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, released in 1971 through

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. The album tracks "Token Chokin'", "Evil", "Alaska" and "Sweet 16" were all released as singles. The album features heavy blues-rock originals, with a cover of the

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used Cactus' arrangement of the song for their own cover, which appeared on their 1993 album ''

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Track listing

#"Restrictions" (R. Day, C. Appice) – 6:16 #"Token Chokin'" (R. Day, C. Appice) – 3:08 #"Guiltless Glider" (R. Day, T. Bogert, C. Appice, J. McCarty) – 8:44 #"

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) – 3:15 #"Alaska" (J. McCarty, T. Bogert, R. Day) – 3:40 #"Sweet Sixteen" (T. Bogert, R. Day, C. Appice, J. McCarty) – 3:19 #"Bag Drag" (J. McCarty, R. Day) – 5:12 #"Mean Night in Cleveland" (R. Day, T. Bogert, C. Appice, J. McCarty) – 2:10

Personnel

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– bass guitar, backing vocals *

Carmine Appice Carmine Appice ( , born December 15, 1946) is an American rock drummer. He is best known for his associations with Vanilla Fudge; Cactus; the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice; Rod Stewart; King Kobra; and Blue Murder. He is also Vinny Appice's ...

– drums, backing vocals, percussion *

Jim McCarty James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance. Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only member of the band to featur ...

– lead, rhythm and slide guitars *

Rusty Day Russell Edward "Rusty Day" Davidson (December 29, 1945 – June 3, 1982) was a lead vocalist, best known for his work with Cactus (American band), Cactus, the Amboy Dukes, and Steve Gaines. Career with the Amboy Dukes Day joined the Amboy Dukes ...

– lead and backing vocals, harmonica, percussion ;Additional personnel * Ron Leejack – slide guitar *

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– piano

Charts

References

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