Stick It (Buddy Rich album)

Stick It
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Studio album by Buddy Rich
Released	1972
Recorded	August 10, 1972
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:46
Label	RCA
Producer	Pete Spargo
Buddy Rich chronology
Rich in London (1971)Rich in London1971 Stick It (1972) The Roar of '74 (1973)The Roar of '741973

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Stick It is a 1972 studio album by Buddy Rich and his big band. The album was his third for RCA Records as well as his last album for the label prior to his 1976 album Speak No Evil.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Space Shuttle" (Pat LaBarbera) – 4:19
2. "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 4:48
3. "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:58
4. "Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:15

LP side B

1. "Something" (George Harrison) – 3:25
2. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 7:57
3. "Sassy Strut" (LaBarbera) – 6:06
4. "Bein' Green" (Joe Raposo) – 2:58

bonus track on 1999 RCA CD re-issue

9. "Space Shuttle" – 10:38 (extended version)

track order on CD re-issue differs from original LP

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band

• Joel DiBartolo - double bass
• Pat LaBarbera - flute, arranger, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Brian A. Grivna - flute, alto saxophone
• Joe Romano
• Don Englert - flute, tenor saxophone
• Walter Namuth - guitar
• George McFetridge - piano
• Richard Centalonza - baritone saxophone
• Eric Culver - trombone
• Alan Kaplan
• William Reichenbach
• Greg Hopkins - trumpet, arranger
• Lin Biviano
• John DeFlon
• Wayne Naus
• Buddy Rich - drums

Production

• Janet DeMatteis - art direction
• Griffin Norman - design
• Jim Crotty - engineer
• Chuck Stewart - photography
• Pete Spargo - producer
• James Nichols - reissue producer

References

• RCA LSP 4802 (LP)
• RCA 68732 (1999 CD)
• BMG 37434 (2005 CD)