Rich in London

Rich in London aka Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts is a live album by Buddy Rich and his big band, recorded in 1971 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.^[2] Not to be confused with the 1980 DRG Buddy Rich Big Band recording, Live at Ronnie Scott's.

The US LP release, Rich in London, contains 8 tracks plus a Rich monologue. The UK release, Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts, is a double LP containing an additional 5 tracks plus more examples of Rich talking to the audience. Both albums have been re-issued on CD. The Mosaic Records single CD re-issue of Rich in London includes 4 additional bonus tracks (4 of the "missing" 5 tracks from the UK "Very Alive..." release - all but "Superstar" - but not the additional Rich monologue).

Track listing

Rich in London

LP Side 1

1. "Dancing Men" (Pat LaBarbera) – 6:41
2. "The Word" (Don Piestrup) – 6:03
3. "St. Marks Square (A Special Day)" (LaBarbera) – 4:06
4. "That's Enough" (Jon Hendricks) – 3:23
5. "Little Train" (Herbie Phillips) – 6:26

LP Side 2

1. "Two Bass Hit" (Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis) – 4:00
2. "Theme from Love Story" (Francis Lai) – 5:50
3. "Time Being" (Bill Holman) – 12:37
4. Buddy Rich Speaks – 4:45

Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts

Disc 1

1. "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 3:25
2. "Watson's Walk" (LaBarbera) – 7:28
3. "St. Marks Square (A Special Day)"
4. "Little Train"
5. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 5:26
6. "The Words"
7. "Dancing Men"
8. Just Buddy Rich – 5:02

Disc 2

1. "Superstar" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) – 3:50
2. "Love Story"
3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington) – 5:48
4. "Two Bass Hit"
5. Buddy Rich Introduces – 1:21
6. "That's Enough"
7. "Time Being"
8. Buddy Rich Again – 4:47

Personnel

• The Buddy Rich big band

References

• RCA LSP 4666 (US LP)
• RCA DPS 2031 (UK double LP)
• BMG 37433 (2005 CD re-issue of Rich in London)
• Mosaic 1009 (2007 CD re-issue of Rich in London with 4 bonus tracks)
• BGO CD785 (2008 2 CD re-issue of Very Alive at Ronnie Scott's)