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Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits Reprised, and Flashback with Iron Butterfly

January 10, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Two long out-of-print greatest hits collections are back in print today thanks to the fine folks at Rhino Records.  Iron Butterfly’s Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly arrived on the Atco label in 1971 and brought together 11 tracks from the hard rock pioneers’ first four albums.  Andy Gibb’s 1991 Greatest Hits, originally on the Polydor label, differed from the 1980 RSO Records hits compilation, and offered 12 prime pop cuts from the youngest of the Brothers Gibb.

Although Rhino’s Light and Heavy: The Best of Iron Butterfly upped the number of tracks to 21 for the compact disc era, Evolution was the original LP worn out by fans of the “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” rockers.  Its 11 songs are all drawn from Heavy (1968), In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), Ball (1969) and Metamorphosis (1970).  The calling card of the band, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” is heard in its edited single version.  Together with Rhino Handmade’ s lavish 2-CD Fillmore East 1968 (watch for a review coming soon!), the all-killer, no-filler Evolution is a great reminder of one of the first bands to synthesize strains of hard rock, acid rock and psychedelia into a successful whole.  The group’s personnel, alas, wasn’t as consistent as its sound, dogged by line-up changes almost from the start.  Evolution is a fine opportunity, though, to remember guitarist Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt, who died on January 2 at the age of 63.  He can be heard on the tracks culled from Metamorphosis.  Doug Ingle's organ and vocals tie the disparate tracks together: the garage fury of "Unconscious Power," the pop of "Flowers and Beads," the prog rock-anticipating instrumental force of "Iron Butterfly Theme," the acid psychedelia of "Belda-Beast" and the folk-rock of "Slower than Guns."  Evolution is a particular bargain courtesy the budget Rhino Flashback line; you'll likely find it for around five bucks!

Hit the jump for the scoop on the re-release from Andy Gibb, plus order links and track listings for both titles!

A welcome part of the 2010 Bee Gees box set Mythology was the inclusion of an entire disc devoted to the music of Andy Gibb, the youngest Gibb brother who tragically died in 1988 at the age of 30. Andy’s music was a family affair, and like his brothers, he found remarkable chart success.  Brother Barry’s song “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” was Andy’s first single outside of Australia, and it shot to America’s No. 1 spot in 1977, with “(Love is) Thicker Than Water” following it straight to the top. (It was a very Gibb year: “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water” replaced “Stayin’ Alive” atop the American charts, only to be displaced itself by “Night Fever.”)  All four Gibb brothers teamed to write “Shadow Dancing,” which made history for Andy when it hit No. 1 and he became the first male solo artist to have three consecutive No. 1 singles!  You’ll hear all of those on Greatest Hits, as well as the perennial “An Everlasting Love” and beautiful “(Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away,” also recorded by both The Bee Gees and Barry’s duet partner, Barbra Streisand.  Andy Gibb’s solo catalogue has been frustratingly out-of-print for years now despite only consisting of three studio albums, so this reissue on the Reprise label is a real step in the right direction!

Both Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly and Andy Gibb’s Greatest Hits are in stores today from Rhino Flashback and Reprise Records, respectively.  You can pre-order at the links below!

Andy Gibb, Greatest Hits (Polydor 314 511 585-2, 1991 – reissued Reprise, 2012)

  1. Man on Fire
  2. I Just Want to Be Your Everything
  3. (Love Is) Thicker Than Water
  4. Flowing Rivers
  5. Shadow Dancing
  6. An Everlasting Love
  7. (Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away
  8. Desire
  9. After Dark
  10. I Can’t Help It (with Olivia Newton-John)
  11. Time is Time
  12. Me Without You

Iron Butterfly, The Best of Iron Butterfly: Evolution (Atco SD 33-369, 1971 – reissued Rhino Flashback R2 33369, 2012)

  1. Iron Butterfly Theme
  2. Possession
  3. Unconscious Power
  4. Flowers and Beads
  5. Termination
  6. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
  7. Soul Experience
  8. Stone Believer
  9. Belda-Beast
  10. Easy Rider
  11. Slower Than Guns

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Andy Gibb, Iron Butterfly, The Bee Gees

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Zubb says

    January 10, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    Great to see the Andy Gibb hits collection being reissued. It would be great if Rhino would reissue the Bee Gees double album "Here At Last...LIVE" on CD. It's been too long out of print

    Reply
    • Joe Marchese says

      January 11, 2012 at 11:45 pm

      I couldn't agree more, Zubb!

      Reply
  2. Jake says

    January 11, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    Just wanted to clarify, does this contain the full version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida?

    Reply
    • Joe Marchese says

      January 11, 2012 at 11:44 pm

      No, it's heard in its single edit.

      Reply
  3. Peter Henderson says

    April 14, 2012 at 11:07 am

    Being old enough to remember when 'In-a-gadda-da-vida' came out, I think it is historically irresponsible to leave out the full-length version. One of things the song was famous for was its ridiculously long drum solo, but hey - that's the way it went down. Personally, I never cared for the long middle sections of Whole Lotta Love or Magic Carpet Ride but I wouldn't take them out for a compilation - especially after all these years when buyers are out to recapture something from their past.

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