Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Ultra Analog, Half-speed Mastering)
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Erik Brann – guitar, vocals (A4)
Ron Bushy – drums, percussion
Lee Dorman – bass guitar, backing vocals
Doug Ingle – Vox Continental organ, vocals
All arrangements by Iron Butterfly
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half-speed Mastering
GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ LP
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : ATCO Records
Recorded first half of 1968 (side two was recorded on May 27, 1968) in Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, California and Ultra-Sonic Studios, Hempstead, New York
Engineered & mixed by Jim Hilton
Produced by Jim Hilton
Remastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in 1968
Reissued in 2021
Tracks:
Side A :
- Most Anything You Want
- Flowers and Beads
- My Mirage
- Termination
- Are You Happy
Side B :
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Awards:
1000 Recordings you must hear before you die - Ranked 123
Stereophile Records to Die For - 2020
Reviews :
"With its endless, droning minor-key riff and mumbled vocals, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is arguably the most notorious song of the acid rock era. According to legend, the group was so stoned when they recorded the track that they could neither pronounce the title "In the Garden of Eden" or end the track, so it rambles on for a full 17 minutes, which to some listeners sounds like eternity. But that's the essence of its appeal -- it's the epitome of heavy psychedelic excess, encapsulating the most indulgent tendencies of the era. Iron Butterfly never matched the warped excesses of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," either on their debut album of the same name or the rest of their catalog, yet they occasionally made some enjoyable fuzz guitar-driven psychedelia that works as a period piece. The five tracks that share space with their magnum opus on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida qualify as good artifacts, and the entire record still stands as the group's definitive album, especially since this is the only place the full-length title track is available." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra Analog™ : The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ Series stems from the use of the Gain 2 system, mastered at half speed from the original master tapes where possible, capturing and uncovering as before undiscovered sonic information.
Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,03 / 5