1982 Marcy Levy – Marcella
Marcella is the debut studio album by British-based American musician Marcy Levy, who in her later career would perform under the name Marcella Detroit.
Detroit aka Levy began working on her debut solo album with producer David Foster in the mid-1970s signed to RSO Records, whilst she was touring with Eric Clapton. The album was primarily an R&B-oriented record, which Detroit felt was an attempt to “pigeonhole” her by RSO Records.For unknown reasons, the album was not finished. Detroit later stopped touring with Clapton to focus more on her own solo career. Whilst working on singing and songwriting for numerous artists including Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Chaka Khan, Belinda Carlisle, and Al Jarreau, she was also working on her own solo album, and Marcella was finally released in 1982 and failed to appear on any major charts. After the commercial failure of the album, Epic Records refused her tour allowance with John Mellencamp, and she was later dropped by the label.
The song “Love Side” was covered by Rita Coolidge on her 1984 album Inside the Fire with the title “Hit Me on the Loveside”.
Tracks
1 Close To Her (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman) 03:59
2 First Invasion (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman; Walt Richmond; David Batteau) 04:01
3 All My Love (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman) 04:12
4 Waiting On You (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman) 03:05
5 Life Is On The Line (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman) 04:28
6 I Can’t Stand It (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman; Scott Shelly) 03:21
7 Get To Know You (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman; Geo Conner) 03:44
8 I Can’t Wait That Long (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman; JC Crowley) 03:37
9 To You (Marcy Levy; Richard Feldman) 03:39
10 Love Side (Marcy Levy; JC Crowley) 05:02
Musicians
1 Close To Her
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
12 String Guitar | Scott Shelly |
Piano | Alan Pasqua |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Background Vocals | Rick Calhoun |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
2 First Invasion
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Guitar | Scott Shelly |
Piano | Walt Richmond |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Sax | Tom Scott |
Percussion | Mike Botts |
Percussion | Paul Grupp |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
3 All My Love
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
4 Waiting On You
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Piano | Walt Richmond |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Harmonica | Marcy Levy |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Frank Rand |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
5 Life Is On The Line
Drums | Jamie Oldaker |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Synthesizer | John Boylan |
Programming | Casey Young |
Background Vocals | Timothy B Schmit |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
6 I Can’t Stand It
Bass | Trey Thompson |
Drums | Jamie Oldaker |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Piano | Jai Winding |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Timothy B Schmit |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
7 Get To Know You
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Piano | Walt Richmond |
Percussion | Mike Botts |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
8 I Can’t Wait That Long
Bass | Trey Thompson |
Drums | Jamie Oldaker |
Piano | Jai Winding |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Timothy B Schmit |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
9 To You
Bass | Bob Glaub |
Drums | Mike Botts |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Piano | Walt Richmond |
Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
Percussion | Mike Botts |
Background Vocals | Timothy B Schmit |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
10 Love Side
Bass | Trey Thompson |
Drums | Jamie Oldaker |
Guitar | Richard Feldman |
Slide Guitar | Don Felder |
Clavinet | Alan Pasqua |
Hammond Organ | Alan Pasqua |
Piano | Jai Winding |
Background Vocals | Max Gronenthal |
Vocals | Marcy Levy |
Liner Notes
Co-producer – Richard Feldman
Engineer – Paul Grupp, Jim Pace, Phil Jost
Engineer (Additional) – Phil Jamtaas, Ed Cherney
Mastered By – Wally Traugott
Mixed By (Assistant) – Phil Jamtaas
Recorded By (Assitant) – Bruce Barris, Ed Cherney
Photography – George Holz
Mastered At Capitol Studios, LA
Mixed At The Record Plant, LA
Recorded At Sound City, LA
Recorded At Westlake Studios, LA
Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc
Copyright CBS Inc