d ▁awarded ▁the ▁album ▁ 1 ½ ▁stars ▁stating ▁" This ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁LP ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁jazz ▁fusion ▁la cks ▁the ▁se am less ▁mer ging ▁of ▁styles ▁that ▁would ▁mark ▁the ▁commercial ▁success ▁of ▁Tom ▁Scott ' s ▁later ▁career . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁ 1 9 - year - old ▁re ed ▁player ▁and ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁quart et ▁care en ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁style ▁map ▁with ▁varying ▁degrees ▁of ▁success ... ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁this ▁recording , ▁Scott ▁was ▁already ▁a ▁fi xture ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁studio ▁scene . ▁As ▁he ▁makes ▁clear ▁on ▁R ural ▁Still ▁Life , ▁jazz ▁was ▁and ▁would ▁remain ▁a ▁side ▁interest ▁only ". ▁ ▁Track ▁listing ▁All ▁compos itions ▁by ▁Tom ▁Scott ▁except ▁as ▁indicated ▁ ▁" R ural ▁Still ▁Life ▁# 2 6 " ▁( M ike ▁Lang ) ▁- ▁ 3 : 2 7 ▁▁▁▁ ▁" S ong ▁# 1 " ▁- ▁ 6 : 3 4 ▁▁▁▁ ▁" Fre ak ▁In " ▁- ▁ 7 : 0 8 ▁▁▁▁ ▁" With ▁Res pect ▁to ▁John ▁Col tr ane " ▁- ▁ 8 : 0 3 ▁▁▁▁ ▁" Just ▁Mess in ' ▁Ar ound " ▁( M ike ▁Bar one ) ▁- ▁ 5 : 2 1 ▁▁▁▁ ▁" Body ▁and ▁Soul " ▁( Ed ward ▁He yman , ▁Robert ▁S our , ▁Frank ▁E y ton , ▁Johnny ▁Green ) ▁- ▁ 6 : 0 8 ▁▁ ▁Record ed ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles