Iron Butterfly, a late '60's psychedelic rock band from San Diego released their second album titled "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" in 1968 which became the 31st best selling album in the world. My mom bought this album for me when I was in my pre-teen years and up until that then, it was nothing but my older sister's Beatles albums and my mom's Neil Diamond albums.
The 17 minute title track "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is laced heavy with B3 organ, electric guitar and a ripping bass line that is the trademark of the song. The beat changes midway on the track and the drums break into a tribal sounding drum solo which was totally out of place back then. If you listen to this track today, the song in my opinion still stands the test of time and it paved the way for other epic heavy rock tunes to grace the AM radio airwaves of the late '60s and early '70's.
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