Cactus

CACTUS “Cactus / One Way… Or Another” (1970/1971)
Catalogue Number: HNECD 20D

Disc 1: Cactus (1970)
1. Parchman Farm
2. My Lady from South of Detroit
3. Bro. Bill
4. You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
5. Let Me Swim
6. No Need to Worry
7. Oleo
8. Feel So Good
BONUS TRACKS
9. Rumblin’ Man
10. The Sun Is Shining
11. Sweet Little 16

Disc 2: One Way…Or Another (1971)
1. Long Tall Sally
2. Rockout, Whatever You Feel Like
3. Rock ‘N’ Roll Children
4. Big Mama Boogie, Pt. 1 & 2
5. Feel So Bad
6. Song For Aries
7. Hometown Bust
8. One Way…Or Another
BONUS TRACK
9. Hound Dog Sniffin’
• Formed in 1969 by former members of Vanilla Fudge - Tim Bogert on bass and Carmine Appice on drums - Cactus released their self-titled debut on the Atco label in 1970. Although originally slated to feature Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck, the line-up would be cemented by Jim McCarty (from Mitch Ryder’s Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express) on guitar and Rusty Day (from Ted Nugent’s original band, The Amboy Dukes) on vocals and harmonica; the line-up that would record the band’s first three LPs.

• Among the originals on the first disc of this 2 CD set, are covers of Mose Allison’s blues standard ‘Parchman Farm’ (also covered by proto-metal band Blue Cheer), plus Willie Dixon’s ‘You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover’.

• Releasing their second LP in 1971 (disc 2 of this set), “One Way…Or Another” was recorded at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York, and also includes two classic covers in Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’ and Chuck Willis’ ‘Feel So Bad’.

• With remastered audio and four bonus tracks, this set features liner notes from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on recent interviews with founder member Carmine Appice. Cactus are currently touring with a line-up of Jim McCarty, Carmine Appice, Jimmy Kunes, Pete Bremy and Randy Pratt.

CACTUS “Restrictions/’Ot ‘N’ Sweaty” (1971/1972)
Catalogue Number: HNECD 19D

Disc 1: Restrictions (1971)
1. Restrictions
2. Token Chokin’
3. Guiltless Glider
4. Evil
5. Alaska
6. Sweet Sixteen
7. Bag Drag
8. Mean Night In Cleveland
BONUS TRACK
9. Parchman Farm

Disc 2: ‘Ot And Sweaty (1972)
1. Swim
2. Bad Mother Boogie
3. Our Lil Rock-n-Roll Thing
4. Bad Stuff
5. Bringing Me Down
6. Bedroom Mazurka
7. Telling You
8. Underneath The Arches

• Cactus were formed in 1969 by members of Vanilla Fudge; Tim Bogert on bass and Carmine Appice on drums. Although originally planned to feature Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck, Cactus’s line-up was eventually completed by Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder’s Detroit Wheels & The Buddy Miles Express) on guitar and Rusty Day (The Amboy Dukes) on vocals and harmonica.

• Their bluesy, gritty rock became an influence on future generations of rock and heavy metal bands, including Montrose, AC/DC, Van Halen and Monster Magnet.

• Following “Restrictions”, the third and last LP to feature McCarty and Day, they were joined for “’Ot ‘N’ Sweaty” by Leaf Hound and Atomic Rooster vocalist Pete French, Werner Fritzschings (guitar) and Duane Hitchings (keyboards). The first side of the original LP was recorded live in Puerto Rico at the Mar y Sol pop festival, and the second featuring studio recordings - the album ends with a somewhat incongruous cover of ‘Underneath The Arches’, inspired by touring with Rod Stewart & The Faces.

• With remastered audio and one bonus track, this set features liner notes from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on recent interviews with Carmine Appice. Cactus are currently touring with a line-up featuring McCarty and Appice.