You already know the album - all those songs you never cared to listen to on the one side, and the ultimate EP heavy rock classic on the other - the first record side you totally wore out in college. You can't get that on iTunes - all they offer is the short radio cut and the very lame, overly long live version. No, if you want this bit of psychedelic mayhem on your iPod, friends, you'll have to rip it like I did. But once you do it's all groovy from there!
November 19, 2008Arrived a little late, most likely due to shipper/shipping service, having hard time getting "stereo" mix right, still trying, but nice product for the price!
July 18, 2008Ok, I only bought this CD for the one song In-A Gadda Da Vida. If you did not grow up when this was released, you probably won't like it...unless you are into to some weird tripping thing. This is old school psychedelic music period.
July 5, 2008 |  | Iron Butterfly, In A Gadda Da Vida 1968 |  |
This is a great classic psychedellic album. And it came out when acid rock was extremly popular and bands like, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Beatles etc. Were sweeping the scene. Iron Butterfly was split up at this time but reformed. Key tracks on this album are, In A Gadda Da Vida, Most Anything You Want, etc. In A Gadda Da Vida is probaly one of the staple acid rock songs of all time first off the beat is so psychedellic and add on distorted guitar and cool organs it makes quite a good song. All in all a great 60s album and if you love acid rock this album is for you
5/5 stars
May 21, 2008| | | Great Piece Of Early Metal | |
Iron Butterfly was one of the forerunners of Heavy Metal.I just can't imagine what anyone thought back in 1968 when people put this on their turntable.I'm now 37 years old,I was 15 when I first heard this song in 1986,I was curious about the early days of hard rock/heavy metal.When I heard In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,I was just blown away by the intensity that was there! I was trying to compare 80's metal with Iron Butterfly's sound in my own mind,I would just like to say,IT'S A TRUE METAL CLASSIC!
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