Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults [Import]

Get Ready to Fly! Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Big Beat UK
• ASIN: B000NJL688
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,184 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

"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.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fuzz town, October 8, 2007

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Walker Reddick "dragnetman" (milledgeville , Ga. USA) - See all my reviews
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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, January 2, 2009

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J. E. Nelson (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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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, May 19, 2009

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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.