IRON BUTTERFLY - Unconscious Power: An Anthology 1967-1971 - 7CD - Box Set [MAY 2]

7CD - Limited Edition Box Set: 

• 7 disc box set anthology celebrating the music of legendary American Acid Rock band Iron Butterfly. Featuring 87 tracks on 7CDs including the albums ‘Heavy’, ‘In A Gadda da Vida', ‘Ball’, ‘Live' & ‘Metamorphosis’.

• With 25 bonus tracks (18 of which are previously unreleased on CD) drawn from rare mono mixes and singles.

• With two discs recorded live at The Fillmore East in New York in April 1968.

• Remastered from the original Atlantic Records master tapes.

•  Includes a lavishly illustrated book with an extensive essay & poster.

Iron Butterfly first came together in San Diego, California in 1966. The band’s psychedelic and acid rock style was honed during regular appearances at LA venues such as the Whisky a Go Go and the Galaxy Club, which saw Iron Butterfly develop a loyal following and led to the band signing with Atlantic’s Atco label in 1967.

HEAVY was released in January 1968, entering the US Billboard charts and eventually earning gold disc status. The album IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA, issued in June 1968, would break the band into star status. The band’s third album, BALL, was released in January 1969 and was even more successful, reaching number 3 in the US and spawning the hit singles ‘Soul Experience’ and ‘In the Time of Our Lives’.

UNCONSCIOUS POWER – AN ANTHOLOGY 1967 – 1971 features all of the albums issued on Atco, all newly remastered from the original master tapes, and additionally includes the rare mono mixes of the albums HEAVY and LIVE, 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: 

DISC ONE -  HEAVY - THE STEREO ALBUM MIX
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)
HEAVY - THE MONO 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)
BONUS TRACKS
21. DON’T LOOK DOWN ON ME (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD)
22. POSSESSION (1967 RECORDING) (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD)

DISC TWO - IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
1. MOST ANYTHING YOU WANT
2. FLOWERS AND BEADS
3. MY MIRAGE
4. TERMINATION
5. ARE YOU HAPPY
6. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLE –RELEASED IN JULY 1968
7. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME (SINGLE VERSION)
8. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA (SINGLE VERSION)

DISC THREE - BALL
1. IN THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
2. SOUL EXPERIENCE
3. LONELY BOY
4. REAL FRIGHT
5. IN THE CROWDS
6. IT MUST BE LOVE
7. HER FAVOURITE STYLE
8. FILLED WITH FEAR
9. BELDA-BEAST
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLE – RELEASED IN JUNE 1969
10. IN THE TIME OF OUR LIVES (SINGLE VERSION)
11. IN THE CROWDS (SINGLE VERSION)
A & B-SIDES OF SINGLE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 1969
12. I CAN’T HELP BUT DECEIVE YOU, LITTLE GIRL
13. TO BE ALONE

DISC FOUR - LIVE – STEREO ALBUM MIX
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
LIVE – MONO ALBUM MIX
7. IN THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
8. FILLED WITH FEAR
9. SOUL EXPERIENCE
10. YOU CAN’T WIN
11. ARE YOU HAPPY
12. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA

DISC FIVE - TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM METAMORPHOSIS
1. FREE FLIGHT
2. NEW DAY
3. SHADY LADY
4. BEST YEARS OF OUR LIFE
5. SLOWER THAN GUNS
6. STONE BELIEVER
7. SOLDIER IN OUR TOWN
8. EASY RIDER (LET THE WIND PAY THE WAY)
9. BUTTERFLY BLEU
BONUS TRACK - (A-SIDE OF SINGLE RELEASED IN APRIL 1971)
10. SILLY SALLY

DISC SIX
- “LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK 26TH APRIL 1968” FIRST SHOW:
1. FIELDS OF SUN (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
2. YOU CAN’T WIN (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
3. UNCONSCIOUS POWER (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
4. ARE YOU HAPPY (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
5. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
6. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
SECOND SHOW
7. STAMPED IDEAS (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
8. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
9. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968)
10. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 26TH APRIL 1968 – SECOND SET)

DISC SEVEN - “LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK 27TH APRIL 1968”
FIRST SHOW
1. ARE YOU HAPPY (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
2. UNCONSCIOUS POWER (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
3. MY MIRAGE (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
4. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
5. IRON BUTTERFLY THEME (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
SECOND SHOW
6. POSSESSION (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
7. MY MIRAGE (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968 – SECOND SET)
8. ARE YOU HAPPY (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968 – SECOND SET)
9. HER FAVOURITE STYLE (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
10. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968)
11. SO-LO (LIVE FILLMORE EAST 27TH APRIL 1968 – SECOND SET)