TED NUGENT – Cat Scratch Fever +2 [Japan Guitar Legend Series Ltd. Pressing remastered] (2018) *EXCLUSIVE*

And this is without a doubt TED NUGENT‘s most famous – and one of his best – albums. “Cat Scratch Fever“, here in the recent Japan Guitar Legend Series/ Limited Pressing, freshly remastered.
With “Cat Scratch Fever” Nugent hit his commercial stride, and quickly became a first-rate rock ‘n roll classic.

Despite of being at the time one of the rock’s biggest concert attractions, Ted Nugent needed that one album and single that would break through in a big way, and the 1977 album and single of the same name, ‘Cat Scratch Fever’, did the trick.
‘Cat Scratch Fever’ matched the focused ferocity of Nugent’s excellent 1975 debut (due to singer Derek St. Holmes’ re-entry into the band), featuring another killer set of brash hard rockers.

While the title track is a certified classic anthem (Top 30), other songs here are just as delightful, such as the oh-so-subtle “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.” Further standouts include such underrated compositions as “Live It Up,” “Workin’ Hard, Playin’ Hard,” and “Out of Control,” plus the exquisitely melodic instrumental “Home Bound,” which the Beastie Boys would sample on their 1992 mega-hit album Check Your Head (the track “The Biz vs. the Nuge”).
“Fist Fightin’ Son of a Gun” opens with a Chuck Berry inspired riff, and then turns hard rockn’, Nuge-trademark.

It’s easy to see why ‘Cat Scratch Fever’ is regarded as Ted Nugent’s best album. There is not a bad song on this disc.
A multi-platinum Top 20 release, ‘Cat Scratch Fever’ was the last Nugent release to feature his original solo band (St. Holmes, along with bassist Rob Grange, left for good in 1978). And while he enjoyed further chart success with such titles as Weekend Warriors and Double Live Gonzo, many consider ‘Cat Scratch Fever’ to be Nugent’s finest hour.
A Classic

01 – Cat Scratch Fever
02 – Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
03 – Death by Misadventure
04 – Live It Up
05 – Homebound
06 – Workin’ Hard, Playin’ Hard
07 – Sweet Sally
08 – A Thousand Knives
09 – Fist Fightin’ Son of a Gun
10 – Out of Control
BONUS TRACKS:
11 – Cat Scratch Fever (Live)
12 – Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (Live)

Derek St. Holmes – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Ted Nugent – guitar, backing and lead (1, 2, 7) vocals, percussion
Rob Grange – bass guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Davies – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians:
Alan Spenner, Boz Burrell, Rory Dodd – backing vocals
Montego Joe – percussion
Tom Werman – percussion, backing vocals, producer

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