Live (Iron Butterfly album)

Live is the first live album by Iron Butterfly, released on April 22, 1970. The last album to be recorded with the longstanding quartet of Brann, Bushy, Dorman, and Ingle, it is the only Iron Butterfly album which does not feature more than one lead vocalist. It was a commercial hit, reaching number 20 on the Billboard album chart.^[1][2]

Live
Live album by Iron Butterfly
Released	April 22, 1970
Recorded	May 25–30, 1969
Genre	Psychedelic rock acid rock hard rock jam rock
Length	36:53
Label	Atco
Producer	Richard Podolor
Iron Butterfly chronology
Ball (1969) Live (1970) Metamorphosis (1970)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated Live three out of five stars. He called the album "a dull document of Iron Butterfly's thundering live show," and declared the live rendition of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to be "three times as tedious" as the original version.^[3]

Track listing

Side one

1. "In the Time of Our Lives" (Doug Ingle, Ron Bushy) – 4:23
2. "Filled with Fear" (Ingle) – 3:27
3. "Soul Experience" (Ingle, Bushy, Erik Brann, Lee Dorman) – 3:55
4. "You Can't Win" (Danny Weis, Darryl DeLoach) – 2:48
5. "Are You Happy" (Ingle) – 3:20

Side two

1. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (Ingle) – 19:00

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	17[4]

Personnel

Iron Butterfly

• Erik Brann – guitar
• Doug Ingle – organ, lead vocals
• Lee Dorman – bass, backing vocals
• Ron Bushy – drums

Technical

• Richard Podolor – producer
• Bill Cooper – engineer
• John Kress – album art
• Bob Jenkins, Ron Bushy – photography