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1968 studio album by Iron Butterfly
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Released June 14, 1968 Recorded First half of 1968 (side two was recorded on May 27, 1968) Studio
Genre
Length 36 :15
Label
Atco
Producer Jim Hilton
Heavy (1968)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Ball (1969)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the second studio album by the American
rock band
Iron Butterfly , released in June 1968. It is most known for its
title track , a 17-minute composition which occupies the whole of Side B.
The In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album peaked at number 4 on the
Billboard albums chart.
[1]
[2] It sold more than eight million copies within its first year of release,
[3] outselling every record in the history of recorded music to that time,
[4] and achieved worldwide sales of over 30 million copies.
[a] It was the biggest selling album for the year 1969 in the US.
[12] For a number of years it was the biggest selling item in Atlantic Records' catalogue.
[13] It was officially certified a Gold album in 1968 in the United States, then on January 26, 1993, it was certified 4× Platinum.
[14]
Reception
In a retrospective review for
AllMusic ,
Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls the title track "the epitome of heavy psychedelic excess," and feels that the rest of the songs "qualify as good artifacts."
[15] It was voted number 783 in
Colin Larkin 's
All Time Top 1000 Albums .
[18]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Doug Ingle , except "Termination", by
Erik Brann and
Lee Dorman .
Side one
"Most Anything You Want" – 3:44
"Flowers and Beads" – 3:09
"My Mirage" – 4:55
"Termination" – 2:53
"Are You Happy" – 4:31
Side two
"
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida " – 17:05
Deluxe edition
A "deluxe edition" of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was released in 1995. It included material from newly discovered first-generation
master tapes , bonus recordings, and a 36-page booklet with photos. This re-release includes three versions of "
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ": the 17:05 studio version; the 19-minute live version from Iron Butterfly's
Live (which includes a short organ intro), and the 2:52 single edit. The deluxe edition also includes a new cover, similar to the original, but with a
moving
butterfly flapping its wings and the band members jamming to the song.
Personnel
Iron Butterfly
All arrangements by Iron Butterfly
Technical
Jim Hilton – producer, engineer
Bill Cooper – mixing engineer
Don Casale – engineer
Loring Eutemey – artwork
Stephen Paley – photography
Charts
Chart performance for singles from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1968
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
US Billboard Hot 100
[23]
30
Certifications
‹See Tfd›
‹See Tfd›
Singles
US singles
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" b/w "Iron Butterfly Theme" (both are edited versions) – Atco 6606
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" b/w "Soul Experience" – Atlantic Oldies Series 13076
Overseas singles
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", "Flowers and Beads" b/w "My Mirage" (EP release)
"Termination" b/w "Most Anything You Want"
Notes
References
^
a
b
"Iron Butterfly Chart History: Billboard 200" .
Billboard . Retrieved July 30, 2020 .
^ Joynson, Vernon (1995).
Fuzz, Acid, & Flowers
Archived August 25, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine . London: Borderline Books
^ March, Jeff (1999). Echoes of the Sixties . Billboard Books. p. 17.
ISBN
978-0-8230-83169 .
^
"Legendary band Iron Butterfly to perform in Kennett April 4" . March 21, 2019. Archived from
the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
^ Harford, Jeff (October 6, 2012).
"Gloriously indulgent orgy from Iron Butterfly" .
Otago Daily Times Online News . Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^
"Iron Butterfly's Lee Dorman dies in Laguna Niguel" .
Orange County Register . December 22, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^ Coleman, Miriam (December 22, 2012).
"Iron Butterfly Bassist Lee Dorman Dead at 70" .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^
"Lee Dorman, Iron Butterfly bassist, dies at 70" .
Associated Press . March 26, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^
"Iron Butterfly bassist dies at 70" . TODAY.com . December 22, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^
"Saturday Evening Post -Iron Butterfly brings Metal to the Charts" . www.saturdayeveningpost.com . July 20, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
^
"London Free Press- Iron Butterfly Bassist Lee Dorman Dead At 70" . lfpress.com . December 22, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
^
a
b
"Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200" .
Billboard . January 16, 2008. Archived from
the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music . Virgin Books. p. 247.
ISBN
9780753501498 .
^
"Gold & Platinum" . RIAA . Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^
a
b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas.
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly" . Allmusic. Retrieved August 24, 2005.
^ Pomeroy, Jim (November 23, 1968).
"Records" .
Rolling Stone . San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^
Larkin, Colin (2007).
Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.).
Oxford University Press .
ISBN
978-0195313734 .
^
Colin Larkin , ed. (2000).
All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.).
Virgin Books . p. 246.
ISBN
0-7535-0493-6 .
^
"Combo Organ Discography" .
^
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149.
ISBN
0-646-11917-6 .
^
"Dutchcharts.nl – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
^
"Offiziellecharts.de – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in German).
GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
^
"Billboard Hot 100 - Iron Butterfly" .
Billboard . Retrieved July 30, 2020 .
^
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums" (PDF) .
Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved December 27, 2019 .
^
"Canadian Gold For WB, Atl. LP's" (PDF) .
^
"French album certifications – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved March 7, 2020 . Select IRON BUTTERFLY and click OK.
^
"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Iron Butterfly; ' In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' )" (in German).
Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved August 20, 2016 .
^
"British album certifications – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" .
British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved December 27, 2019 .
^
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