Stick It (Buddy Rich album)

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

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Allmusic	[1]

Stick It is a 1972 studio album by Buddy Rich and his big band.^[2] 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" (John LaBarbera) – 4:19
2. "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 4:48
3. "Best Coast" (John 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" (John 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, 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

1. Allmusic review
2. Stick It at AllMusic

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