Ahhh! Cactus!! The american led zep. I had the pleasure of meeting them once-I think it was like 71-72, they played a real small club here and my friends stinky band was a cover band-after Cactus did one set-my friends band refused to play anymore - they really were bad, and using the PA that Cactus brought, made it even worse because you could hear how bad the vocals were. funny shit-really!
But-What a band! Dynamic and tight! And in your face! real small venue.
The bad? I was just kinda new to Rock music, It took me a few years to realize who they were.
I gave this a 9. Fantastic musicianship, great mix, and strong material.
Agreed that Carmine is a fantastic drummer. I'd vote for Moon or Ginger Baker as the greatest.
One day, a client who sold rock memorabilia came by. He said he was meeting with Carmine. Coincidentally, I had my CD of the first Vanilla Fudge at work. I gave him the cover, and he got it autographed. He also returned with a pair of autographed sticks, all gratus.
This is a fine LP with a lot of talent on it, Sounds really good, and a pretty quiet recording with very little noise. Might be because my album is mint - I unsealed it. Nice amount of bass and a good mix as far as I can tell with my SQ decoder. I should play this more often. "8"