Cactus [Import]

Cactus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B000009FR5
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,415 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cactus - Blues Rock...... As It Was Meant To Be !!!, March 12, 2005

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Vibrolux45 (Xiamen,China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cactus (Audio CD)

The first Cactus lp was released in 1970 not 1977 as listed in the brief paragraph just below the songs list above this review.
The band I have to say... played the hardest blues rock ever made!I have never heard anything that comes close to Jim McCarty's screaming single note runs and riffology....Tim Bogart playing a Telecaster bass like a guitar with booming tone you have to hear!Carmine Appice never played drums again as he played with Cactus very intense.Rusty Day ( Rest In Peace Brother ) was the perfect out front guy for this band .....his delivery suited Cactus perfectly and his manic harp playing was amazing...it also jelled well with the overall Cactus vibe.If you were born after 1955 you most likely missed these guys...they cut 3 terrific Lp's and then the usual ego problems surfaced and they fell apart.The first lp "Cactus" the second lp "One Way Or Another" and finally "Restrictions" are all recommended....all are great listening and curently there is a guy from Russia on E-Bay selling copies of " One Way Or Another " and "Restrictions" I have purchased from him several cd's and copies are fine, made for the Russian market. I do wish to mention the following the album " Ot and Sweaty " now a cd is horrible!gone are Jim McCarty and Rusty Day...in their place are Pete French ( Great with "Atomic Rooster" not here though )and I forget the new guitarist and key board players names...If you do not wish to buy from E-Bay.... currently there are two limited edition releases from I believe " Collectors Choice Music " you will get you all you need from both " OWOA " and " Restrictions " tracks.Check here at Amazon they are both listed the Live set and the Anthology set "Anthology"is the one to get first. I have both the "Live Cactus " and the "Anthology" set and they are both highly recommended.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cactus- the blackest sounding blues band ever put on wax!, October 26, 1999

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glenn w. holloway ([e-mail]) (Stratford, Connecticut USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cactus (Audio CD)

This old album (released nearly thirty years ago) proves that Jim McCarty is the most over-looked blues guitarist of the post British Invasion peace-n-love era. I saw Cactus in Boston at the old Boston Tea Party in 1970 and I died the death! Eric Clapton, for shame! Cactus...the BEST blues band of that era.... maybe ever. All you long in the tooth hippies out there, buy this cd and remember those younger years. Peace!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jim McCarty of the Detroit Wheels, not the Yardbirds drummer, August 25, 2006

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William Holmes (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cactus (Audio CD)

The editorial review has it wrong, but then again, is that a surprise? Axeman Jim McCarty remains under-known and under-appreciated despite yeoman work with Mitch Ryder, Buddy Miles, Cactus, The Rockets and many others.

THIS is the record that started it all...Vanilla Fudge rhythm section Bogert/Appice miss out on the supergroup with Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart and the world benefits greatly - Stewart creates magic with The Faces and Bogert/Appice grab Motor City monsters Jim McCarty and Rusty Day. This original version of Cactus releases three of the best hard rock records of any era, blow everyone off the stage and set the standard for incendiary boogie rock. "Parchman Farm" can flat out raise the dead.

The first three Cactus albums are no-brainer must-haves for any rock collection. Play loud and often.