Iron Butterfly With Pinera & Rhino – Metamorphosis Label: ATCO Records – SD 33-339 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, CTH - Terre Haute Pressing Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock A1 Free Flight 0:40 A2 New Day 3:08 A3 Shady Lady 3:50 A4 Best Years Of Our Life 3:55 A5 Slower Than Guns 3:37 A6 Stone Believer 5:20 B1 Soldier In Our Town 3:10 B2 Easy Rider (Let The Wind Pay The Way) 3:06 B3 Butterfly Bleu 14:03 Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Published By – Marlu Music Recorded At – American Recording Co. Arranged By – Iron Butterfly, Richard Podolor Bass – Lee Dorman Cover [Back Cover] – Robert Blue (2) Drums – Ron Bushy Engineer – Bill Cooper Guitar – El Rhino Guitar, Lead Vocals – Mike Pinera Lyrics By – Robert Woods Edmonson (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B2) Management – Professional Talent Associates, Inc. Organ, Lead Vocals – Doug Ingle Photography By [Front Cover Photo], Art Direction – Environmental Communications, Roger Webster Photography By [Inside Photos], Art Direction – Bob Jenkins (3) Producer – Richard Podolor Sitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Richard Podolor Twelve-String Guitar – Bill Cooper Written-By – Iron Butterfly Pressed at Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute per "CTH" at end of matrix number on labels. Recorded at American Recording Company, Studio City, California.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.