Acid flashbacks may be a myth, but acid-rock flashbacks are real - and far more frightening than you’d think.

Don’t believe me? Just slap a copy of Iron Butterfly’s newly remastered “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (Rhino 72196) in the CD player, and suddenly even those who never got any closer to the psychedelic ‘60s than reruns of “Laugh-In” will find themselves in the middle of a bad trip.

It isn’t just the epic inanity of the title tune, which boasts an organ solo longer than the ‘60s itself; it’s the fact that this reissue offers three versions of the thing!

In addition to the original album track, there’s also a live rendition and the mercifully shortened single edit, effectively tripling the album’s irritation potential.

After spending time with the sub-Doors drivel that fills out this album, it becomes clear why nobody remembers anything else about Iron Butterfly. But by then it’s too late - you’ve already lost so many brain cells that you find yourself thinking, “Gee, if only I could play drums like that …”