Buddy Rich Collection [Original recording remastered, Import]

Buddy Rich | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 21, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B00000DB1H
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,873 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Swing Face [Live]

2. Willowcrest [Live]

3. Alfie [Live]

4. Mexicali Nose [Live]

5. Groovin' Hard [Live]

6. Long Day's Journey [Live]

7. Preach and Teach [Live]

8. Celebration [Live]

9. Basically Blues

10. Critic's Choice

11. The Meaning of the Blues [Live]

12. Winning the West [Live]

13. Group Shot

14. Machine

15. I Can't Get Started

16. Diabolus

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered reissue of 1977 collection featuring the best of his '60s & '70s big band albums. 16 tracks, including 'Alfie', 'Basically Blues' & 'Groovin' Hard'. Alsofeatures the original cover art and additional sleeve notes.1998 BGO release. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Scottish Buddy Rich devotee suggests: Don't miss this!, February 16, 2001

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L. MacDonald (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy Rich Collection (Audio CD)

As a self confessed Buddy Rich fanatic, I can safely pin the blame for this on having being exposed to this double album (on vinyl,that is)at an early age! The rest of the enlightenment followed suit. If you ever wanted an insight to the sound of the Buddy Rich Big Band in the seventies ( en route to its further excellence in the eighties ) then I would proffer that you need look no further than this album. Each and every track is a delight. When my original album wore out (literally!) it took me nearly 15 years to find a replacement (vinyl) copy (in the USA). Now it is available on CD and, unbeliveably, at a cheaper price than the original album in 1977! I urge any Buddy Rich aficonados out there not to miss the opportunity of owning, and relishing, this essential piece of the band's discography

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SWINGING and HOT, September 23, 2010

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Nikica Gilic - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy Rich Collection (Audio CD)

I have wandered about Buddy Rich's big band work from the 60s, so this compilation gave me all the answers I needed.... GROOOVY! Some hot (quite often live) jazz,
propelled by Buddy's energetic drumming (with no egocentric drum-solos) but often quite cleverly arranged, with fine solos.
This CD comprises several Buddy's albums from the 60s (naturally, showing slight influences of modern jazz), but swing is the main ingredient in this fine mainstream CD.
Soloists on various tracks include Art Pepper, Ernie Watts, Richie Cole - (as), Bobby Shew, chuck FIndley, George Zonce, Bill Prince (tp), Jay Corre, Pat LaBarbera -(ts), John Boice, Rick Stepton -(tb), John Bunch, Ray Starling - (p)...
Arrangers include: Bill Potts, Bob Florence, Don Priestup, Harry Betts, Don Menza, Don Sebesky, Oliver Nelson, Bill Holman...
Composers include: Bill Potts, Bob Florence, Burt Bacharach, Harry Betts, Don Menza, Oliver Nelson, Bill Holman, Vernon Duke...

I'm sure glad I bought this CD; if you trust my judgement (and, as I can see, judgment of others who posted their comments) you can even skip this compilation and build your collection of Buddy's 60s albums, but if you're already crowded by various big band CDs, this may (I'm venturing a wild guess here)
very well be the best Buddy Rich big band CD to buy....

5.0 out of 5 stars a correction, August 7, 2009

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Perry Beider (Silver Spring, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buddy Rich Collection (Audio CD)

Yes, this is absolutely a fabulous collection--just play the excerpts and I think you'll be convinced (assuming you like hard-swinging, big-band jazz, of course!). I'm adding my two cents here only to correct an error in the previous review: while the original vinyl album may have come out in the 1970s, the recordings were made in the 1960s. This is a "best of" compilation drawn from several other albums on World Pacific Jazz, such as "Swingin' New Big Band", "Big Swing Face", "Keep the Customer Satisfied", "Mercy Mercy", and "The New One!" If you like this CD, the good news is that all of those others are available too, and with lots of bonus tracks not on the original LPs, so you won't have to feel guilty about the overlaps with this one! ;-) Enjoy.