Rio De Janeiro Blue

manta · Post by **manta** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:15 am

Rio De Janeiro Blue
Richard Torrance

This is a song I have been looking for for a long time:

The vinyl album came out in the '70s and it has a long-haired Richard with a topless babe resting on his topless torso on the front.

The song I want is:

Rio De Janeiro Blue
Richard Torrance

I know there was a CD made for a while too around 2000 to say 2004.

Does anyone have a copy or MP3 I can get ahold of?

Best,

Timbo

manta · Post by **manta** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:28 am

Nobody's heard of this?? I find it hard to believe!!

T

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:14 am

Tim:

I think you mean this vinyl, released in '77:

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His CD, "The Record Years", which has this cut on it, can be ordered here:

http://www.richardtorrance.com/form.html

You're welcome.

manta · Post by **manta** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:24 am

Paul,

You are AWESOME!!

I Googled and Yahooed Richard Torrance for hours and couldn't come up with a CD contact. The vinyl albums are way too high (for me).

Yes, thank you!

He's from my neck of the woods as I think he's from South Dakota. He nailed the Bossa Nova sound and verve pretty well for a plains boy.

There are some nice renditions by Joe Sample & Randy Crawford and also a cool one by Bonnie Jenson. Also, an upbeat version by Brazilian Love Affair.

But Richard really nailed it when he first made the record. Its the best I've heard done.

Thanks again. Enjoy the tune if you haven't heard it.

Will sound nice with an acoustic 12.

Best,

Timbo

manta · Post by **manta** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:07 pm

RRFers,

Just as a follow up, my Richard Torrance CD arrived yesterday with my favorite version of his "Rio de Janiero Blue" topping the playlist.

Richard also personally signed the CD cover and put in a nice note about how these were remastered from decades old studio reel-to-reel tapes to get this compilation.

He also mentioned how much he enjoyed the music world and its talented characters back in his heyday.

Thanks for finding this Paul. It's a treat to hear some of these tunes again.

Manta

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:26 pm

You're quite welcome, Tim.

Tarrbot · Post by **Tarrbot** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:42 pm

Creepy Spock is always a help.

wints · Post by **wints** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:30 pm

Doncha' just love those 70's record covers....

fatcat · Post by **fatcat** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:28 pm

I just did a check at Amazon, the samples of Bareback made it a must buy, but not at the prices there.Lowest is $69.99.
Phrrr......

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:42 am

fatcat wrote:I just did a check at Amazon, the samples of Bareback made it a must buy, but not at the prices there.Lowest is $69.99.
Phrrr......

Many copies on ebay..a near mint Lp can be had for $10

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