TOP MINT ORIG 1969 IRON BUTTERFLY BALL BEST HEAVY ACID PSYCH GARAGE GEM

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            TOP COPY = MINT CLEAN = 1969 ORIGINAL

                     PSYCHEDELIC BUTTERFLY

                      IRON BUTTERFLY

                 BALL                

                         USA - ATCO - SD - 33 280 - stereo

BEAUTIFUL ...MINT TOP COPY = CRISP, SMOOTH and SOLID all over = original 1969 first pressing in old style unipack gatefold cover ...the 3rd Iron Butterfly album is an underestimated terrific listen with the tight infectious tunes soaked in swirl organ, crashing guitar & the heavy Doug Ingle voice ...

Ball was 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 shorter, more melodic compositions. The band's trademark heavy guitars, however, are still evident on such tracks as "In the Time of Our Lives" and "It Must Be Love." The album reached number 3, making Ball more immediately successful than In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

***The opening track In the Time of Our Lives is an explosive wonderful opener with knife scraping guitar effects...the best opener of any Iron Butterfly album. This song is moody, dark and sorrowful and was way ahead of its time with those scraping guitar effects - wow!

Soul Experience is a beautiful track, one of Iron Butterfly's most melodic psychedelic songs.

Lonely Boy is the only weak track off this album, although some are quite fond of it with a soulful groove, great psychedelic atmosphere and great guitar solo by Erik Braunn.

Real Fright is one of Iron Butterfly's more intense paced and darker songs. The title is pretty self-explanatory, the song is about being so deathly afraid to the point of going completely insane.

In the Crowds is the most pop oriented song off this album, but no more than the first half of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (such as Flowers & Beads, Most Anything You Want, etc...)

It Must Be Love is just simply one of their best.

Filled with Fear - One of Iron Butterfly's darkest and most powerful songs. It pretty much continues where Real Fright left off, lyrically wise that is. It is about a person who is losing their mind to fear and knows it, but can't stop it. The only thing they can do is sit there and watch as their mind withers away.

Belda Beast is perhaps Iron Butterfly's best they ever recorded. It is completely drenched in acid and wrung out with the most melodic psychedelia the band ever attempted. It is sung by Erik Braunn with the most beautiful guitaring he's ever done. This is simply their most progressive song.

 In the Times of Our Lives 4:50
 Soul Experience 2:52
 Lonely Boy 4:56
 Real Fright - 2:44
 In the Crowds - 2:13
 It Must Be Love - 4:26
 Her Favorite Style - 3:13
 Filled With Fear - 3:46
 Belda-Beast - 5:50

CONDITION: The cover: The old style unipak gatefold cover is a beautiful MINT ... thin cover is fragile and most all copires have some wear, here there is NO wear, no bends, no writing, no split seams, no delete marks...in other words pristine archive copy

The vinyl: quite simply, clear M- all shiny both sides...plays fabulously vibrant throughout playgrade revealed a very underestimated solid album, canidate for re-discovery...

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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