Live (Iron Butterfly album)
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Live is the first live album by Iron Butterfly
, released in 1970. It was a commercial hit, reaching #20 on the Billboard album charts.
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly is a US psychedelic rock band best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has been reincarnated with various members. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the 31st best-selling album in the world, selling more than 25 million copies.-History:The...
, released in 1970. It was a commercial hit, reaching #20 on the Billboard album charts.
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated Live three out of five stars. He called the album "a dull document of Iron Butterfly's thundering live show", and said that the live rendition of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is "three times as tedious" than the original version.Side 1
- "In the Time of Our Lives" (Doug IngleDoug IngleDoug Ingle is a founding member and former organist, vocalist and primary composer for the band Iron Butterfly. He also had a short stint with the pop group Stark Naked and the Car Thieves in the early 1970s after he left Iron Butterfly.- Biography :Ingle's father Lloyd, a church organist,...
/Ron BushyRon BushyRon Bushy is the drummer of the rock band Iron Butterfly.He was born in Washington, D.C. on December 23, 1945. He grew up in a military family, living in approximately 34 states during his youth...
) – 4:23 - "Filled with Fear" (Ingle) – 3:27
- "Soul Experience" (Ingle/Bushy/Erik Brann/Lee DormanLee DormanLee Dorman is an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock band Iron Butterfly. He also played in the band Captain Beyond. Dorman is from St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to San Diego, California in the 1960s. He began playing bass guitar in his teens...
) – 3:55 - "You Can't Win" (Danny WeisDanny WeisGuitarist Danny Weis is best known as a founding member of both Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros, as well as co-writer of Rhinoceros's only charting single, "Apricot Brandy"...
/Darryl DeLoach) – 2:48 - "Are You Happy" (Ingle) – 3:20
Band members
- Doug IngleDoug IngleDoug Ingle is a founding member and former organist, vocalist and primary composer for the band Iron Butterfly. He also had a short stint with the pop group Stark Naked and the Car Thieves in the early 1970s after he left Iron Butterfly.- Biography :Ingle's father Lloyd, a church organist,...
- Lead Vocals/Organ - Erik Brann - Guitar
- Lee DormanLee DormanLee Dorman is an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock band Iron Butterfly. He also played in the band Captain Beyond. Dorman is from St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to San Diego, California in the 1960s. He began playing bass guitar in his teens...
- Bass/Vocals - Ron BushyRon BushyRon Bushy is the drummer of the rock band Iron Butterfly.He was born in Washington, D.C. on December 23, 1945. He grew up in a military family, living in approximately 34 states during his youth...
- Drums