Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, San Francisco

Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, San Francisco is a 1985 recording made by jazz drummer Buddy Rich and his Big Band. It is the final album released during Rich's lifetime.

Release history
A three-LP and two-CD audio album was initially released by Cafe Records (a division of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab), and a video of the "Channel One" set was released by Pioneer Video (LaserDisc) and Sony (videocassette). The Channel One set was eventually re-issued on DVD as were the remaining tracks (the West Side Story set aka "The Lost Tapes").

3 LP release
Disc 1, side A: Disc 1, side B: Disc 2, side A: Disc 2, side B: Disc 3, side A: Disc 3, side B:
 * 1) "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14
 * 2) "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:57
 * 3) "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:49
 * 4) "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:17
 * 1) "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:15
 * 2) "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 4:05
 * 3) "No Exit" (Cunliffe) – 6:44
 * 1) "Mexicali Nose" (Betts) – 2:58
 * 2) "Willowcrest" (Bob Florence) – 4:21
 * 3) "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 5:34
 * 4) "Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59
 * 1) "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28
 * 2) "Tee Bag" (Mainieri) – 6:10
 * 3) "The Red Snapper" (Shew) – 4:50
 * 1) "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14
 * 1) "West Side Story" (Overture and Medley) (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 15:31

2 CD release
Disc 1 (The "Channel One Suite" set) Disc 2 (The "West Side Story" set)
 * 1) "Machine" (Reddie) – 3:14
 * 2) "Best Coast" (LaBarbera) – 3:57
 * 3) "One O' Clock Jump" (Basie) – 7:49
 * 4) "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:17
 * 5) "Norwegian Wood" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:15
 * 6) "Love For Sale" (Porter) – 4:05
 * 7) "No Exit" (Cunliffe) – 6:44
 * 8) "Channel One Suite" (Reddie) – 16:14
 * 1) "Mexicali Nose" (Betts) – 2:58
 * 2) "Willowcrest" (Florence) – 4:21
 * 3) "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 5:34
 * 4) "Cotton Tail" – (Ellington) – 4:59
 * 5) "New Blues" (Piestrup) – 7:28
 * 6) "Tee Bag" (Mainieri) – 6:10
 * 7) "The Red Snapper" (Shew) – 4:50
 * 8) "West Side Story" (Overture and Medley) (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 15:31

Video releases

 * Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich and His Band Live on King Street, The Channel One Set aka ...The Channel One Suite
 * (musical number contents same as Disc 1 of the CD release)


 * Buddy Rich and His Band: The Lost West Side Story Tapes aka ...The Lost Tapes
 * (musical number contents same as Disc 2 of the CD release)

Personnel

 * Buddy Rich – drums
 * Dave Carpenter – bass guitar
 * Bill Cunliffe – piano
 * Steve Marcus – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
 * Brian Sjoerdinga – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Bob Bowlby – alto saxophone, flute
 * Mark Pinto – alto saxophone, flute
 * Jay Craig – baritone saxophone
 * Paul Phillips – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Joe Kaminski – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Michael Lewis – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Eric Miyashiro – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Scott Bliege – trombone
 * Michael Davis – trombone
 * Jim Martin – trombone