Get Ready – RARE EARTH***

Magic Key/Tobacco Road/Feelin’ Alright/In Bed/Train To Nowhere/Get Ready

Rare Earth were notable as the first white group to be signed to the Motown label. Get Ready was their first LP release on the label and featured the US No. 4 title track cover. (US:12)

“I'm sure this album always surprises most casual listeners of this band when they first hear it, as it contains some extraordinary fuzz guitar driven commercial hard rock that sounds quite unlike the sound they developed later in their career. Containing a few covers and some great period flavour, as well as a hint of soul, there is also some minor use of horns that shouldn't turn off non-fans.”

“A little overrated, it has the legendary extended version of Get Ready, which tends to overstay its welcome. Tobacco Road and the Traffic cover Feelin' Alright are also good, and a little more surprising is the Savoy Brown cover of Train To Nowhere.”

“The Smokey Robinson penned Get Ready gave the band their biggest hit, with their version surpassing the success of the original. The side long live version confirms the groups potential while on stage; as for the studio material, it provides proof the band had a special flair to rearrange tunes, so that no matter how many times they’d been covered they’d always find something relevant to add. Soulful interpretations and infectious grooves make this an album which is a pleasure to listen to."

“In my opinion this is a progressive rock album filled with soul, blues and funk. There's one of the best version of Tobacco Road, and the other two covers are very good too. And the whole second side is fantastic, which is a very long live version of the title track. Highly recommended to all music fans.”

“White guys playing with an incredible amount of rhythm during the psychedelic era. It makes for a great album.”

"Get Ready starts quietly. At about two minutes it picks up pace. As the song progresses it turns instrumental and the instruments weave patterns with each other. The music is funky in places, harder in others, and sometimes psychedelic. After an extended drum solo the vocals help finish the last minute of the song. Each time I hear this track I always wish it would last longer than its twenty one minutes.”