Release Date: Mar 25, 2022
Discs: 4
4LP Bookpack with 28 page booklet featuring a foreword by Suzanne Vega, a brand new essay by Lenny Kaye and the full lyrics for each song.
Back in 2010, Suzanne began re-recording and releasing songs from her extensive back catalogue as the “Close-Up” Series. She thought that her fans might like to hear the songs of her past stripped of their original productions, to hear them in an intimate setting, something more personal, that felt like she was singing to them alone. During the recording process for these four albums, Suzanne also decided to rearrange the songs by theme, so people could rediscover them out of their original contexts.
The Close Up Series, originally released over a decade ago, is now available in a beautifully packaged and designed Bookpack and is limited to just 2,000 copies worldwide. It includes the Close-Up albums Volumes 1-4, each as a different colour 180g heavyweight vinyl LP. It also contains a 28-page booklet featuring a foreword by Suzanne Vega, a brand new essay by Lenny Kaye and the full lyrics for each song.
Close-Up, Vol 1, Love Songs
Side 1:
Small Blue Thing
Caramel
(If You Were) In My Movie
Gypsy
Marlene on the Wall
(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May
Side 2:
Harbor Song
Headshots
Songs in Red and Gray
Stockings
Some Journey
Bound
Close-Up, Vol 2, People & Places
Side 1:
Luka
Zephyr & I
New York Is a Woman
In Liverpool
Calypso
Fat Man and Dancing Girl
The Queen and the Soldier
Side 2:
Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)
Angel's Doorway
Ironbound/Fancy Poultry
Neighborhood Girls
Tom's Diner
The Man Who Played God
Close-Up, Vol 3, States Of Being
Side 1:
Undertow
When Heroes Go Down
My Favourite Plum
Solitude Standing
Cracking
Last Year's Troubles
Solitaire
Tombstone
Side 2:
Blood Makes Noise
50-50 Chance
Penitent
Straight Lines
Pornographer's Dream
Instant Of The Hour After
Close-Up, Vol 4, Songs Of Family
Side 1:
Rosemary
Honeymoon Suite
World Before Columbus
As You Are Now
Soap and Water
Widows Walk
Blood Sing
Bad Wisdom
Side 2:
Ludlow Street
Tired of Sleeping
Pilgrimage
Brother Mine
The Silver Lady
Daddy Is White
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