TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Back From Rio" - Roger McGuinn (1991)

"Back From Rio" - Roger McGuinn (1991)

     "Back From Rio" was an album I'd been looking for...for longer than I thought would be necessary.  Not an easy album to find, though CDs are aplenty.  This was Roger McGuinn's sixth studio album and the one where all his cool cat friends showed up to cast their lot with the jingle-jangler.  And a lot of love can be heard on this album.  It's fun and special.

     The album has the 12-string McGuinn magic all over the square, making everything a whole lot better.  (See what I did there?)  Not perfect, but nothing to skip either.  A fun one to spin.  A couple of original Byrd-peeps make an appearance.  Elvis Costello contributes a great song.  Michael Penn and even Stan Ridgway help butter the bread.  And there are other musicians that contribute, as well, but it's Tom Petty and a few of his bandmates that really shine the light on Roger McGuinn.  No surprise there, of course, as McGuinn has always been a big influence on the Heartbreakers.

"Back From Rio" - Roger McGuinn (back)

"Back From Rio" - Roger McGuinn (hype sticker)

Favorites include:
"King Of The Hill"
"You Bowed Down"
"The Time Has Come"
"Suddenly Blue"
"Your Love Is A Gold Mine"

     I found this copy still in shrink with its hype sticker at a record swap in Maize, Kansas, back in November, I think.  It was late in the year.  The vinyl came in a light blue paper inner sleeve and was pressed on the mountain-sunset Arista label by Specialty Records Corporation in PA.  The seller was a regular with plenty of albums for sale, and no problem with bundling a few.  "Back From Rio" is getting harder to find, but deals are still out there.  After all was said and done, I brought this one home for less than the median price. 

Arista label

Cat #
AL-8648
SIDE A  DEADWAX
AL-8648-SA  F-1 1-1  MASTERED BY CAPITOL  Wally  [SRC logo]
SIDE B  DEADWAX
AL-8648-SB  F-1  1-1  MASTERED BY CAPITOL  Wally  [SRC logo]

"King Of The Hill" - Roger McGuinn / "Back From Rio" (1991)

TRACKS:
A1  "Someone To Love" 3:32
A2  "Car Phone" 4:33
A3  "You Bowed Down" 3:52
A4  "Suddenly Blue" 3:49
A5  "The Trees Are All Gone" 3:51
B1  "King Of The Hill"  5:27
B2  "Without Your Love" 3:59
B3  "The Time Has Come" 3:45
B4  "Your Love Is A Gold Mine" 4:06
B5  "If We Never Meet Again" 4:28  

PERSONNEL: 
Roger McGuinn - lead vocals, 12-string electric & acoustic guitar, b-vocals, 
Mike Campbell - electric guitar, slide guitar, baritone guitar
Benmont Tench - organ, keyboards, Hammond B-3
David Cole - percussion, piano, acoustic guitar, MPC-60
Elvis Costello - b-vocals
David Crosby - vocals, b-vocals
Chris Hillman - vocals, b-vocals
John Jorgenson - acoustic & electric guitar, baritone guitar, sax, bass, mandolin
Michael Penn - b-vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
Tom Petty - co-lead vocals ("King of the Hill"), b-vocals
Stan Ridgway - telephone voice
Kimmy Robertson - telephone voice
Timothy B. Schmit - b-vocals
J. Steven Soles - b-vocals
George Hawkins - bass guitar
Michael Thompson - electric & acoustic guitar
Dan Higgins - saxophone
Stan Lynch - drums, percussion

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