 Upon initial release, sales of "Preflyte" were fairly good in the U.S., resulting in the album outperforming the Byrds' most recent studio offering, "Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde".The album managed to climb to number 84 on the "Billboard" Top LPs chart in 1969, and again charted in America at number 183 when it was reissued by Columbia in 1973.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.