Cactus (Cactus album)

Cactus
Studio album by Cactus
Released	July 1, 1970
Recorded	October–December 1969
Studio	Ultra-Sonic Recording Studios, Inc., Hempstead, New York
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
Length	40:16
Label	Atco
Producer	Cactus
Cactus chronology
Cactus (1970) One Way...Or Another (1971)

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Cactus is the debut album by the American hard rock band Cactus, released in 1970 under the Atco label. It includes original songs as well as two covers: Mose Allison's version of a blues standard, "Parchman Farm" and Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover".^[2]

Track listing[]

All titles written and arranged by Appice, Bogert, Day and McCarty, except where noted.

1. "Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison) – 3:06
2. "My Lady from South of Detroit" – 4:26
3. "Bro. Bill" – 5:10
4. "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (Willie Dixon) – 6:30
5. "Let Me Swim" – 3:50
6. "No Need to Worry" – 6:14
7. "Oleo" – 4:51
8. "Feel So Good" – 6:03

Personnel[]

Cactus

• Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals
• Tim Bogert – bass, backing vocals
• Rusty Day – lead and backing vocals, harmonica
• Jim McCarty – guitar

Technical

• Bill Stahl - recording engineer
• Gene Paul - remix engineer
• Mark L. Rollins, Jr. - art direction, photography

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