SHRINK 1970 Orig CACTUS 1st Hard BOOGIE BLUES FUDGE
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1970 ORIGINAL Hard Cookin' Blues Rocker !
IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAP!
CACTUS
USA -- Atco Records - SD 33 340
1970 original first pressing vinyl of the first CACTUS, a wicked cool hard bluesrock cooker, about the best of the type America ever had to offer...
***STILL IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER***
Cactus was initially conceived in late 1969 as a supergroup of the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart. However, Beck had an automobile accident and Stewart joined Ronnie Wood in the Faces. So Appice and Bogert brought in blues guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express, and singer Rusty Day (born Russell Edward Davidson) from the Amboy Dukes. This line-up managed three albums (Cactus, One Way... Or Another and Restrictions) before interband troubles led to McCarty quitting at the end of 1971. Shortly afterwards Rusty Day was fired from the group.
Cactus may have been together a short 2+ years and were a last-minute improvised supergroup, but that don't mean their eponymous 1970 debut didn't rock like a mofo. The already quasi-legendary Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of Bogert and Appice may have provided the backbone of the band's business cards, and soulful, ex-Amboy Duke Rusty Day brought the voice, but it was arguably former Detroit Wheels guitarist Jim McCarty who was the true star in the Cactus galaxy, spraying notes and shredding solos all over album highlights such as "You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover," "Let Me Swim," and, most notably, a manic, turbocharged version of "Parchman Farm." The fact that Cactus chose to tackle this classic blues song just a year after it'd been blasted into the fuzz-distortion stratosphere by Blue Cheer betrays -- at best -- a healthy competitive spirit within the early-'70s hard rock milieu, and at worst it suggests something of a mercenary nature to Cactus' motives, but that's an issue for the surviving bandmembers. And we digress -- for the blistering closing duo of "Oleo" and "Feel So Good" (complete with bass and drum solo slots) easily certifies the Cactus LP as one of the best hard rock albums of the then brand-new decade, bar none. Too bad the illustrious members of Cactus would quickly lose interest in their band.
- "Parchman Farm" - 3:06
- "My Lady From South Of Detroit" - 4:26
- "Bro. Bill" - 5:10
- "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover" - 6:30
- "Let Me Swim" - 3:50
- "No Need To Worry" - 6:14
- "Oleo" - 4:51
- "Feel So Good" - 6:03
CONDITION: The cover is near M- still in original factory shrink wrapper while clean and solid the tip of the bottom right corner is slightly bent from the tight shrink wrap, light ding at very top of top seam and the outer cellophane wrapper has bin wear (the actual cover underneath is TOP CLEAN )... with no seam splits, no writing... collectible
The vinyl is clean and glossy VG++ has a couple of very light shallow hairline scuff, no problem = plays CLEAN ...
keeper copy!
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTIBLES!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for more & more of similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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