Larry John McNally / Fade To Black

Larry John McNally wrote 2 songs, "A Man In A Man's World" and "Sleep On It", for Chaka Kahn's 1978 solo debut album. McNally signed with ARC Records in 1979 and released his solo debut self-titled album in 1981.This is his 2nd album "Fade To Black" released under ATCO Records. The album was produced by Gary Katz and featuring “The Motown Song" written and originally performed for the soundtrack to the movie Quicksilver starring Kevin Bacon in 1986. And the song became wells-known by the 1991 Rod Stewart version which peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 1991.
Generally speaking, McNally’s self-titled solo debut album is more popular and reissued several time (straight reissue in 1994, 2CDs Deluxe edition in 2012 and 2CDs Complete edition in 2019), whilst the album “Fade To Black” was reissued only once on CD by East West Japan (AMCY-2861) on 25 September, 1998 before 2020.
Personally speaking, this second album “Fade To Black” is the best McNally album for me as of 2021, because of its stylish arrangements created by the below-listed musicians such as Buzzy Feiton, Dan Huff, Michael Ruff and Leslie Smith.

Release: 1986
Label: ATCO Records, USA (7 90524-1)

Tracks:
1. My Obsession
2. James Dean
3. The Motown Song
4. Switchblade
5. Long Drag Off Cigarette
6. Chinatown
7. The Beat Generation
8. In My Indiscretion
9. Tar On The Roof

Producers: Gary Katz, Richard Feldman, Larry John McNally

Larry John McNally: Vocals, Guitar

Musicians:
Drums: Armand Grimaldi, Andre Fisher, Bovvy Economo, Richard Feldman
Bass: Jimmy Haslip, Reggie Mcbride, Mark Brown, Richard Feldman
Fretless Bass: David Schwartz
Guitars: James Harrah, Buzzy Feiton, Charles Fearing, Dun Huff
Keyboards: Aaron Zigman, Rick Kelly, Joe Vitarelli, Micahel Ruff, Mark Morgan, Mitchell Froom
Harmonica: Tollak Olstead
Percussion: Mark Fisher
Background Vocals: Jude Johnstone, Leslie Smith

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