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''Preflyte'' is a compilation album by the American folk rock band The Byrds and was released in July 1969 on Together Records (''see'' 1969 in music). The album is a collection of demos recorded by The Byrds (then named The Jet Set) at World Pacific Studios in Los Angeles during 1964, before the band had signed to Columbia Records. As such, the music on the album predates the release of The Byrds' debut single for Columbia, a cover version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", which topped the charts in America and the United Kingdom during 1965.〔 The album's title is a deliberate misspelling of pre-flight, meant to emulate the misspelling of "birds" that the band had used for their name. ''Preflyte'' peaked at #84 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart upon its initial release and even managed to outsell The Byrds' most recent studio album, ''Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde''. It was less successful in the United Kingdom, however, where it failed to enter the UK Albums Chart when it was issued there in 1973.〔 The album was later reissued in America by Columbia Records and again managed to chart, this time reaching #183.〔 The album is notable for including a number of previously unreleased songs that had not been recorded by The Byrds during their stint on Columbia Records. In addition, the album also includes early demo versions of the songs "Here Without You", "You Won't Have to Cry", "I Knew I'd Want You", and "Mr. Tambourine Man", all of which appeared in re-recorded form on the band's 1965 debut album. In 2001, Sundazed Records released an expanded, double CD compilation of tracks from the World Pacific era, titled ''The Preflyte Sessions''. In 2012, Floating World Records reissued the Sundazed collection, with an additional eight bonus tracks, under the title ''Preflyte Plus''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Floating World Records )〕 Tracks from The Byrds' World Pacific sessions were also repackaged on the ''In the Beginning'' album in 1988. ==History== Initially inspired by the success of The Beatles, folk singers Jim McGuinn and Gene Clark began playing as a duo in Los Angeles folk clubs in early 1964 and were soon joined by fellow folkie, David Crosby. The trio named themselves The Jet Set, a name chosen by McGuinn and inspired by his love of aeronautics. Crosby introduced McGuinn and Clark to his associate Jim Dickson who had access to World Pacific Studios, where he had been recording demos of Crosby.〔 Dickson was impressed enough by the trio to take on management duties for the group and to utilize World Pacific as a rehearsal studio, where he recorded the band as they honed their craft and perfected their blend of Beatles pop and Bob Dylan-style folk.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=ByrdWatcher: A Field Guide to the Byrds of Los Angeles )〕 Dickson arranged a one-off deal with Elektra Records' founder, Jac Holzman, for two songs from the World Pacific sessions, "Please Let Me Love You" and "Don't Be Long", to be released as a single on Elektra in October 1964. In an attempt to cash in on the British Invasion that was then dominating the U.S. music scene, the single was issued under the suitably British sounding pseudonym of The Beefeaters but it failed to chart. Both songs on The Beefeaters' single featured McGuinn, Clark and Crosby, along with "Wrecking Crew" session musicians Ray Pohlman on bass and Earl Palmer on drums.〔 Soon after, The Jet Set expanded their ranks to include drummer Michael Clarke and bass player Chris Hillman.〔 The rehearsal and recording sessions at World Pacific studios came to a close when The Jet Set (soon to be renamed The Byrds) signed a recording contract with Columbia Records on November 10, 1964.〔 In 1969, the manager of rock music for RCA Records on the West Coast, Dick Moreland, heard about the existence of these early demo recordings by The Byrds from Jim Dickson and immediately told producer Gary Usher about them. Usher, who had produced The Byrds' ''Younger Than Yesterday'', ''The Notorious Byrd Brothers'' and ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo'' albums, had recently formed Together Records with colleagues Curt Boettcher and Keith Olsen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Original Gary Usher Web Page )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Come With A Smile )〕 Prior to the formation of Together, Usher had been involved with the Columbia Records' release of ''Conspicuous Only in its Absence'', a collection of previously unheard live recordings by the psychedelic band, The Great Society (featuring Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane).〔 The album had enjoyed moderate success and Usher was keen to continue issuing previously unreleased, historically significant material on his new record label.〔 Usher met with Dickson and was able to acquire all of The Byrds' World Pacific tapes that still existed for a reasonable sum.〔 The tapes were then edited and compiled into an eleven track running order, before being remixed and mastered by Keith Olsen.〔 Dickson approached the five original members of The Byrds in order to have them sign a letter of permission to authorize the release of these early recordings.〔 David Crosby was initially reluctant to sanction the release but he was eventually persuaded by his friend and singing partner, Graham Nash, who convinced Crosby of the musical worth and historical value of the recordings.〔 Dickson later recalled Nash's involvement during a 1977 interview: "Graham Nash said that the songs were charming baby pictures. You have to get a little older before you can tolerate seeing your baby pictures out there. We were all babies once! Graham just charmed David's socks off."〔 With the permission of all five original members of the band secured, Together Records released the album in July 1969 with a great deal of publicity.〔 As a collection of previously unreleased demo recordings, ''Preflyte'' can be seen as one of the earliest examples of issuing outtakes by popular artists, a practice that is now commonplace in the reissue market.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Preflyte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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