Keep the Customer Satisfied (album) explained

Keep the Customer Satisfied is a 1970 live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band, recorded at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" (Paul Simon) – 6:40
2. "Long Day's Journey" (Don Piestrup) – 4:42
3. Midnight Cowboy Medley: "He Quit Me Man"/"Everybody's Talkin'"/"Tears and Joys" Jeffrey Comanor) – 11:12

LP side B

1. "Celebration" (Don Piestrup) – 3:35
2. "Groovin' Hard" (Don Menza) – 5:25
3. "The Juicer Is Wild" (Neil, Roger Neuman) – 4:32
4. "Winning the West" (Bill Holman) – 7:30

Bonus tracks on CD re-issues:

8. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 4:54
9. "Happy Time" (Mike Hughes) – 3:57
10. "The Nitty Gritty" (Lincoln Chase) – 4:07
11. "Straight and Narrow" (Don Piestrup) – 4:17
12. "Groovin' Hard" (Don Menza) – 5:54
13. "Cornerstone" (Ted Pease) – 4:45

Personnel

The Buddy Rich big band:

• Buddy Rich - drums
• Bob Suchoski - baritone saxophone
• Rick Laird - double bass
• Richie Cole - flute, alto saxophone
• Jimmy Mosher - alto saxophone
• Pat LaBarbera - tenor saxophone
• Don Englert - flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Tony Lada - secord trombone
• Rick Stepton - first trombone
• John Madrid - trumpet
• Joe Giorgiani
• Mike Price - lead trumpet
• George Zonce - second trumpet
• Meredith "Mick" McClain - piano
• Roger Neuman - arranger
• Bill Holman - arranger
• Michael Hughes
• Don Menza
• Ted Pease
• Don Piestrup - arranger
• Joe Sample

Production

• Ron Wolin - cover design
• Reice Hamel - engineer
• Paul Wertheimer - liner notes
• Joel Moss - mixing
• Ron Waller - photography
• Richard Bock - producer
• Bob Belden - reissue producer, mixing
• Dean Pratt - reissue producer

References

• Liberty / Pacific Jazz LST 11006
• Liberty LBS 83334
• Blue Note 23999