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From '' Isolation For Creation ''
Label: Fuz Records -- MCC-RHS 001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Pink Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1983
Tracklist
A1 Nothing Can Change The Shape Of Things To Come
A2 Johnny
A3 Shape Of Things
A4 We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly4Kd9me00k
A5 Seclusion Theme
A6 Green Fuz
A7 The Unlocked Door
B1 Do It Right
B2 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
B3 10,000 Years
B4 Venus
B5 Fortune Teller
B6 Shaped (Dub Mix)
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''In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'' is a song by Iron Butterfly, released on their 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
The track was recorded on May 27, 1968, at Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.
The single reached number thirty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
In later years, band members claimed that the track was produced by Long Island producer George "Shadow" Morton, who earlier had supervised the recordings of the band Vanilla Fudge.
Morton subsequently stated in several interviews that he had agreed to do so at the behest of Atlantic Records chief Ahmet Ertegun, but he also allowed that he was drinking heavily at the time and that his actual oversight of the recording was minimal.
Neither Casale nor Morton receives credit on the album, while Hilton was credited as both its sound engineer and producer.
The song is featured prominently in the climax of the film Manhunter as well as (under the title "In the Garden of Eden", referencing the popular story about the mondegreen) in The Simpsons episode Bart Sells His Soul.
The song was also heard briefly in the film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
The song was played on bagpipes during a funeral in the series finale of Rescue Me.
Overview
The song is considered significant in rock history because, together with music by Blue Cheer, Jimi Hendrix and Steppenwolf, it marks the time period when psychedelic music began to form heavy metal.
In 2009, it was named the 24th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.
A commonly related story says that the song's title was originally "In the Garden of Eden" but at one point in the course of rehearsing and recording, singer Doug Ingle became intoxicated and slurred the words, creating the mondegreen that stuck as the title.
However, the liner notes on 'the best of' CD compilation state that drummer Ron Bushy was listening to the track through headphones, and could not clearly distinguish what Doug Ingle answered when Ron asked him for the title of the song (which was originally "In-the-Garden-of-Eden").
An alternate explanation, as given in the liner notes of the 1995 re-release of the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album, is that Ingle was drunk or high, or both, when he first told Bushy the title, and Bushy wrote it down.
Bushy then showed Ingle what he had written, and the slurred title stuck.
Presumed Pinera Remake
A rare European compilation album issued in Italy features a short remake in the style of the above single edit.
The singing and guitar playing is almost certainly Mike Pinera.
It is unknown at this time who the other musicians are.
However the style of bass-playing and organ-playing are quite unlike the original.
Boney M. version
"Children of Paradise" / "Gadda-Da-Vida" is a 1980 single by German band Boney M. Intended to be the first single off the group's fifth album Boonoonoonoos (scheduled for a November 1980 release), the single was ultimately never included because the album release was delayed for one year.
"Children of Paradise" peaked at #11 in the German charts, whereas it became the group's lowest placing in the UK at #66 only.
Boney M. would use the double A-side format in this period, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2 being more squarely aimed at discos.
The sides would usually be switched on the accompanying 12″ single.
Although no-one knew, at the time it was recorded, "Gadda-Da-Vida" became a controversial Boney M. record since it turned out none of the original members sang on it.
Due to a fall-out between producer Frank Farian and the group, he had session singers La Mama (Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley and Madeleine Davis) sing the female vocals while he did the deep male vocals as usual.
The group only promoted it once on TV. Two different single edits were done of the full 9-minute version that appeared on the 12-inch single.
"Gadda-Da-Vida" was the A-side in Japan.
Only the French release correctly stated the song title as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".