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February Releases

Posted on Friday February 21, 2020

In the wake of our 2020 Winter Gold package, we have four new releases for February (a singing call and three patters), plus new female versions for 4 other songs already in our catalog. The new stuff first:

• RIV 956 - Romance (Patter)
• RIV 955 - Big Dipper (Patter)
• RIV 954 - High Winds (Patter)
• RIV 952 - Prove You Wrong (Vocal by Mitchell Osawa from Elite Records, accompanied by [and with harmony by] Kumi Takahashi)

The new rekeyed female versions added to the catalog: (as always, if you've already purchased any of these and want the new tracks, contact Bob)

• RIV 261 - Mas Fina (New female version with vocal by Nelda Eaton)
• RIV 291 - Pickle Up A Doodle (New female version with vocal by Linda Rawlinson)
• RIV 348 - Born This Way (New female version with vocal by Krista Baird)
• RIV 446 - Matamoras (New female version with vocal by Nelda Eaton)

All of these are now available on our website. www.riverboat.com/records -- to find the songs with new female versions, just use the song search function.

As always, be sure to visit our friends at ESP and Silver Sounds! Jack O'Leary at Silver Sounds has a brand new singing call for St. Patrick's day, Peggy O'Neil.

2020 Winter Gold

Posted on Thursday January 23, 2020

Our newest package (it's not really a "mini" package, because there are 17 songs in it this time) is now available: 2020 Winter Gold. You'll find 16 singing calls and 1 patter, all for the price of $85 or $10 for each individual song. Several are available in both male and female keys...

• RIV 1068 - Best Part Of The Day (Vocal by Dan Nordbye)
• RIV 1069 - Love Is A Wonderful Thing (Vocals by Tony Oxendine of Royal Records, and Carol Hilliard (Reardon))
• RIV 1070 - Guitars And Tiki Bars (Vocal by Ken Bower)
• RIV 1071 - Galway Girl (Vocal by Jack O'Leary of Silver Sounds Music)
• RIV 1072 - I Can Make It (Vocal and harmony by Brent Mawdsley)
• RIV 1073 - Temple Bar (Vocal by Dan Nordbye)
• RIV 1074 - Color My World (Vocal by Dan Nordbye)
• RIV 1075 - Shakin' (Vocal by Tony Oxendine of Royal Records)
• RIV 1076 - Hold On To Your Hat (Vocal by Jack O'Leary of Silver Sounds Music)
• RIV 1077 - Kiss Me (Vocal by Steve Edlund)
• RIV 1078 - Irish Pub (Vocals by Jack O'Leary of Silver Sounds Music, and Nelda Eaton)
• RIV 1079 - Dream Lover (Vocal by Linda and Ralph Rawlinson)
• RIV 1080 - Pleasure Has Been Mine (Vocal by Elmer Sheffield of ESP Recordings, and Nelda Eaton)
• RIV 1081 - Key Lime Pie (Vocal by Jack O'Leary of Silver Sounds Music)
• RIV 1082 - Hottest Thing In Town (Vocal by Dan Nordbye)
• RIV 1083 - Put On A Happy Face (Vocal by Lawrence Johnstone)
• RIV 1084 - Robbie's Reel (Patter)

This list includes songs originally done by Kenny Chesney, Bobby Darin, Sawyer Brown, Michael Bolton and Dick Van Dyke, among others — a variety of styles and energy levels, and lots of fun in the making. There are several Irish songs for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day celebrations, too! Check them out and add them to your repertoire!

January Releases

Posted on Monday January 13, 2020

While we'll have more music coming out near the end of the month in our 2020 Winter package, we do have a few releases for the month of January: three new patters, a new singing call, a re-release from the classic Red Boot library, and two new female versions for past Riverboat releases...

• RIV 951 - Northern Lights (Patter)
• RIV 950 - Irish Brew (Patter)
• RIV 949 - Texas Celebration (Patter)
• RIV 948 - Fly Me To The Moon (Vocal by Duke Okada and Yumiko Ishihara)
• RIV 940 - Leona (Vocal by Steve Edlund and Brent Mawdsley with harmony by Brent, formerly RB 3000)

Our new female versions (including rekeyed music) are...

• RIV 524A - You Raise Me Up by Krista Baird, key Ab
• RIV 660B - Seven Spanish Angels by Nelda Eaton, key F

Also, you may have noticed a number of songs being flagged as new releases on January 1. Our 2018 January package has just been released into the catalog at our regular $7 single-title price, including

• RIV 1000 - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby
• RIV 1001 - Story Of My Life
• RIV 1002 - Fare Thee Well
• RIV 1003 - Chasin' That Neon Rainbow
• RIV 1004 - Best Is Yet To Come
• RIV 1005 - When Can I See You Again
• RIV 1006 - My Tipperary Girl
• RIV 1007 - Rasberry Pi (Patter)

The full package is still available for $40, but you can now buy these titles as $7 singles instead of $10.

Check back here later this month for our 2020 Winter package release. And, as always, be sure to visit our friends at ESP and Silver Sounds!

December Releases

Posted on Monday December 16, 2019

We have a few non-Christmas titles coming out this month to tide you over until the New Year. A couple of new singing calls, one from the classic Red Boot library, and three patters:

• RIV 947 - Kimosabe (Patter)
• RIV 946 - Pool Side (Patter)
• RIV 945 - Rise and Shine (Patter)
• RIV 944 - Our Sergeant Major (Vocal by Bob Farnell, and Silver Sounds' Corben Geis)
• RIV 943 - Behind Closed Doors (Vocal by Ron Schneider, formerly RB 155)
• RIV 942 - Good Luck Charm (Vocal by Yumiko Ishihara, Mitchell Osawa, with harmony track)
• RIV 941 - Jambalaya (Vocal by Noriko Sinogaya, Kuniko Kawashima, Ko Iwata, Max Masao Ringe, with a Japanese version and both English and Japanese harmony)

One thing to be aware of: on Behind Closed Doors, the opener, break and closer are all only 32 beats rather than 64.

Yes, Kimosabe is a version of our Lone Ranger patter from the 2018 Spring Gold package, but without the strong melody line.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas season (and Hanukkah, and the other holidays that fall around this time), and our best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year!

More Christmas Goodies!

Posted on Monday November 11, 2019

We've added a couple of female versions to our 2019 Christmas package that came out in September:

• RIV 1063 - Christmas Stuff (New female version in key Bb with vocal by Carol Hilliard (Reardon), with available harmony
• RIV 1065 - Meet Me Under The Mistletoe (New female version in key F by Carol Hilliard (Reardon)

In the past month, we've also added Japanese and Swedish versions of Silent Night (RIV 1062) to the package. As always, if you've already purchased the package (or the individual titles) and would like the new tracks, contact Bob Elling directly.

We also still have last year's 2018 Christmas Gold package available, including At Christmas, Country Christmas, Silver Bells, Oh Holy Night and three holiday patters. Check both packages out on our Packages page!

In addition, two years have gone by since we released our big 2018 Gold package, and the 30 titles in that package have now been released into our regular catalog as singles for the regular $7 price. These are all of the titles between RIV 751 and RIV 780, including I Need A Hero and I Love How You Love Me.