- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Psychedelic
"Get Ready To Fly" is Big Beats second volume of rarely-heard 1960s masters from the vaults of the legendary Norman Petty studios. This time the focus is on the mindbending rock and pop sounds the producer recorded during the late 1960s.
Petty was the first to admit he had little taste for psychedelia, but his exceptional abilities as an engineer allowed the producer to sonically indulge the young bands who visited the studios to the fullest. The results were some of the spaciest sounds to emanate from an American studio in that era, a fascinating potpourri of raging fuzztone, swirling organ and Anglophile harmonies.
Several of the items on "Get Ready To Fly" are acknowledged pop-psych classics, such as the Apple-Glass Cyndrums Someday, To Give Your Lovin by the Happy Return and the Hooterville Trolleys No Silver Bird, but extensive research into the Petty archives has resulted in a tremendous programme of obscure classics and never-before-heard gems. The artists represented journeyed from such disparate locales as Utah, Montana, Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, Missouri and Canada to record with Petty in Clovis, New Mexico.
With unprecedented access to the original master tapes, the sound quality on "Get Ready To Fly" is second to none, and the accompanying booklet is packed with information on this little-documented episode in Norman Pettys career, with the full participation of many of the former band members.
Track listing:
Groovy Motions - THE FIREBALLS
No Silver Bird - THE HOOTERVILLE TROLLEY
Someday - The Apple - GLASS CYNDROM
Saying Things - MIKE BURNETT
Aint That Love - THE CORDS
Jolyn - THE LIVIN ENDS
Just For A While - THE FRANTICS
Door Knob - THE INTRICATE BLEND
Poor Janie - WILLIE & THE WALKERS
Aftermath - THE BUTTER REBELLION
I Know - THE DARD
Silly Ants - GROUP AXIS
The Lesson - THE CORDS
To Give Your Lovin - THE HAPPY RETURN
Yeah, Yeah, No, No - THE BRENTWOODS
Reflections Of Mine - THE DANIEL PAUL REVELATION
Listen To What Is Never Said - THE TYME OF DAY
Magic In Her Eyes - WILLIE & THE WALKERS
Going Wrong - The Apple - GLASS CYNDROM
Mattie Jos - MIKE BURNETT
Think About It - THE FRANTICS
Not Fade Away - GROUP AXIS
Insane (The Jungle) - THE INTRICATE BLEND
Mystic Magic Movements - THE SHI GUYS
Blue Man (Peace Of Mind) - WHITE LIGHTNIN
Acid - STU MITCHELL WITH WES DAKUS REBELS
