Cactus - The Rockpile, Long Island, NY 1971

Cactus was formed in 1969 by Tim Bogert and Carmine Appic who were joined by Rusty Day and Jim McCarty. This formation recorded three good Hard/Boogie/Blues albums.

By the end of 1971 Day and McCarty left and Cactus disbanded in 1972.

This recording at The Rock Pile in Long Beach, Long Island still features the original line-up.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: Soundboard

Track List:

01 introduction 

02 Bag Drag

03 Evil

04 Long Tall Sally

05 Alaska

06 Oleo

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Cactus: WLIR Studios 1971

This is an interesting Radio broadcast from a not very well-known but great band, formed with highly skilled and experienced musicians.
Cactus music is like a mix of blues and rock played with high intensity, it's probably right to call them one of the first Hard Rock bands.


Sound Quality: 8.5

Track List:
01 Evil
02 Drum Solo
03 Evil & band introductions
04 Bro. Bill
05 Oleo
06 No Need to Worry
07 Token Chokin'
08 Big Mama Boogie - Part I (incl. Mona)
09 Big Mama Boogie - Part II

Links removed, this was officially released on July, 2010 (according to Amazon).