The Rockets

The Rockets
Studio album by The Rockets
Recorded	1968
Genre	Blues Rock Folk Rock Psychedelic Rock
Length	28:57
Label	White Whale
Producer	Barry Goldberg
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The Rockets is the sole release by the The Rockets in 1968.

Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success. Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his backing band on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. They first dubbed themselves War Babies, but Young re-named them Crazy Horse, a name that would stick. The Rockets soon folded due to Young's insistence on having Whitten, Talbot and Molina keep to a strict practice schedule. Talbot and Molina have remained as part of Crazy Horse to this day, and all of the other Rockets, except for Leon Whitsell, would eventually collaborate with Young.

Track listing

1. "Hole in My Pocket" (D. Whitten)
2. "Won't You Say You'll Stay" (D. Whitten)
3. "Mr. Chips" (D. Whitten)
4. "It's A Mistake" (R. Molina-B. Talbot)
5. "Let Me Go" (D. Whitten)
6. "Try My Patience" (L. Whitsell)
7. "I Won't Always Be Around" (L. Whitsell)
8. "Pill's Blues" (G. Whitsell)
9. "Stretch Your Skin" (L. Whitsell)
10. "Eraser" (L. Whitsell)

"Hole in My Pocket" was released as a 45. "Let me Go" was covered by three dog night.Mr. chips was allegedly about ahmet ertegun. He wouldn't sign them to Atlantic. the Rockets had beeen known as the psyrcle (the psychadelic circle) on Lorna, a division of autumn, but the label was floundering.

Participants

The group used to let anyone off the street jam with them in their garage, a.k.a Rocket's headquarters.

• Barry Goldberg - producer
• Danny Whitten - guitar, vocal
• George Whitsell - guitar, vocal
• Leon Whitsell - guitar
• Billy Talbot - bass
• Ralph Molina- drums, vocal
• Bobby Notkoff - violin

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