
14 June 1968 · 59 YEARS
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
Deep organ riffs and fuzz-laden guitar work anchor the album. These recordings from Los Angeles highlight a jam-heavy intensity that provided a foundation for the emerging heavy metal genre.
Band members famously slurred the title of the seventeen-minute closing track during rehearsals, which stuck as the official name. This lengthy composition occupies an entire side of the disc, marking a departure from standard studio conventions.