Fully Unleashed: Live Gigs

Cactus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Rhino Handmade
• ASIN: B0002KQO80
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,540 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lead Guitar Ne Plus Ultra, September 3, 2004

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mrfrank "mrfrank" (new york) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fully Unleashed: Live Gigs (Audio CD)

Jim McCarty gives a tour de force performance as the driving force of this band.
Any one learning rock/blues lead guitar needs to hear him play!When you listen to him play on these recordings you hear how he influenced many ,many players ,and all of them should stand and recognize this great American player.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cactus LIVE!, February 4, 2005

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SambonerocknrollMF "SBRNRMF!" (Norfolk, Verginya USA!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fully Unleashed: Live Gigs (Audio CD)

How can you go wrong with the world's best rhythm section from Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert? And Jim McCarty on the gits from Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels? This is some great early 70's rock! Playin' some great covers of Little Richard, Ray Charles and other blues covers in their own rendition! This band had mucho energy!

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Hard Rock Joy, September 26, 2004

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zorolulu "zorolulu" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fully Unleashed: Live Gigs (Audio CD)

These guys were awesome. Too bad they didn't stay together for couple of more albums. Maybe not as good composers, but certainly as good, or better performers than Led Zeppelin.
Absolutely finest American Hard Rock.
Recommended 100%.
P.S.
Jim McCarty went on to play for Rockets from Detroit, and they issued couple of great albums, especially "No Ballads", but are impossible to find on a CD. I think Rhino should isssue their albums next. As far as I know only their Live album was issued on a CD (by Capitol) in a very limited quantity, about 12 years ago.
They had a huge hit with Peter Green's "Oh Well".