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Rio (2)

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Rio was a subsidiary of Direct Records Ltd. and later Doctor Bird.

Rio Records was started by William Rickard (a.k.a. Don Rickles) in 1963 and by the help of Denzil Dennis they started releasing ska music. They majority of their music was recorded in Jamaica, by the producer King Edwards besides the tunes by Denzil Dennis and others like Milton Hamilton which were recorded in England. Denzil Dennis recorded 15 songs for Rio as Alan Martin.
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Discography

Releases:
R3 A. Martin* The Party / Indeed (7") 1963
R5 Calvin* / Vic Brown Combo Someone / Kentucky Home (7") 1963
R6 A. Martin* You Came Late / Dreaming (7") 1963
R7 Vic Brown Combo Swanee River / Robert E. Lee (7") 1963
R9 Calvin Folks You'll Never Know / Is It True (7") 1963
R10 Alan Martin (3) Mother Brother / Tell Me (7") 1963
R11 Laurel Aitken / Bobby Aitken Adam & Eve / Devil Woman (7") 1963
R12 Laurel Aitken Mary / Hometown (7") 1963
R13 Laurel Aitken Life / Bad Minded Woman (7") 1963
R14 Bobby Aitken I've Told You / Please Go Back (7") 1963
R16 Lloyd Clarke Love Me / Half As Much (7") 1963
R20 Higgs And Wilson* Deep In My Heart / Kisses (7") 1963
R23 Lloyd Clarke Stop Your Talking / A Penny (7") 1964
R24 Lloyd Clarke / Patrick & George Fellow Jamaican / My Love (7") 1964
R26 W. Samuels* Follow / I'm So Glad (7") 1964
R33 Roy Panton / Edward's All Stars* You Don't Know Me / Dr. No (7") 1964
R34 Bobby Aitken / Lester Sterling's Group* Rolling Stone / Man About Town (7") 1964
R 35 Laurel Aitken Rock Of Ages / The Mule (7") 1964
R36 Laurel Aitken You Left Me Standing / Bug-A-Boo (7") 1964
R37 Laurel Aitken John Saw Them Coming / Jericho (7") 1964
R38 Cornell Campbell Gloria / I'll Be True (7") 1964
R39 Eric Morris* Little District / True And Just (7") 1964
R40 Bobby Aitken Garden Of Eden / Whiplash (7") 1964
R41 Shandly Duffus* I Will Be Glad / Heariso (7") 1964
R46 Patrick*, Edwards All Stars* Iron Curtain / Easy To Remember (7") 1964
R47 Bellstars, The When I Feel So Lonely / You're The Girl (7") 1964
R50 Bobby Aitken Little Girl / Together (7") 1964
R51 Shawn Elliott Shame And Scandal In The Family / My Girl (7") 1964
R 52 Shenley And Lunan / Bobby Aitken Something Is On My Mind / The Rain Came Tumbling Down (7") 1965
R54 Laurel Aitken Mary-Lou / Jump And Shout (7") 1965
R59 Brook Brothers I'm Free / How Many Times (7") 1965
R60 Laurel Aitken Come And Let Us Go / Seven Lonely Nights (7") 1965
R62 Andy And Clyde* Never Be A Slave / Magic Is Love (7") 1965
R64 Bobby Aitken / Binz Mister Judge / Times Have Changed (7") 1965
R66 Alan Martin (3) / Vic Brown's Combo* Must Know I Love You / Rio Special (7") 1965
R67 Alan Martin (3) / Honeysuckers, The Sweet Rosemarie / Banjo Man (7") 1965
R68 Alan Martin (3) Why Must I Cry / Shirley I Love You (7") 1965
R69 Andy And Clyde* / Winston Stewart* Lonesome / Day After Day (7") 1965
R70 Upsetters, The (3) Walk Down The Aisle / So Bad (7") 1965
R71 Andy & Clyde / Upsetters, The (3) We All Have A Part / Scandalising (7", Single) 1965
R72 Eric Morris* I Wasn't Around / By The Sea (7") 1965
R74 Alan Martin (3) Since I Married Dorothy / You Promised Me (7") 1965
R75 Chubby (3) And Honeysuckers, The / Len (7) And Honeysuckers, The Emergency Ward / One More River (7") 1965
R77 Edward All Stars* North Coast / Kingston 11 (7") 1965
R78 Charmers, The / Cornell And Roy You Don't Know / Sweetest Girl (7") 1966
R79 Ernel Braham / Edwards All Stars* Musical Fight / Pipeline (7") 1966
R80 Shenley And Hyacinth / Roy And Cornell* World Is On A Wheel / Salvation (7") 1966
R 90 King Joe Francis* And Hi-Jackers, The Have Me Baby / Everybody's Got To Know (7") 1966
R93 Blues Blenders, The Girl Next Door / Leave Me Out (7") 1966
R94 King Joe Francis* Days Are Lonely / My Baby (7") 1966
R99 Laurel Aitken Clap Your Hands / Revival (7") 1966
R 101 Tommy McCook And The Supersonics* / Uniques, The With Tommy McCook And The Supersonics* Out Of Space / Do Me Good (7") 1966
R 102 Pioneers, The Good Nannie / Doreen Girl (7") 1966
R 103 Tommy McCook And The Supersonics* / Vietnam All Stars, The Ska Jam / The Toughest (7", Single, RE)  
R 104 Heptones, The / Tommy McCook And The Supersonics* Gunmen Coming To Town / Riverton City (7") 1966
R 105 Rulers, The Don't Be A Rude Boy / Be Good (7") 1966
R 107 Rulers, The Copasetic / Too Late (7") 1966
R 108 Rita Marley Pied Piper / Its Alright (7") 1966
R110 Etheopians, The* / Sharks, The (2) Owe Me No Pay Me / I Wouldn't Baby (7") 1966
R111 Dion Cameron And Three Tops, The Lord Have Mercy / Get Ready (7") 1966
R112 Clarendonians, The Rudie Bam Bam / Be Bop Boy (7") 1966
R113 Dawn Tenn* Long Days, Short Nights / Are You There (7") 1966
R115 Clarendonians, The Musical Train / Low Down Girl (7") 1966
R 116 Wailers, The Dancing Shoes / Don't Look Back (7") 1966
R 117 Jackie Opel / Jackie Opel And Skatalites, The I Am What I Am / Devil's Bug (7") 1967
R 119 Hortense And Delroy / Soul Bros., The* We're Gonna Make It / Ska Shuffle (7") 1966
R 120 Soul Boys (2) / Jackie Opel Rudie Get Wise / I Don't Want Her (7")  
R 121 Soul Bros* / Marcia Griffiths T.N.T. / Mr. Everything (7")  
R 123 Jackie Mittoo / Ethiopians, The Got My Bugaloo / What To Do (7")  
R124 Winston Richards Studio Blitz / Don't Give Up (7") 1967
R125 Gaylads, The / Soul Brothers* Put On Your Style / Soul Serenade (7") 1967
R 130 Ethiopians* Train To Skaville / You Are The Girl (7") 1967
R 131 Errol Dunkley With Lynn Taitt Band You're Gonna Need Me / Seek And You'll Find (7") 1967
R 133 Creations, The (4) Meet Me At Eight / Searching (7") 1967
R 135 Rulers, The Well Covered / Help Time (7") 1967
R 136 Carl Dawkins Running Shoes / All Of A Sudden (7") 1967
R 137 C. Dawkins* With Carib Beats, The Hard Time / Baby I Love You (7") 1967
R 138 Rulers, The / C. Dawkins* Be Mine / Hot & Sticky (7") 1967
R 139 Primo & Hopeton Your Safe Keep / Loving And Kind (7") 1967
R 140 Kingstonians, The And Sir J.J. All-Stars, The* Winey Winey / I Don't Care (7") 1967
R700 Survivors, The (3) / Owen Gray Rawhide / Girl I Want You (7") 1965