IRON BUTTERFLY – Unconscious Power: An Anthology 1967-1971 – 7CD – Box Set

Description

7CD – Limited Edition Box Set:

7 disc box set anthology celebrating the music of legendary American Acid Rock band Iron Butterfly. Featuring 87 tracks on 7CDs including the albums Heavy, In A Gadda da Vida‘, Ball, Live‘ & Metamorphosis.

With 25 bonus tracks (18 of which are previously unreleased on CD) drawn from rare mono mixes and singles.

With two discs recorded live at The Fillmore East in New York in April 1968.

Remastered from the original Atlantic Records master tapes.

Includes a lavishly illustrated book with an extensive essay & poster.

Iron Butterfly first came together in San Diego, California in 1966. The bands psychedelic andacid rock style was honed during regular appearances at LA venues such as the Whisky a Go Goand the Galaxy Club, which saw Iron Butterfly develop a loyal following and led to the bandsigning with Atlantics Atco label in 1967.

HEAVY was released in January 1968, entering the US Billboard charts and eventually earninggold disc status. The album IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA, issued in June 1968, would break the bandinto star status. The bands third album, BALL, was released in January 1969 and was evenmore successful, reaching number 3 in the US and spawning the hit singles Soul Experienceand In the Time of Our Lives.

UNCONSCIOUS POWER AN ANTHOLOGY 1967 1971 features all of the albums issued on Atco,all newly remastered from the original master tapes, and additionally includes the rare monomixes of the albums HEAVY and LIVE, both previously unreleased on CD, along with two CDs ofrecordings made at the Fillmore East in New York City on the 26th and 27th April 1968. It alsoincludes all of the bands US non-album singles and single edits and a lavishly illustratedbooklet with a new essay featuring interviews withRon BushyandMike Pineraand a poster.

Tracklist:

DISC ONE – HEAVY – THE STEREO ALBUM MIX
1. POSSESSION (STEREO ALBUMMIX)
2. UNCONSCIOUS POWER(STEREO ALBUM MIX)
3. GET OUT OF MY LIFEWOMAN (STEREO ALBUM MIX)
4. GENTLE AS IT MAY SEEM(STEREO ALBUM MIX)
5. YOU CANT WIN (STEREOALBUM MIX)
6. SO-LO (STEREO ALBUM MIX)
7. LOOK FOR THE SUN (STEREOALBUM MIX)
8. FIELDS OF SUN (STEREOALBUM MIX)
9. STAMPED IDEAS (STEREOALBUM MIX)
10. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME(STEREO ALBUM MIX)
HEAVY – THE MONO ALBUMMIX
11. POSSESSION (MONO ALBUMMIX)
12. UNCONSCIOUS POWER(MONO ALBUM MIX)
13. GET OUT OF MY LIFEWOMAN (MONO ALBUM MIX)
14. GENTLE AS IT MAY SEEM(MONO ALBUM MIX)
15. YOU CANT WIN (MONOALBUM MIX)
16. SO-LO (MONO ALBUM MIX)
17. LOOK FOR THE SUN (MONOALBUM MIX)
18. FIELDS OF SUN (MONOALBUM MIX)
19. STAMPED IDEAS (MONOALBUM MIX)
20. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME(MONO ALBUM MIX)
BONUS TRACKS
21. DONT LOOK DOWN ON ME(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ONCD)
22. POSSESSION (1967RECORDING) (PREVIOUSLYUNRELEASED ON CD)

DISC TWO – IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
1. MOST ANYTHING YOU WANT
2. FLOWERS AND BEADS
3. MY MIRAGE
4. TERMINATION
5. ARE YOU HAPPY
6. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLE RELEASED IN JULY 1968
7. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME (SINGLE VERSION)
8. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA (SINGLE VERSION)

DISC THREE – BALL
1. IN THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
2. SOUL EXPERIENCE
3. LONELY BOY
4. REAL FRIGHT
5. IN THE CROWDS
6. IT MUST BE LOVE
7. HER FAVOURITE STYLE
8. FILLED WITH FEAR
9. BELDA-BEAST
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLE RELEASED IN JUNE 1969
10. IN THE TIME OF OURLIVES (SINGLE VERSION)
11. IN THE CROWDS (SINGLEVERSION)
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLERELEASED IN SEPTEMBER1969
12. I CANT HELP BUTDECEIVE YOU, LITTLE GIRL
13. TO BE ALONE

DISC FOUR –LIVE STEREO ALBUM MIX
1. IN THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
2. FILLED WITH FEAR
3. SOUL EXPERIENCE
4. YOU CANT WIN
5. ARE YOU HAPPY
6. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
LIVE MONO ALBUM MIX
7. IN THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
8. FILLED WITH FEAR
9. SOUL EXPERIENCE
10. YOU CANT WIN
11. ARE YOU HAPPY
12. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA

DISC FIVE – TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM METAMORPHOSIS
1. FREE FLIGHT
2. NEW DAY
3. SHADY LADY
4. BEST YEARS OF OUR LIFE
5. SLOWER THAN GUNS
6. STONE BELIEVER
7. SOLDIER IN OUR TOWN
8. EASY RIDER (LET THE WINDPAY THE WAY)
9. BUTTERFLY BLEU
BONUS TRACK – (A-SIDE OF SINGLE RELEASEDIN APRIL 1971)
10. SILLY SALLY

DISC SIX
– LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK 26TH APRIL 1968FIRST SHOW:
1. FIELDS OF SUN (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL1968)
2. YOU CANT WIN (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL1968)
3. UNCONSCIOUS POWER(LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26THAPRIL 1968)
4. ARE YOU HAPPY (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL1968)
5. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMOREEAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
6. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME(LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26THAPRIL 1968)
SECOND SHOW
7. STAMPED IDEAS (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL1968)
8. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL1968)
9. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMOREEAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
10. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968 SECOND SET)

DISC SEVEN – LIVE AT THE FILLMOREEAST, NEW YORK 27THAPRIL 1968
FIRST SHOW
1. ARE YOU HAPPY (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL1968)
2. UNCONSCIOUS POWER(LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27THAPRIL 1968)
3. MY MIRAGE (LIVE FILLMOREEAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
4. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMOREEAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
5. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME(LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27THAPRIL 1968)
SECOND SHOW
6. POSSESSION (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL1968)
7. MY MIRAGE (LIVE FILLMOREEAST 27TH APRIL 1968 SECOND SET)
8. ARE YOU HAPPY (LIVEFILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL1968 SECOND SET)
9. HER FAVOURITE STYLE(LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27THAPRIL 1968)
10. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA(LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27THAPRIL 1968)
11. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMOREEAST 27TH APRIL 1968 SECOND SET)