''Ot 'n' Sweaty'' is the fourth album by the American

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Cactus. It was released in 1972. Original members

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and Rusty Day had left the group, so bass guitarist

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and drummer

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were joined by Werner Fritzschings on guitar, Duane Hitchings on keyboards and Peter French (ex-

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) on vocals. This was the band's final album before their long hiatus that lasted until 2006. The first three songs (filled up the first side of the original LP) were recorded live on April 3, 1972, in

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at the Mar y Sol Pop Festival, and the rest (the second side of the LP) were recorded in studio (so on the album's front cover is pointed after the band's name: On Stage In Puerto Rico And In The Studio). The pinnacle tracks for this album are "Bad Stuff", "Bringing Me Down", "Bedroom Mazurka", "Telling You" and a live recording of "Let Me Swim", which was a song by the original Cactus on their 1970 debut album[].

Track listing

Personnel

;Cactus *

– drums, backing vocals, percussion *

– bass, backing vocals * Werner Fritzschings – guitar * Peter French – lead and backing vocals * Duane Hitchings – keyboards, organ, electric and acoustic pianos

Album credits

* Andree Buchler – Re-release coordinator * Thierry Amsallem – Re-release coordinator * Michael Delugg – Engineer *

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– Engineer * Geoffrey Haslam – Producer, remixing, mixing * Joel Kerr – Engineer * Bernie Kirsh – Assistant engineer * Claude Nobs – Re-release coordinator * David Palmer – Engineer * Buzz Richmond – Assistant engineer * Jean Ristori – Mastering * Tom Scott – Engineer * Ray Thompson – Engineer * James E. Vickers – Engineer

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