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Ritchie Family - Brazil
Ritchie Family - Brazil

ARTIST / GROUP

Ritchie Family

VINYL ALBUM / SINGLE TITLE

Brazil (LP)

RECORD LABEL / RELEASE INFO:

20th Century Records (US) / 1975 / T 498
LP 33 1/3 RPM Vinyl

STUDIO CREDITS / RECORDING / RECORD SLEEVE LINER NOTES:

Producer: Jacques Morali for Can't Stop Productions

Arranger: Ritchie Rome (Richie Rome)

General Supervision: Henri Belolo

Recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA

Engineers:
Joe Tarsia and Jay Mark

Assisted by:
Mike Hutchinson, D. Devlin, Jeff. D. Stewart

Mastering:
Frankford Wayne Recording Labs, Philadelphia, PA

ALBUM TRACKLISTING:

Side A
1. Peanut Vendor (6:40)
2. Frenesi (8:00)
3. Brazil (4:58)

Side B
1. Dance With Me (3:35)
2. Life Is Fascination (3:05)
3. Lady Champagne (2:25)
4. Let's Pool (3:50)
5. Pinball (3:00)

MUSIC COLLECTOR NOTES ON THIS VINYL RECORD ALBUM / SINGLE:

Featured here is the 1975 debut album of the Ritchie Family titled "Brazil." It includes their first big Disco hit of the same name along with Peanut Vendor. This album was essentially a Philly production utilizing many Philly session musicians. Although not credited on the album cover it is said that the female vocalists where the one and only "Sweethearts of Sigma" - Carla Benson, Evette Benton and Barbara Ingram.

The Brazil album was released on 20th Century Records, but the Ritchie Family later moved to Marlin Records and then Casablanca Records. The female lineup also changed throughout their history.

The Ritchie Family were known for their lush orchestration, but I personally don't go crazy for much of their sound with the exception of "Quiet Village" off their "African Queens" album. I find most of it silly.

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I know it ain't the same because you don't get the nice picture sleeves and all that, but... iTunes has just released all the Ritchie Family LPs for download. Thought this might be of interest to those who want CD quality versions of the LP's. I'm happy having a merry old time burning away! (Submitted by DiscoMusic.com member Zef)

Individual tracks or the entire album is available for immediate download.

Click to DOWNLOAD Brazil by the Ritchie Family now!

Other Ritchie Family albums that you can download now are:

Ritchie Family : African Queens

Ritchie Family : Bad Reputation

Ritchie Family : All Night All Right

Ritchie Family : Life Is Music

Ritchie Family : Give Me A Break

Ritchie Family : I'll Do My Best

Ritchie Family : American Generation

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on Nov 15, 03 | 12:00 pm

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Reviews of this Vinyl Record by Ritchie Family...

Side one of this LP is a wonderful, old-school disco medley, in a style similar to the Salsoul Orchestra. This alone makes the album worthwhile. I found side two rather lacking though. While the songs on the first side are all covers, the second side are quasi-originals by Jacques Morali. He hadn't yet honed his songwriting skills when he did this, and the songs are simplistic and rather silly. One of them blatantly rips the intro to Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade Of Pale".

Related material to this LP includes:
- A 7" single featuring an edit of "Brazil" and an instrumental track called "Hot Trip". This latter is quite unlike the rest of the album, with a strong funk element and prominent flute.

- Two remixes (one short, one long) of "Dance With Me" (retitled "I Want To Dance With You"). This was put out as an early promo 12" on 20th Century, and is very rare. Much easier to find is the Canadian 7" on Able. These remixes doesn't do much to improve this rather awkward track.
 
Posted Jan 09, 04 | 2:17 pm by BrunoRepublic

12" promo 1975 20th Century TCD51-AS "I Want to Dance With You (Dance With Me)" 6:24 Same flip, white label. no logo. Gets better with time. The second 20th Century 12", predating all but a handful of 12"s.
 
Posted Feb 16, 10 | 5:38 am by Gary


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