16251 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I was thinking about all those comments from the recent FKJ and thinking those people must of missed these classic songs. Here's one - In a Gadda Da Vida, one of my earliest keyboard influences. You could cut and paste those comments from FKJ to this video. [video:youtube] Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I think I may be in the minority, but I happen to adore Iron Butterfly. Granted, some of the stuff they did sounds kinda teeny-bopper, but a lot of it was hard rock or proto-prog and that's right up my alley. Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I bought that album shortly after it came out...I was in third grade! A neighbor who was a high school freshman (an adult to my third grade eyes) played it incessantly, I had to have it. My first LP. I still love that song... Interesting custom legs that Doug Ingle put on his Vox so he could play standing. They look vaguely like the legs on an RMI...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I was working in a record store when that album came out and it was biggest selling album ATCO Records ever had. I grew tired of the song real fast, I like the original band with Danny Weiss on guitar a lot more. I used to hear the original at the Galaxy club a couple doors down from the Whiskey all the time. I saw them many years later as a power trio opening for Etta James at a bar in Venice. They were burned out stoner zombies that night it was sad they just stood there playing with empty eyes, yes they did In a Gadda Da Vida as a trio with Mike Pinera on guitar not keyboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoMan51 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Can"t help myself... [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Well, that was the intended title of the song... By the way, there were rumors floating around that Mr. Ed was the lead singer of Iron Butterfly. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatoboy Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I've recorded at Don Casale's house here on LI in his fine home basement studio... he has the Gold LP on the Wall of IAGDV... he was the engineer on the recording so I think he got one... Nice guy, knowledgeable.... old board with a BIG sound.... old tube pre-amps on every strip.... it's been a while though since I was there.. I plugged in the old GEM piano module I was using on the date... funny, it never sounded like 'that' in my rigs or in my home studio!! Wikipedia: "The In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida LP peaked at number 4 on the Billboard albums chart[1][2] It was first officially certified a Platinum and 4Ã Multi-Platinum album in the United States on January 26, 1993[3], and achieved worldwide sales of over 30 million copies. It was the biggest selling album for the year 1969 in the US. It was also Atlantic Records' biggest selling album until it was surpassed by Led Zeppelin IV." from Wikipedia" Technical Personnel IAGDV Jim Hilton â producer, engineer Bill Cooper â mixing engineer Don Casale â engineer <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Loring Eutemey â artwork Stephen Paley â photography Erik Brann â guitars, vocals Ron Bushy â drums, percussion Lee Dorman â bass guitar, backing vocals Doug Ingle â Vox Continental organ, vocals[12] Quote CP-50, YC 73, FP-80, PX5-S, NE-5d61, Kurzweil SP6, XK-3, CX-3, Hammond XK-3, Yamaha YUX Upright, '66 B3/Leslie 145/122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I confess that I miss the days when radio stations would play longer pieces of music (e.g. Close To The Edge, at least one entire side of Thick As A Brick or Passion Play, etc.), but nowadays it's all about getting the ads in...plus people had longer attention spans back then. Led Zeppelin gets special dispensation with Kashmir, but you never hear, say, Achilles Last Stand, which I've always loved, and without radio support the tunes fail to gain momentum, so ad money drives bands to produce shorter tunes in order to get airplay. Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamanczarek Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Jim Hilton is credited as producer for the In a Gadda da Vida album. Most of the album was recorded at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles where he was the producer. However, the Song "In a Gadda da Vida" was recorded at Ultra-Sonic Studios in Hempstead, NY. The uncredited producer on that session was George "Shadow" Morton famous for his work with The Shangri-las and Vanilla Fudge. The song was not intended to be so long but Morton thought the band was too uptight to get a good take so he told them to do a run through while he was working on a (fake) equipment problem. Unknown to the band he was actually recording and signaled them to keep playing while he sorted things out. They got the legendary song in one take. Quote C3/122, M102A, Vox V301H, Farfisa Compact, Gibson G101, GEM P, RMI 300A, Piano Bass, Pianet , Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, Matrix 12, OB8, Korg MS20, Jupiter 6, Juno 60, PX-5S, Nord Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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