{"id":99991,"date":"2020-05-30T07:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T11:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=99991"},"modified":"2020-05-30T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T12:40:09","slug":"a-blast-from-the-past-rarities-edition-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=99991","title":{"rendered":"A Blast from the Past, Rarities Edition \u2013 Part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tune&#8217;s a bit longish.  But it&#8217;s memorable as hell; if you&#8217;re old enough to remember when it was released, after the first few notes no intro will be necessary.  <\/p>\n<p>It features HQ sound and decent (for the day) video.  And it&#8217;s the video here that makes this a rarity.<\/p>\n<p>The video was reportedly filmed at Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY, on May 27, 1968 \u2013 which also happens to be the same date and place that the song was recorded for its namesake album.  I&#8217;m pretty sure the video was filmed during the tune&#8217;s <i>recording session<\/i> &#8211; which is what makes it a rarity.  (The tune was  recorded in one take, with some vocal and guitar overdubbing added afterwards.) <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"428\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UIVe-rZBcm4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I found this gem in comments on Youtube:  <i>\u201cI don&#8217;t always listen to <\/i>In A Gadda Da Vida<i>, but when I do, so do the neighbors.\u201d<\/i>  (smile)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><u>Postscript<\/u>:  Yeah, what you may have heard is correct:  the tune <i>really was<\/i> supposed to be called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida#Background\"><i>\u201cIn the Garden of Eden\u201d<\/i><\/a>.  Here\u2019s the backstory.<\/p>\n<p>According to the band&#8217;s drummer Ron Bushy, the song predates the band&#8217;s recording career.  Per Bushy, the band\u2019s organist\/vocalist, Doug Ingle, wrote the song one evening well before the band even recorded their <i>first<\/i> album.  (The tune wasn&#8217;t recorded until the band&#8217;s <i>second<\/i> album, which as released some months after their first one.)<\/p>\n<p>Bushy has said that during the day Ingle wrote the song, Ingle drank an entire <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160611155304\/http:\/\/www.drumheadmag.com\/web\/feature.php?id=14\"><i><b>gallon<\/b> (!)<\/i><\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Mountain_AVA\"><i>Red Mountain wine<\/i><\/a>.  Needless to say, after drinking that much Ingle was quite thoroughly plowed. <\/p>\n<p>After he&#8217;d finished writing the tune, a drunk Ingle played the song for Bushy, asking him to transcribe the lyrics he sang.  But while singing Ingle was slurring his words badly &#8211; so badly that Bushy wasn&#8217;t sure what Ingle was singing at times.  For the first line, Bushy thought he&#8217;d heard \u201cIn a gadda da vida\u201d vice the intended \u201cIn the Garden of Eden\u201d.  So &#8220;In a gadda da vida&#8221; is what Bushy wrote down for that line.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, the band decided to use the lyrics as written by Bushy.  The song &#8211; in an extended &#8220;jam&#8221; version similar to what&#8217;s above, but sometimes lasting <i>over half an hour<\/i> &#8211; came to be a regular part of the band&#8217;s performances.  <\/p>\n<p>And the rest . . . is hard rock history.  (smile)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tune&#8217;s a bit longish. 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