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Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab SuperVinyl Limited Edition 000223 of 3,000 numbered copies MINT Few songs are more instantly recognized or more influential, infamous, and, yes, notorious than Iron Butterfly s In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
The anchor of the mind-trip of an album of the same name, it occupies an entire side of an LP and runs for 17 minutes and five seconds, both bold moves in 1968 that changed how artists approached music in the studio and how listeners experienced it at home.
The California-based group s sophomore record also blew open the possibilities associated with psychedelia, heavy arrangements, and suggested meanings.
And with apologies to those who might ve heard it in a chemical haze in the late 1960s, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida has never sounded more transformative than it does now.
Mastered from the original master tapes, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, and limited to 3,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity s 180g SuperVinyl LP places the work s organ-drenched melodies, acid-rock scope, mind-warping effects, and cauldron-bubbling rhythms on a soundstage about as massive as the concert stage depicted on the album cover.
Speaking of the latter, Mobile Fidelity s faithful-to-the-original graphics and first-rate reproductions of the lava-lamp-ready colors are as close as you re going to get to seeing the famous artwork in pristine form lest you come across a copy untouched by five decades of aging.
Sonically, this collectible audiophile reissue offers elite levels of separation, balance, and imaging that put the quartet s accomplishments into greater perspective.
MoFi s SuperVinyl profile means superb groove definition, a nearly non-existent noise floor, and stunningly quiet surfaces further the realism and presence you ll experience.
Often overlooked, the first side of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida features a wealth of period-era garage rock and stoner pop teeming with hummable hooks, fuzz-guitar riffs, and a decidedly mystical aura.
Songs such as the strolling Are You Happy and cryptically spiritual My Mirage beg for inclusion on any of Lenny Kaye s renowned Nuggets compilations not to mention placement alongside the finest Doors material of the era.
Led by Doug Ingle s distinctive and patient baritone, the tunes seemingly dangle in space and prepare the senses for the unexpected.
And that moment arrives as soon as Ingle s fingers dance across his organ keys and a come-hither groove at once adventurous and alluring, deranged and sinister, hallucinatory and chromatic kicks in and doesn t again let up until you ve been dragged through a vibrant cosmic universe.
Long rumored to have been a substitute for the phrase in the garden of Eden, and misinterpreted due to Ingle s inebriated state as well as because of communication problems between headphones in the recording studio, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida juggles tension and excess to high-wire-thrilling degrees.
Yes, it contains what many consider an unnecessary drum solo, but akin to the extended duration of the song, the percussive break belongs and remains part of the charm.
Not to mention a lasting piece of pop-culture phenomena.
In a year that also saw the release of Electric Ladyland, Beggars Banquet, The Beatles, Astral Weeks, Cheap Thrills, Music from Big Pink, and The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida became Atlantic Records biggest-ever-selling album at that point and spent 140 weeks on the album chart 81 of them in the Top 10.
A severely edited version of the title track rose as far as 30 on the singles chart.
It has been subsequently referenced in everything from The Simpsons to Seinfeld to Home Improvement.
MoFi SuperVinyl Developed by NEOTECH and RTI, MoFi SuperVinyl is the most exacting-to-specification vinyl compound devised.
Expensive and extremely painstaking to produce, the special proprietary compound addresses two specific areas of improvement: noise floor reduction and enhanced groove definition.
The vinyl composition features a carbonless dye hold the disc up to the light and see and produces ultra-quiet surfaces.
This high-definition formula also allows for the creation of clean grooves that are virtually indistinguishable from the original lacquer.
