Iron Butterfly - Unconscious Power: Anthology 1967-1971 (CD)

Details: Seven CD set. Digitally remastered box set featuring all of the albums and singles recorded by the legendary American acid/progressive rock band Iron Butterfly recorded for Atlantic's Atco label between 1967 and 1971 and additional recordings made at the Fillmore East in New York City in April 1968. In October 1967, the band recorded their debut album, Heavy, which was released in January 1968. The album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, issued in June 1968, would break the band into star status. It reached a height of #4 in the US charts and went on to sell a million copies. An edited version of the title track was issued as a single and reached the US top thirty. The band's third album, Ball, was released in January 1969 and was even more successful, reaching #3 in the US. The band undertook a punishing touring schedule and a series on concerts were recorded in May 1969, finally to be issued as Live in April 1970. They released Metamorphosis in May 1970 which saw the band take a heavier direction. After releasing a final single, Silly Sally in April 1971. Iron Butterfly disbanded. Although they would reform in the mid-1970s and continue to perform and record sporadically afterwards, their recorded work for Atco Records remains their main legacy. Unconcious Power - An Anthology 1967 - 1971 features all of the albums issued on Atco, all newly re-mastered from the original master tapes, and additionally includes the rare mono mixes of the albums Heavy and Live, (the only true separate mono mixes of their albums), 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.

Tracklist:

1. Possession (Stereo Album Mix)
2. Unconscious Power (Stereo Album Mix)
3. Get Out of My Life Woman (Stereo Album Mix)
4. Gentle As It May Seem (Stereo Album Mix)
5. You Can't Win (Stereo Album Mix)
6. So-Lo (Stereo Album Mix)
7. Look for the Sun (Stereo Album Mix)
8. Fields of Sun (Stereo Album Mix)
9. Stamped Ideas (Stereo Album Mix)
10. Iron Butterfly Theme (Stereo Album Mix)
11. Possession (Mono Album Mix)
12. Unconscious Power (Mono Album Mix)
13. Get Out of My Life Woman (Mono Album Mix)
14. Gentle As It May Seem (Mono Album Mix)
15. You Can't Win (Mono Album Mix)
16. So-Lo (Mono Album Mix)
17. Look for the Sun (Mono Album Mix)
18. Fields of Sun (Mono Album Mix)
19. Stamped Ideas (Mono Album Mix)
20. Iron Butterfly Theme (Mono Album Mix)
21. Don't Look Down on Me (Previously Unreleased on CD)
22. Possession (1967 Recording) (Previously Unreleased on CD)
23. Most Anything You Want
24. Flowers and Beads
25. My Mirage
26. Termination
27. Are You Happy
28. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
29. Iron Butterfly Theme (Single Version)
30. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Version)
31. In the Time of Our Lives
32. Soul Experience
33. Lonely Boy
34. Real Fright
35. In the Crowds
36. It Must Be Love
37. Her Favourite Style
38. Filled with Fear
39. Belda-Beast
40. In the Time of Our Lives (Single Version)
41. In the Crowds (Single Version)
42. I Can't Help But Deceive You Little Girl
43. To Be Alone
44. In the Time of Our Lives
45. Filled with Fear
46. Soul Experience
47. You Can't Win
48. Are You Happy
49. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
50. In the Time of Our Lives
51. Filled with Fear
52. Soul Experience
53. You Can't Win
54. Are You Happy
55. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
56. Free Flight
57. New Day
58. Shady Lady
59. Best Years of Our Life
60. Slower Than Guns
61. Stone Believer
62. Soldier in Our Town
63. Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)
64. Butterfly Bleu
65. Silly Sally
66. Fields of Sun (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
67. You Can't Win (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
68. Unconscious Power (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
69. Are You Happy (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
70. So-Lo (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
71. Iron Butterfly Theme (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
72. Stamped Ideas (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
73. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
74. So-Lo (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968)
75. Iron Butterfly Theme (Live Fillmore East 26th April 1968 - Second Set)
76. Are You Happy (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
77. Unconscious Power (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
78. My Mirage (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
79. So-Lo (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
80. Iron Butterfly Theme (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
81. Possession (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
82. My Mirage (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968 - Second Set)
83. Are You Happy (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968 - Second Set)
84. Her Favourite Style (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
85. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968)
86. So-Lo (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968 - Second Set)
87. Iron Butterfly Theme (Live Fillmore East 27th April 1968 - Second Set)