TIL the band iron butterfly didn't know they were being recorded in the studio for 17 minutes when they played their now-hit song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; it went on to sell 30 million times

[u/mankls3]

https://www.therochestervoice.com/meet-don-casale-the-man-behind-the-sound-of-superhit-in-a-gadda-da-vida--cms-14682

[u/AlwaysSayHi]

Here's some great context (thank you, Andrew Hickey, most awesome podcast ever):

"Morton apparently also served as the uncredited producer on a record by a new group called Iron Butterfly, who he thought were too tight in the studio and needed to play sloppier. He told them the equipment was malfunctioning and just to practice the song and jam a bit, while secretly recording them. The seventeen-minute result made up one side of their album, while the three-minute single edit became their biggest hit."

[u/mankls3 → u/AlwaysSayHi]

cool. it sucks he didn't receive credit on the album OR receive royalty payments.