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Heavy was Iron Butterfly's debut album, released in early 1968. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Iron Butterfly is an American Psychedelic rock and early Heavy metal band well known for their 1968 hit " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Atco Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Iron Butterfly is an American Psychedelic rock and early Heavy metal band well known for their 1968 hit " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is a rock album by the band Iron Butterfly, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music) Iron Butterfly is an American Psychedelic rock and early Heavy metal band well known for their 1968 hit " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Most of the songs are fairly simple and based largely on the opening riffs, interspersed with some pop songs and blues covers.

The first two tracks, "Possession" and "Unconscious Power", were both written by keyboardist Doug Ingle and released as the respective sides of a single. Doug Ingle (born September 9, 1946 in Omaha Nebraska, US) was the organist vocalist and primary Composer for the

"Iron Butterfly Theme" is a riff-driven instrumental, and one of the longest tracks on the album (it is over four minutes long). It contains some musical themes also present in the band's mega-hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".

The album's artwork depicts the band members playing their respective instruments beside a larger-than-life monument of a human ear, with then-singer Darryl DeLoach sitting atop the monument playing a tambourine. The ear is the sense organ that detects Sounds The Vertebrate ear shows a common biology from Fish to Humans with variations Darryl James DeLoach ( September 12, 1947, Santa Barbara California – October 3, 2002, San Diego California) was a member The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles

Three of the group's members (Jerry Penrod, Darryl DeLoach and Danny Weis) left the band shortly after the album was recorded, leaving Ingle and drummer Ron Bushy to find replacements. Ron Bushy (b December 23, 1945) is a co-founder and Drummer of the rock band Iron Butterfly. Heavy eventually went Gold in the US.

Track listing

"Possession" (Ingle) – 2:45
"Unconscious Power" (Bushy, Ingle, Weis) – 2:32
"Get Out of My Life, Woman" (Toussaint) – 3:58
"Gentle as It May Seem" (DeLoach, Weis) – 2:28
"You Can't Win" (DeLoach, Weis) – 2:41
"So-Lo " (DeLoach, Ingle) – 4:05
"Look for the Sun" (DeLoach, Ingle, Weis) – 2:14
"Fields of Sun" (DeLoach, Ingle) – 3:12
"Stamped Ideas" (DeLoach, Ingle) – 2:08
"Iron Butterfly Theme" (Ingle) – 4:34

Singles Released From the Album

US Singles

Unconscious Power/Possession
Radio EP: Iron Butterfly Theme & Possession/Get Out Of My Life, Woman & Unconscious Power

International Singles

Iron Butterfly Theme/So-Lo

Personnel

Doug Ingle - keyboards, vocals
Ron Bushy - drums
Jerry Penrod - bass guitar, vocals
Darryl DeLoach - vocals, guitar, tambourine, percussion
Danny Weis - guitar

" Possession " b/w " Evil Temptation " is a rare single released by Iron Butterfly from 1966-1967 Doug Ingle (born September 9, 1946 in Omaha Nebraska, US) was the organist vocalist and primary Composer for the Ron Bushy (b December 23, 1945) is a co-founder and Drummer of the rock band Iron Butterfly. Allen Toussaint, ˈtuːseɪnt (born January 14 1938 is an American Musician, Songwriter and Record producer. Darryl James DeLoach ( September 12, 1947, Santa Barbara California – October 3, 2002, San Diego California) was a member Doug Ingle (born September 9, 1946 in Omaha Nebraska, US) was the organist vocalist and primary Composer for the Ron Bushy (b December 23, 1945) is a co-founder and Drummer of the rock band Iron Butterfly. Jerry "The Bear" Penrod (born September 25 1946 in San Diego, California) is a Bass player. Darryl James DeLoach ( September 12, 1947, Santa Barbara California – October 3, 2002, San Diego California) was a member Guitarist Danny Weis (born September 28, 1948 in Huntington Park California) was a founding member of Iron Butterfly and appeared on the band's

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