Appice discussed each of the four initial recordings:

Cactus Live in the USA: Recorded in 2006 at B.B. King's in New York City, this heaping plateful of hot and heavy boogie-rock documents the rebirth of the original Cactus lineup, minus singer Rusty Day, who died in the '80s. "Actually, that was the first show we'd done since we broke up in the '70s," said Appice. "So that's one cool thing about it. It was the warm-up show we did for the Sweden Rock Festival, which was the next show we did after that a couple days later before 10,000 people." This record has an interesting story behind it. "We had a DVD years ago � 2006 � that came out on MVD," said Appice. "Somebody in Europe took the soundtrack off the DVD and released it, unbeknownst to us. So, when we found it, we went, 'Huh?' And it was selling well, so we worked out a deal with the guy and he paid us royalties, and when I listened to it, I said, 'Wow, this sounds really good.' And it has Tim Bogert on it. So you've got Cactus with Tim Bogert."

Track listing:
1. Long Tall Sally
2. Swim
3. One Way or Another
4. Cactus Music
5. Brother Bill
6. Muscle & Soul
7. OLEO (Bass solo)
8. Part of the Game
9. Evil
10. Cactus Boogie
11. Parchman Farm
12. Rock & Roll Children

Cactus Live in Japan: The current version of Cactus went over to Japan in 2012 to record two shows, one audio and one video, "which will come out next year," according to Appice. He describes that first performance as a "kick-ass show," and it is an absolute barnburner, with Cactus rolling through classics such as their versions of Mose Allison's "Parchman Farm" and Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book (By Lookin' at the Cover)," plus "Rock & Roll Children" and "That's Evil." Appice said, "Live in Japan is the first night. It's not complete. It's a single-disc. But it was the first night we played in Tokyo, and it was great. It was a kick-ass show. I mean, we'd never been to Japan before, and the crowd was great. It was sold-out, and (guitarist) Jim McCarty was on fire, and the band just sounded great." Pete Bremy is the bassist for this occasion.

Track listing:
1. Swim
2. One Way or Another
3. Brother Bill
4. Can't Judge a Book (By Lookin' at the Cover)
5. Alaska
6. Electric Blue
7. Muscle & Soul
8. Evil
9. Parchman Farm
10. Rock & Roll Children

TNA (Travers & Appice) Live in Europe: Take two sublime musical talents like Pat Travers and Carmine Appice. Let them go at it, and the results will be magical, like they were for their album, It Takes a lot of Balls. As Appice recalls, "It was the best album I'd done in years." In 2004, they toured together and brought the house down everywhere they went, playing 30 shows in Europe. This night was no different. "That was the first night Tony Franklin played with us," said Appice. "We had T.M. Stevens playing with us for two weeks before that, and then Tony joined us, and we did another two weeks. Somebody sent me that CD, a live gig. I don't even know where it came from, but when I got it in the mail in my office in L.A., I played it in the car, and I said, 'Wow! This sounds great.' And I had it in my computer, and I would listen to it on my iTunes for my enjoyment, and it was really good." The versions of "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" and the Travers classic "Boom Boom" are full of vim and vigor, and there is one bonus item, an unreleased studio track that Appice finished with keyboardist Alessandro Del Vecchio.

Track listing:
1. Taken
2. Better from a Distance
3. I Don't Care
4. Crash and Burn
5. Livin' Alone
6. Tony Solo
7. Gotta Have Ya
8. Keep on Rockin'
9. Snortin' Whiskey
10. Can't Escape the Fire
11. Evil
12. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy
13. Boom Boom
14. Stand Up
15. Funkified

Bogert/Appice & Friends: Made up of studio recordings Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert did in the early 2000s, this six-song EP has the feel and spirit of Vanilla Fudge's finest work. "We mastered it, and it's an EP, and it really sounds good. I'm really happy with it. The arrangements are awesome, and the arrangements will sound very Vanilla Fudge-y," said Appice. "We did 'Falling' and 'Bye Bye Love,' and 'Star-Spangled Banner,' and two original numbers, and then we have 'Falling' again with Brian Auger playing organ, which is really, really cool. He plays the hell out of it. So it's really interesting."

Track listing:
1. Bye Bye Love
2. Falling
3. Black Box
4. Eternity
5. Star-Spangled Banner
6. Falling (bonus cut)

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