Cactus

Artist:  Cactus
Origin:  Long Island, New York, USA
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Boogie Rock

Original line-up:

Tim Bogert:  Vocals, Bass
Carmine Appice:  Drums
Jim McCarty:  Guitar
Rusty Day:  Vocals

Cactus is an American Hard Rock Band, formed in 1969 by Tim Bogert (Bass Ex Vanilla Fudge), Carmine Appice (Drums Ex Vanilla Fudge), Jim McCarty (Guitar Ex Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels, The Buddy Miles Express) and Rusty Day (Lead Vocals Ex The Amboy Dukes).

Title:  Barely Contained Studio Sessions (2 CD)  (2013)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Boogie Rock
Label:   Wounded Bird Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Parchman Farm  (3:07)
 2.  Bro. Bill  (5:13)
 3.  My Lady From South Of Detroit  (4:26)
 4.  You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover  (6:32)
 5.  Let Me Swim  (3:51)
 6.  No Need To Worry  (6:15)
 7.  Oleo  (4:51)
 8.  Feel So Good  (6:05)
 9.  Sweet Little 16  (5:07)
10. Rumblin' Man  (4:22)
11. The Sun Is Shining  (5:15)
12. Long Tall Sally  (5:55)
13. Rockout, Whatever You Feel Like  (4:01)
14. Rock N' Roll Children  (5:44)
15. Big Mama Boogie - Part 1 & 2  (5:30)
16. Song For Aries  (3:06)

Disc 2:

 1.  Feel So Bad (Single Version)  (5:31)
 2.  Home Town Bust  (6:39)
 3.  One Way...Or Another  (5:10)
 4.  Hound Dog Sniffin' (Previously Unissued)  (5:20)
 5.  Restrictions  (6:18)
 6.  Token Chokin' (Single Version)  (3:10)
 7.  Guiltless Glider  (8:48)
 8.  Evil (Single Version)  (3:17)
 9.  Alaska (Single Version)  (3:41)
10. Sweet Sixteen (Single Version)  (3:19)
11. Bag Drag  (5:13)
12. Mean Night In Cleveland  (2:12)
13. Bad Stuff  (3:12)
14. Bringing  Me Down  (5:26)
15. Bedroom Mazurka  (4:39)
16. Telling You  (5:10)
17. Underneath The Arches  (0:27)

Personnel:

Tim Bogert:  Vocals, Bass, Background Vocals
Carmine Appice:  Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals
Jim McCarty:  Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar
Rusty Day:  Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion

Additional Musicians:

Ron LeeJack:  Slide Guitar on Track 6 Disc 2
Albhy Galuten:  Piano on Track 9 Disc 2
Werner Fritzschings:  Guitar on Tracks:  13-17 Disc 2
Duane Hitchings:  Organ, Piano & Electric Piano on Tracks:  13-17 Disc 2
Peter French:  Lead Vocals on Tracks:  13-17 Disc 2 

Barely Contained Studio Sessions is the studio sessions album in two CD Set by Cactus, was released on August 27 by Wounded Bird Records, features all of tracks from their first three albums, plus the studio trackds from their 4th album, along with a few other rare tracks, and rare & previously unreleased recordings to creat a 2 CD Set.