Year/Genre/City: 1969, Psychedelic Rock, San Diego, CA
Matrix #: SD 33-280
Condition: EX, sounds great; looks good; some light marks

Cultural Facts:

Lineup Chaos: The band’s history is a revolving-door story—constant member swaps, sudden exits, and legal wrangling that made “Iron Butterfly” feel like a name that kept moving even when people didn’t.

Actor Thread: Drummer Ron Bushy later surfaced outside music—he had a small acting moment as “Mrs. B” in Blow (2001), a weird footnote that pops up in Butterfly lore.

Label Pressure: After the runaway success of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” they were under real pressure to follow it; Ball is tied to that post-hit squeeze where expectations and internal instability collided.

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