Artist:  Iron Butterfly with Pinera & Rhino

Title:  Metamorphosis

Date:  1970

Label:  Atco Records   SD-33-339

Front Cover Photo and Art Direction:  Roger Webster

Back Cover:  Robert Blue

Inside Photos and Art Direction:  Bob Jenkins

Notes:  An album full of big sound and even though it's a bit dated still manages to hold your attention all the way through. Every so often they hit a very Steppenwolf-like stride and then go off on their own again. The 14 minute Butterfly Bleu has all of the sixties trappings including a hint of sitar and the scent of jasmine. The back cover art has a very nice deco or Parrish feel to it. The front cover photo sums it all up; cradle to grave.

Line Up:

Lee Dorman
Doug Ingle
Ron Bushy
Mike Pinera
El Rhino

Track Listing

Side 1

Free Flight
New Day
Shady Lady
Best Years of Our Life
Slower Than Guns
Stone Believer

Side 2

Soldier in Our Town
Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)
Butterfly Bleu