Cat Scratch Fever is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...

 released in 1977, as well as the name of the album's title song

Cat Scratch Fever (song)

"Cat Scratch Fever" is a rock song by Ted Nugent that appears on the album of the same name. The song is well known for its signature riff, which is a 3-tone "blues scale" melody harmonized in parallel fourths...

. "Death By Misadventure" recounts the death of Brian Jones

Brian Jones

Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones , known as Brian Jones, was an English musician and a founding member of the Rolling Stones....

 of the Rolling Stones. Guitarist Derek St. Holmes came back during this album after he left. The song "Home Bound

Home Bound (song)

"Home Bound" is an instrumental by Ted Nugent; it's his fifth single. It's the fifth track in his most famous album, "Cat Scratch Fever". It was covered by the Beastie Boys and Biz Markie as The Biz vs the Nuge on his album "Check Your Head" in 1992....

" was covered by the Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys

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 and Biz Markie

Biz Markie

Marcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989...

 as "The Biz vs the Nuge" on the album Check Your Head

Check Your Head

Check Your Head is the third studio album by the Beastie Boys, released on April 21, 1992.Three years elapsed between the release of Paul's Boutique and their recording of this album. Check Your Head was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California in 1991...

in 1992.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "Live it Up", written and arranged by Nugent/St. Holmes.

1. "Cat Scratch Fever
   Cat Scratch Fever (song)
   "Cat Scratch Fever" is a rock song by Ted Nugent that appears on the album of the same name. The song is well known for its signature riff, which is a 3-tone "blues scale" melody harmonized in parallel fourths...
   
   " – 3:41
2. "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" – 3:17
3. "Death By Misadventure" – 3:31
4. "Live It Up" – 4:02
5. "Home Bound
   Home Bound (song)
   "Home Bound" is an instrumental by Ted Nugent; it's his fifth single. It's the fifth track in his most famous album, "Cat Scratch Fever". It was covered by the Beastie Boys and Biz Markie as The Biz vs the Nuge on his album "Check Your Head" in 1992....
   
   " (Instrumental) – 4:43
6. "Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard" – 5:44
7. "Sweet Sally" – 2:34
8. "A Thousand Knives" – 4:48
9. "Fist Fightin' Son of a Gun" – 2:51
10. "Out of Control" – 3:27

1999 Reissue Bonus Tracks

11. "Cat Scratch Fever" [Live] – 4:52
12. "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" [Live] – 5:44

Personnel

• Alan Spenner - Vocals, Background vocals
• Boz Burrell
  Boz Burrell
  Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...
  
   - Vocals, Background vocals
• Cliff Davies - Arranger, Drums, Producer, Vocals, Background vocals
• Derek St. Holmes
  Derek St. Holmes
  Derek St. Holmes is an American musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitar player for Ted Nugent's successful early solo career.-Early years:...
  
   - Arranger, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Background vocals
• Gary Graff
  Gary Graff
  Gary Graff is an American music journalist and author.-Biography:Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Graff attended Taylor Allderdice High School where he wrote for school newspaper The Taylor Allderdice Foreword. He received his Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri...
  
   - Liner Notes
• Howard Fritzson - Reissue Art Director
• Jim Houghton - Photography
• Lew Futterman - Producer
• Montego Joe - Percussion
• Rob Grange
  Rob Grange
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   - Arranger, Bass
• Robert Alford - Photography
• Ron Pownall - Photography
• Rory Dodd
  Rory Dodd
  Rory Dodd is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman. He is probably best known for singing the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics on Bonnie Tyler's version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart."...
  
   - Vocals, Background vocals
• Ted Nugent - Arranger, Bass, Guitar, Lead Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
• Tim Geelan - Engineer
• Tom Werman - Percussion, Producer, Background vocals
• Vic Anesini - Mastering
• Wayne Tarnowski - Engineer

Appearance

• On Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  Aqua Teen Hunger Force , retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada...
  
  , the Aqua Teens' neighbor Carl Brutananadilewski revealed that he owns a decades-old Ted Nugent "Cat Scratch Fever" loincloth worn on laundry days.

• An episode of Itchy and Scratchy within a Simpsons episode is called "Cat Splat Fever".

• The Videogame Prey features the song Cat Scratch Fever
  Cat Scratch Fever (song)
  "Cat Scratch Fever" is a rock song by Ted Nugent that appears on the album of the same name. The song is well known for its signature riff, which is a 3-tone "blues scale" melody harmonized in parallel fourths...
  
   in the jukebox at the roadhouse.

• Cat Scratch Fever
  Cat Scratch Fever (song)
  "Cat Scratch Fever" is a rock song by Ted Nugent that appears on the album of the same name. The song is well known for its signature riff, which is a 3-tone "blues scale" melody harmonized in parallel fourths...
  
   is featured in a videogame Guitar Hero Aerosmith.