Cactus (album)

Cactus
Studio album by Cactus
Released	July 1, 1970
Recorded	October - December 1969, 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 first album by the American hard rock band Cactus, released in 1969 under the Atco label. It includes original songs as well as cover of Mose Allison's version of a blues standard, "Parchman Farm" and another one, Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover".^[2]

Track listing

All titles written by Appice, Bogert, Day, McCarty except as pointed below

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

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Personnel

• Tim Bogert - bass, background vocals
• Carmine Appice - drums, percussion, background vocals
• Jim McCarty - guitar
• Rusty Day - vocals, harmonica

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