Release Date: 02 May 2025
Label: Esoteric / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 7
Barcode: 5013929474482
Genres: Rock
Description
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 band's psychedelic and acid rock style was honed during regular appearances at LA venues such as the Whisky a Go Go and the Galaxy Club, which saw Iron Butterfly develop a loyal following and led to the band signing with Atlantic's Atco label in 1967.
HEAVY was released in January 1968, entering the US Billboard charts and eventually earning gold disc status. The album IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA, issued in June 1968, would break the band into star status. The band's third album, BALL, was released in January 1969 and was even more successful, reaching number 3 in the US and spawning the hit singles 'Soul Experience' and '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 mono mixes of the albums HEAVY and LIVE, both previously unreleased on CD, along with two CDs of recordings made at the Fillmore East in New York City on the 26th and 27th April 1968. It also includes all of the band's US non-album singles and single edits and a lavishly illustrated booklet with a new essay featuring interviews with Ron Bushy and Mike Pinera and a poster.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
Toyah
Toyah
The Riot Squad
The Fall
The Fall
Nightwing
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
