Cactus (Cactus album)
Cactus | ||||
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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 | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
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.
- "Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison) – 3:06
- "My Lady from South of Detroit" – 4:26
- "Bro. Bill" – 5:10
- "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (Willie Dixon) – 6:30
- "Let Me Swim" – 3:50
- "No Need to Worry" – 6:14
- "Oleo" – 4:51
- "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
Notes[]
Categories:
- 1970 debut albums
- Cactus (American band) albums
- Atco Records albums
- Albums produced by Tim Bogert
- Albums produced by Carmine Appice
- Albums produced by Jim McCarty
- Albums produced by Rusty Day