engineer |
| Robert Jackson engineer |
| Barry Craig engineer, assistant |
| Chris Pukay engineer, assistant |
| Glenn McKee engineer, assistant |
| Joe Hauserman engineer, assistant |
| Murray Dvorkin engineer, assistant |
| Scott E. MacMinn engineer, assistant |
| Greg Gorman photography |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | All Time Lover | Lou Rawls | David Porter, Donald O'Conner | 4:36 |
| 2 | | In The Middle Of The Night | Lou Rawls | Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel | 4:18 |
| 3 | | Close Company | Lou Rawls | David Porter, Donald O'Conner | 4:46 |
| 4 | | Pretty Eyes | Lou Rawls | Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel | 4:22 |
| 5 | | When We Were Young | Lou Rawls | Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel | 3:35 |
| 6 | | Ready Or Not? | Lou Rawls | Jeff Pescetto | 4:30 |
| 7 | | Forever I Do (The Wedding Song) | Lou Rawls | Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel | 4:45 |
| 8 | | The Lady In My Life | Lou Rawls | Rod Temperton | 4:45 |
| 9 | | Say It Again | Lou Rawls | Bunny Sigler, Carol Davis | 3:38 |
| 10 | Sunshine (When Are You Coming My Way) | Lou Rawls | Jean Albert Renaud | 4:45 |
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