Fields of sun (Iron Butterfly) (LP 702 - 704)

Iron Butterfly  Heavy (CD, Atlantic  Records, 1968) ***

Iron Butterfly  In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (CD, Atlantic  Records, 1968) ****

Iron Butterfly  Live (CD, Atlantic  Records, 1970) ***

Genre: Psychedelic rock

Places I remember: FOPP (Covent Garden)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Live version)

Gear costume: Iron Butterfly Theme (Heavy) 

Active compensatory factors: I had the cassette tape of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida for years before getting this triple album collection with replica covers. I played the title track every once in a while and it's brilliance grew on me.

Their first album, Heavy, is a really good debut. Heavy playing in a 1968 kind of way is the order of the day on this and their follow up album.

Doug Ingle's vocals are a perfect addition to the organ heavy sonic attack that is the feature of these early albums. 

Live from 1970 features a great version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida!

Where do they all belong? Another live album is coming when we get back into the vinyl.