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2019 Winter Gold Mini-Package

Posted on Sunday January 27, 2019

We've been waiting for the pieces of our 2019 Winter Gold mini-package to come together, and it's now ready for release! There are 9 singing calls and a brand new patter for you. As with our other mini-packages, you can either purchase the full package for one price (in this case, $50), or individual titles for $10 each.

• RIV 1040 - Flowers In Your Hair (Vocal by ESP's Elmer Sheffield)
• RIV 1041 - T'Smidje (Separate male and female vocals by Hannah Tennenbaum and New-Beat's Nils Trottmann, )
• RIV 1042 - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (Separate male and female vocals by Nelda Eaton and Blue Star's Ken Bower)
• RIV 1043 - Great Balls Of Fire (Separate male and female vocals by Dan Nordbye, Nelda Eaton)
• RIV 1044 - I'm Not Over You (Vocal by Isao Nakajima, Kumi Takahashi and Elite's Mitchell Osawa)
• RIV 1045 - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes (Vocal and harmony by Brent Mawdsley)
• RIV 1046 - Just Pretend (Vocal by Brent Mawdsley)
• RIV 1047 - Lord Have Mercy On A Country Boy (Vocal by Hunter Keller)
• RIV 1048 - Downside Up (Patter)
• RIV 1049 - Boys Are Back In Town, The (Vocal by Linda Rawlinson)

The lyrics for T'Smidje are given in German, so be sure to study Nils' vocal for pronunciation!

Lots of great songs here -- be sure to check them out on our website's Packages page!

January Releases

Posted on Thursday January 17, 2019

Now that our webmaster has a working internet connection again, we can bring out our releases for January. There's a new song, two re-releases from the classic Red Boot library, and three new patters:

• RIV 891 - Blueberry Pie (Patter)
• RIV 890 - Heartland (Patter)
• RIV 889 - Promise (Patter)
• RIV 888 - Deep River Woman (Vocal and harmony by the "BC Boys" -- Ray Brendzy [courtesy Lou-Mac Records], Steve Edlund, Brent Mawdsley; formerly RBS 1306)
• RIV 887 - Ace In The Hole (Vocal by Dan Nordbye; formerly RBS 1326)
• RIV 886 - Hurricane (Vocal and harmony by Duke Okada, Kumi Takahashi)

In addition, the "BC Boys" (Ray, Steve and Brent) have done an alternate vocal and harmony track for RIV 560 - Goodnight Sweetheart. This includes an enhanced music track, with the key changed to the key of D. Anyone who's already purchased RIV 560 and would like the new tracks for free, please contact Bob Elling directly!

As always, be sure to visit our friends at ESP and Silver Sounds!

December Releases

Posted on Thursday December 20, 2018

We have a few releases coming out just before Christmas: 3 patters, two new singing calls, and a re-release from the classic Red Boot library...

• RIV 885 - Happy Birds (Patter)
• RIV 884 - Mountain Dew With Banjo (Patter)
• RIV 883 - Future Is Bright (Patter)
• RIV 882 - From A Jack To A King (Vocal by Dan Nordbye, formerly RBS 1320)
• RIV 881 - It's A Great Day To Be Alive (Vocal by Gaku Nakagawa, Mitchell Osawa, Kumi Takahashi, with harmony by Kumi)
• RIV 880 - Little Mountain Church House (Vocal by Mitchell Osawa, Kumi Takahashi, with harmony by Kumi)

Not Christmas songs, but possibly good Christmas presents for your favorite caller!

November Releases

Posted on Friday November 16, 2018

Just a few this time around, because we just released our Christmas Mini-Package at the start of the month. We have a re-release from the classic Red Boot library, and two new songs from our Japanese contingent:

• RIV 879 - Paper Roses (Vocal by Dan Nordbye; formerly RBS 1281)
• RIV 878 - Soggy Bottom Summer (Vocal by Hide Takahashi and family, Naomi Tomosada and family, and Mitchell Osawa [courtesy Elite Records])
• RIV 877 - Gonna Meet A Cowboy (Vocal by Kumi Takahashi and Noriko Shinogaya)

If you haven't heard it before, Gonna Meet A Cowboy is a lively song originally from the debut album of the "Sunny Cowgirls."

Don't forget to check out our Christmas Mini-Package on our website's Packages page, and be sure to visit our friends at ESP and Silver Sounds!

2018 Christmas Mini-Package

Posted on Saturday November 03, 2018

We've been agonizing over this one for a while. We wanted to bring it out a month ago or more, to give more time before the season starts, but it took time to get all the music and vocals together. However, now it's ready: the 2018 Riverboat Christmas Package!

We have 7 titles, including 3 patters and 4 singing calls, including both male and female keys on several, and a number of international vocals!

• RIV 1033 - Figgy Pudding (Patter)
• RIV 1034 - Oh Holy Night (Vocals by Brent Mawdsley, Krista Baird, Nils Trottmann, Jack O'Leary, Kumi Takahashi, and Hanna Tenenbaum)
• RIV 1035 - At Christmas (Vocal by Dan Nordbye)
• RIV 1036 - Silver Bells (Vocals by Dan Nordbye, Ken Bower, and Carol Hilliard (Reardon))
• RIV 1037 - Country Christmas (Vocals by Steve Moore and Carol Hilliard (Reardon))
• RIV 1038 - Reindeer Romp (Patter)
• RIV 1039 - Holiday Patter

Oh Holy Night includes not just male and female keys, but vocals in German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Swedish! Silver Bells and Country Christmas include music and vocals in male and female keys, and the former also includes harmony tracks for both male and female.

As with our other mini-packages, you can buy single titles out of this package for $10 apiece -- or get the full package for half off the price of all the single titles!