Inna gadda da Vida long version

If you can find an early US pressing in decent condition (assuming you still play records), it doesn’t sound bad at all. And that recent mono reissue of Heavy is fun.
I saw them back in the day- opening acts were Mind Garage and Rhinoceros. I loved the use of the middle of Inna Gadda in the Michael Mann film Manhunter.
It seems like there is some renewed interest in the band, after years of being back-shelved as dated early, excessive psych. Inna Gadda became sort of a joke. But, they seem to have gotten respect from those who appreciate early heavy pre-metal. I have a friend who has a great story about declining a ride from Sharon Tate when he was hitching (she, driving a 275 GTB-can’t remember if it was a "4"--Roman’s car). He then got a lift from the band, who were headed to a concert at his destination. Life is strange. Enjoy it.

Yeah, the story is, he was in LA area, and hitching up toward Santa Barbara. She could only offer him a ride to Mulholland area, and he would have been stuck- he was better where he was, near a freeway (I guess) to get a ride all the way. Funny thing is, I saw this story when the Polanski car was put up for private sale in Europe; it didn’t identify the story teller. I mentioned this to my friend, who is a pretty serious car collector in his own right; he said, "I told the dealer that story- that was me!"
Life is strange. Hey, at least he got to hang w/ the band. :) Sharon T.- very sad.

Interestingly, he went "public" with the story a couple years ago in this interview (you have to scroll down a bit if you aren't into racing cars): [url]http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/08/driver-builder-collector-jim-glickenhaus/[/url].