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Buddy Rich and The Big Band Machine - Speak No Evil (1976)
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Type.................: Music
Platform.............: any
Compression Format...: RAR
File Validation......: SFV
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Ripper...............: N/A - Lossless CD qualtiy webstream rip
Hz...................: 48,000
Channels.............: Stereo
Source...............: Tidal Music Service
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Posted on............: 2/25/2021
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Here's Buddy's 1976 effort on RCA. Sounds a bit catered to the times back
then, and the back photo of Buddy in full karate mode certainly doesn't help
either. Because...back then, Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting.
If you get that reference you're probably feeling your age same as I am. By
the mid 70's most big bands (or what was left of them at that point) were
transforming their sounds to meet changing times. Maynard Ferguson's releases
of that period come to mind. For me it is a real mixed bag in this instance.
Sometimes this is a nice little fusion/funk/soul outing. Other times it sounds
like a forgettable 70's B movie soundtrack. Judge for yourself I guess.
This originated from a lossless CD quality audio stream rip from a Tidal music
service subscription of mine. I combined tracks 3 and 4 together, since they
had no gap between on the release. Rip was done using an Asus Xonar DG sound
card. Wave editor was Cool Edit Pro using 48k/floating 32 bit settings. It
was then converted down to 24 bit using DbPowerAmp, then converted to flac
files. The only changes done were the total silencing of any random system
noise between tracks. (For those of you in the .mp3 binaries, I compressed it
further to 320 kb/s with DbPowerAmp using Lame encoder.) Track timings will
approximate that of the original release but are by no means exact to the
second.
Because of the lack of .log and .cue files it probably won't be something a
hard core collector wants. But it's plenty good enough for the average
listener. In terms of sound quality, I see no reason why it should be
distinguishable from your garden variety CD. Tracks are tagged and I put some
info in the comments section about the source and .wav gathering, just to keep
the digital gene pool organized. If possible I'll try to find some artwork off
the web to include with it. Enjoy it - MM
Here's the Wiki:
Released 1976
Recorded RCA Studios, New York
Genre Jazz, Jazz fusion
Label RCA
Producer Richard Evans
Track listing
LP side A:
"Speak No Evil" (Richard Evans) û 3:44
"Yearnin' Learnin'" (Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey) û 5:38
Medley û 11:00
"Storm at Sunup" (Gino Vanelli) û 6:37
"Love Me Now" (Gino Vanelli) û 4:23
LP side B:
"Fight the Power" (Chris Jasper, The Isley Brothers) û 6:00
"They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)" (Bruce Hawes, Charles
Simmons, Joseph Jefferson) û 3:55
"Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" (Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy,
Natalie Cole) û 3:04
"Sneakin' Up Behind You" (David Sanborn, Don Grolnick, Michael Brecker,
Randy Brecker, Will Lee) û 3:21
"How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)" (Anita Pointer, Bonnie
Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, David Rubinson) û 3:51
Personnel
Buddy Rich û drums
Bob Cranshaw û bass
Morris Jennings û drums and percussion
Ross Traut û guitar
Kenny Barron û electric piano
Jerry Dodgion û alto saxophone
David Tofani û alto saxophone
Joe Farrell û tenor saxophone
Steve Marcus û tenor saxophone
Turk Mauro û baritone saxophone
Danny Moore û trumpet
Victor Paz û trumpet
Lew Soloff û trumpet
Jon Faddis û trumpet
Janice Robinson û trombone
Wayne Andre û trombone
Tom "Bones" Malone û trombone
Dave Taylor û bass trombone
Howard Johnson û tuba
Vivian Cherry û vocals
Lani Groves û vocals
Rhetta Hughes û vocals
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