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| 1. Groovy Motions - THE FIREBALLS | |||
| 2. No Silver Bird - THE HOOTERVILLE TROLLEY | |||
| 3. Someday - The Apple - GLASS CYNDROM | |||
| 4. Saying Things - MIKE BURNETT | |||
| 5. Ain't That Love - THE CORDS | |||
| 6. Jolyn - THE LIVIN' ENDS | |||
| 7. Just For A While - THE FRANTICS | |||
| 8. Door Knob - THE INTRICATE BLEND | |||
| 9. Poor Janie - WILLIE & THE WALKERS | |||
| 10. Aftermath - THE BUTTER REBELLION | |||
| 11. I Know - THE DARD | |||
| 12. Silly Ants - GROUP AXIS | |||
| 13. The Lesson - THE CORDS | |||
| 14. To Give Your Lovin' - THE HAPPY RETURN | |||
| 15. Yeah, Yeah, No, No - THE BRENTWOODS | |||
| 16. Reflections Of Mine - THE DANIEL PAUL REVELATION | |||
| 17. Listen To What Is Never Said - THE TYME OF DAY | |||
| 18. Magic In Her Eyes - WILLIE & THE WALKERS | |||
| 19. Going Wrong - The Apple - GLASS CYNDROM | |||
| 20. Mattie Jo's - MIKE BURNETT | |||
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Album Description
* "Get Ready To Fly" is Big Beat's 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 Cyndrum's `Someday', `To Give Your Lovin'' by the Happy Return and the Hooterville Trolley's `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 Petty's career, with the full participation of many of the former band members.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Genius Anglophile psych pop,
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This review is from: Get Ready to Fly: Pop Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults (Audio CD)
This is a superb collection. If you like English-flavoured psych pop which mixes strong tunes and harmonies with wonky organ sounds and cool effects, then def buy this. Yeah, Yeah, No by The Brentwoods is an absolute classic.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
`Get ready to be surprised,
By Richard "Alice Collector" (Blackpool England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Get Ready to Fly: Pop Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults (Audio CD)
Norman Petty is not a name which comes immediately to mind with things psychedelic but its not as much that but a reminder that here was a man who like George Martin in the UK would learn from those he recorded and a willigness to experiment.
He came from a musical area which had nothing much to do with rock'n'roll or country but the more sedate sounds of cocktail jazz like the way George Martin had had little previous experience recording the UKs answer and seeing possibilities with the 1962 Beatles that maybe he could find his own Cliff & the Shadows. Here's a ton of stuff which only found releasee in the States at the time or was put back in the vaults.Who knows why anything is hidden away for 40 years?If there'd been a studio fire all would have been lost. Now America can get back the music it missed first time round because they have to import CDs like this from us!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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fuzz town,
By Walker Reddick "dragnetman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Get Ready to Fly: Pop Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults (Audio CD)
The description above just about says it all so I'll keep it short and sweet. ACE/BIG BEAT and ALEC PALAO have out done themselves.I own a LOT of Psych/Garage Comps and this is the most enjoyable and best sounding of them all!! Absolutely ALL KILLER AND NO FILLER.Petty was the MAN!!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Personal Flashback,
By J. E. Nelson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Get Ready to Fly: Pop Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults (Audio CD)
Back in the late sixties I was stationed at Cannon AFB near Clovis, NM. Through mutual acquaintances, I met Bill Jones (who is quoted in the CD booklet) and, over a two year period, helped him do light shows for some local Clovis bands, which were mostly managed by Dan Miller. One was the Lodestone Rode, most of whose members became the version of the Apple Glass Cyndrum that has two of the best cuts on this CD. I believe on one occasion we did lights for Group Axis, and also once for the The Tyme of Day at a concert which featured several bands. It certainly was an interesting and edgy time in the evolution of American popular music, and this CD generally captures that atmosphere. Not every cut is successful. The Fireballs, who could be a good band with more conventional rock material, seem woefully unauthentic on "Groovy Motions." The Cyndrum and Group Axis acquit themselves well here, and I had forgotten what a good song the Tyme of Day's "Listen to What is Never Said" was. Though I was aware of several Canadian groups coming to Clovis to record with Norman Petty, many of these bands from there and elsewhere in the US are unknown to me. Of those, I am particularly impressed with The Frantics, The Cords, White Lightin', and The Hooterville Trolley. At that time in the late sixties, Clovis, New Mexico, was probably unique among towns of its size in having such an interesting music scene. Of course so much of that was due to Norman Petty and his studio, made famous by the pioneering rock work he did with Buddy Holly. I'm glad that Big Beat has given me the opportunity to hear these groups and their mostly forgotten takes on psych-pop.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
the last two songs are good else keep going try nuggets 2,
By er ic harapat - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Get Ready to Fly: Pop Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults (Audio CD)
my personal opion is that this does not define a great set of psychedelic music rather a misrepresentatin of bad 50's cut's like stuff buddy holly would have left on the floor however the last two songs are worth there money. perhaps if amazon allows you should download those songs. else keep going if your looking for psychedelic music. my suggestions are nuggets 2, the deep six, the essential pebbles and the yankee dollar or whale feather.
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