Rio/ Hold Back The Rain

From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy, in its original Capitol factory sleeve. This single is an interesting case—as well as great music! These tunes were first released on Harvest 5175 in late 1982, and then re-released in 1983 on Capitol, when "Rio" hit #14p in April. What's particularly interesting is that the two singles had two different mixes/edits of each song! The Harvest single had "Hold Back The Rain" on the A side in a shorter edit than the one on Capitol, and the case for "Rio" was the reverse! No matter? both songs represent the best of this U.K. group's early material. IMHO, "Hold Back The Rain" is superior to "Rio," hence the mp3 nugget in the Classic 45's jukebox.