Gary Criss - Rio De Janeiro

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Rio De Janeiro Written-By – Billy Terrell	8:11
A2	The Girl From Ipanema / Brazilian Nights Written-By [Brazilian Nights] – John Davis Written-By [The Girl From Ipanema] – Tom Jobim*, Gilbert*, V. Morais*	8:33
B1	Amazon Queen Written-By – B. Terrell*, Gary Criss, L. Criss*	5:32
B2	The Lady Is Latin (The Girl Is Bad) Written-By – Ray Dahrouge	3:57
B3	My Rio Lady Written-By – Jimmy Druiett	3:14
B4	The Calm Before The Storm Written-By – Billy Terrell	4:45

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Salsoul Record Corp.
• Designed At – The Hub
• Distributed By – Salsoul Distributing Company
• Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
• Manufactured By – Salsoul Records
• Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Amazon Records
• Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
• Produced For – Amazon Records
• Recorded At – Ridge Sound Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios
• Recorded At – Alpha International Studios
• Record Company – Salsoul Record Corp.

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor – John Davis
• Art Direction, Photography By [In Rio De Janeiro] – Yann
• Backing Vocals – Carolyn Mitchell, Venice Thomas*
• Bass – Vince Fay
• Creative Director [Graphics Supervision] – Lloyd Gelassen
• Design – Paula Bisacca
• Drums – Grant MacAvoy, Jimmy Young
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Charles Galletti, Ken Present*, Terry Rosiello
• Executive-Producer – José R. Sabrinho
• Guitar – Craig Snyder
• Horns, Strings – Don Renaldo Horns And Strings, The*
• Keyboards, Flute – John Davis
• Liner Notes – Marcos Tamoyo
• Mixed By – Michael Hutchinson
• Mixed By [An Original Mix By] – Richie Rivera
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Carla Bandini
• Percussion – Jimmy Walker*, Larry Washington, Nick D'Amico
• Producer – Billy Terrell

Notes

Promo label / pressing variant

℗ 1978 Amazon Records
© 1978 Salsoul Record Corporation

Billy Terrell appears courtesy of Mr. Vee Productions
John Davis appears courtesy of Sam Records
Venice Thomas and Carolyn Mitchell appear courtesy of
Polydor Records

Special thanks to: Glenn LaRusso, Kenn Friedman,
Lloyd Gelassen, Jake Nadler, Priscilla Chatman, Mimi Gregory,
Chuck Gregory (at Salsoul), Madeline Machado, Steve Kopitko
(at Grubman and Indurski), Ricardo Lamounier (DJ),
Rafael Torres (DJ) and Bob Pantano (DJ).

This album is dedicated to Melinha—The real girl from Ipanema

To the friend of Rio, through who's wonderful voice promotes our
city, our compliments and appreciation from the people of Rio.
14-4-78 Marcos Tamoyo, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SA 8504 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SA 8504 B
• Matrix / Runout (Sie A runout etched, except STERLING, Ⅰ, A1 stamped): SA 8504 A 2 STERLING ⅠA1
• Matrix / Runout (Sie B runout etched, except STERLING, Ⅰ, A1 stamped): SA 8504 B 2 STERLING ⅠA2 2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SA 8504	Gary Criss	Rio De Janeiro ‎(LP, Album)	Salsoul Records	SA 8504	US	1978
OTLCD-5075	Gary Criss	Rio De Janeiro ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Octave Lab	OTLCD-5075	Japan	2014
AMZ-4420	Gary Criss	Rio De Janeiro ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Amazon Records, Inc.	AMZ-4420	Brazil	1978
SA 8504	Gary Criss	Rio De Janeiro ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Salsoul Records	SA 8504	US	1978
6450 455	Gary Criss	Rio De Janeiro ‎(LP, Album)	Philips	6450 455	Greece	1978