Get Ready by Rare Earth

Get Ready, Rare Earth's second studio album, arrived on September 30, 1969, one of five records that launched Motown's new subsidiary, Rare Earth Records, named after the band itself. Cut at Hitsville U.S.A., it's a Detroit rock band's idea of psychedelic soul: Peter Rivera singing from behind the drums, Gil Bridges blowing sax and flute, John Parrish on trombone and bass, Rod Richards on guitar, Ken Folcik on keys and Eddie Guzman on percussion.

The grooves are loose and heady, horns and organ swirling over a rhythm section that won't quit. Rare Earth weren't the first white band on Motown's books, but they were the first successful act there made up only of white members, and this record went platinum.

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