With a run time of 17:05 minutes, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida” took up the entire second side of the Iron Butterfly album. For radio, the track was chopped down to just under three minutes.
It’s been 58 years since Iron Butterfly changed rock music with the career-defining song, “In-A-Gadda-Da Vida.” The monstrous track, which appeared on the June 14, 1968, album of the same name, ...