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 eponymous debut studio album by American hard rock band Cactus. Released in 1970 through Atco Records.^[2] It includes original songs from the band as well as two covers of Mose Allison's version of a blues standard, "Parchman Farm" and Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover".^[3] The album is also notable for the track "Let Me Swim" which later loosely inspired the 1978 guitar solo "Eruption" composed by Eddie Van Halen.^[4][5]

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[]

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

Production[]

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

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