Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly
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Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly is a greatest hits album released in 1971 by Iron Butterfly
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...

. Songs come from four of their albums: Heavy, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Ball
Ball (Iron Butterfly album)
Ball is the third studio album by the rock band Iron Butterfly, released in February 1969. After the enormous success of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", Iron Butterfly modified its acid-rock sound somewhat and experimented with more melodic compositions. The band's trademark heavy guitars, however, are still...

, and Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis (Iron Butterfly album)
Metamorphosis is the fourth studio album by Iron Butterfly, released in 1970. Though it was not as successful as its predecessor Ball , it reached number 16 on the US charts. The album was recorded as a trio; Erik Brann, who left because of band disputes, was replaced by four session guitarists...

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Side one

  1. "Iron Butterfly Theme" (Doug Ingle) – 4:34
  2. "Possession
    Possession (Iron Butterfly song)
    "Possession" b/w "Evil Temptation" is a rare single recorded by Iron Butterfly between 1967 and 1968, but not released until 1970 for unknown reasons. The first side is "Possession", which is the same version from their earlier single, "Don't Look Down on Me".On the flip side is "Evil Temptation",...

    " (Ingle) – 2:45
  3. "Unconscious Power" (Ingle, Danny Weis, Ron Bushy) – 2:32
  4. "Flowers and Beads" (Ingle) – 3:05
  5. "Termination" (Erik Braunn) – 3:00
  6. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
    "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is a song by Iron Butterfly, released on their 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.At a little over seventeen minutes, it occupies the entire second side of the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album. The lyrics are simple, and heard only at the beginning and the end...

     (45 RPM single edit)" (Ingle) – 2:52

Side two

  1. "Soul Experience" (Ingle, Bushy, Braunn, Lee Dorman) – 2:53
  2. "Stone Believer" (Ingle, Bushy, Dorman) – 4:25
  3. "Belda-Beast" (Braunn) – 5:45
  4. "Easy Rider" (Ingle, Bushy, Dorman, Robert Woods Edmonson) – 3:06
  5. "Slower Than Guns" (Ingle, Bushy, Dorman, Edmonson) – 3:22

Band members

  • Doug Ingle
    Doug Ingle
    Doug 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 (except where indicated), organs
  • Jerry Penrod
    Jerry Penrod
    Jerry "The Bear" Penrod is a bass player. He was a member of Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros. In addition to playing bass with Iron Butterfly, he contributed one of the lead vocals on their song "Look for the Sun".- References :...

     – bass on Side 1 tracks 1–3
  • Darryl DeLoach – tambourine and backing vocals on Side 1 tracks 1–3
  • Danny Weis
    Danny Weis
    Guitarist 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"...

     – guitars on Side 1 tracks 1–3
  • Erik Brann – guitars on Side 1 tracks 4–6 and Side 2 tracks 1 & 3, lead vocals on "Termination" and "Belda-Beast"
  • Lee Dorman
    Lee Dorman
    Lee 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 and backing vocals on Side 1 tracks 4-6 and all Side 2 tracks
  • Ron Bushy
    Ron Bushy
    Ron 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
  • Mike Pinera
    Mike Pinera
    Mike Pinera is an American guitarist who started professionally in the late 1960s with the group Blues Image, which had a #4 hit in 1970 with their song "Ride Captain Ride". After the breakup of that group, he joined Iron Butterfly, and later formed the group Ramatam...

     – guitar on Side 2 tracks 2, 4 & 5, additional lead vocal on "Stone Believer"
  • Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt – guitar on Side 2 tracks 2, 4 & 5
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