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Iron Butterfly - Iron Butterfly Live Audio CD

A fair review of the Iron Butterfly "Iron Butterfly Live" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Iron Butterfly reviews here, or go back to the Iron Butterfly tabs.

Iron Butterfly Band: Iron Butterfly
Title: Iron Butterfly Live
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Release Date: 1991-07-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: In the Time of Our Lives 2: Filled With Fear 3: Soul Experience 4: You Can't Win 5: Are You Happy 6: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Don't waste your money on this version
Unfortunately the live version is NOT nearly as good as the original on the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album (vinyl). I bought this album specifically to get the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida mp3 long version. The quality of the sound is poor, the audience noise is distracting, and the variations the band used here were not an improvement. I have just ordered the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album (remastered CD) in hopes the sound will be better and it will be the song I actually remember. (I played this for hours and hours for months on end when it came out and I was absolutely sober every time. If I still had a decent turntable, I would look for a good used original record. ) So it has now cost me twice as much as just buying the CD in the first place. Once the CD arrives and I get a chance to listen to it, I will try to remember to update this review and tell you if that is a better option. My advice is to skip the "Live" album. .


Iron Butterfly Live
This live album serves as a testament to that fact. As one of the founding fathers of today's heavy metal rock music, Iron Butterfly has them power, drive, and sound that made them unique in the world of rock music. Eventhough the recordings of live concerts from the late 1960's through the mid 1980's was primative at best (by today's standards), this live recording of Iron Butterfly captures most of the groups best music durring their prime as a chart-topping group of that era. This is a "must-have" for all Iron Butterfly fans.


Ain't worth it, even for Butterfly fans
First off, it's a shade too fast. The first five tracks are decent versions, but if you are interested it for a version of "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" that's two minutes longer, forget it. Then somewhere along the way, bassist Lee Dorman and guitarist Erik Brann get bored with the signature ostinato that made the song great in the first place. And if they'd based this album on a wider range of performances, or hadn't begrudged us an extra song, they could have ended with the "Iron Butterfly Theme". I saw them during the tour supporting the "Ball" release and they ended the show with that one by Brann putting his axe in the stand with the last note still sustaining as he walked offstage until the local DJ who acted as emcee came out and shut it off before msking his last announcement.


Iron Butterfly - 'Live' (Rhino)
To anyone who's often taken a look at my reviews,I usually love live lp's. For some unexplainable reason(s),I've never been able to much get into this live album. Oh,'Live' isn't terrible,it just isn't 'great' either,as most other fans have noted that it's one of the best live albums from that era. Only two cuts here I even liked were "Soul Experience" and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". Too bad this disc didn't have "The Iron Butterfly Theme". Now,THAT might've made a huge difference.


Iron Butterfly's Best Album
Not much more I can say than that. .

Even a year later. . . we still miss you Erik.

-Your "Lil Bro", Jon.


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