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The goal of Rockin' Horse was to revive the classic Liverpool sound -- in that regard, Yes It Is is a phenomenal album and an even better CD, filled up as it is with six bonus tracks. Jimmy Campbell and ex-Merseybeats bassist Billy Kinsley delivered up a record with a good rootsy feel to everything here, and the stuff that fits into a Merseybeat groove is authentic right down to the roughness in the bass work. Some of the rest is closer in spirit to what the Band shot for on Music From Big Pink and their self-titled album. Not all of it works, but what does -- which is most of it -- is a bracing update of mid-'60s British rock & roll. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Biggest Gossip in Town Rockin' Horse (2:48)
Oh Carol, I'm So Sad Rockin' Horse (2:49)
You're Spending All My Money Rockin' Horse (3:55)
Baby Walk Out With Your Darling Man Rockin' Horse (4:11)
Don't You Ever Think I Cry Rockin' Horse (3:52)
Yes It Is Rockin' Horse (2:16)
Stayed Out Late Last Night Rockin' Horse (2:33)
Delicate Situation Rockin' Horse (2:30)
Son, Son Rockin' Horse (3:24)
Golden Opportunity Rockin' Horse (2:55)
I'm Trying to Forget You Rockin' Horse (3:35)
Julian the Hooligan Rockin' Horse (4:28)
Biggest Gossip in Town [Mono 45 Mix][*] Rockin' Horse (2:45)
You Say [Non-Album Mono 45 B-Side][*] Rockin' Horse (3:40)
Julian the Hooligan [Mono 45 Mix][*] Rockin' Horse (3:07)
Stayed Out Late Last Night [Mono 45 Mix][*] Rockin' Horse (2:32)
Frankie Joe [*] Rockin' Horse (3:11)
Lonely Norman [*] Rockin' Horse (3:18)

Credits

Hal Carter (Licensing), Hal Carter (Project Assistant), Mark Johnston (Liner Notes), Billy Kinsley (Project Assistant), Hal Carter (Original Recording Producer), Nick Robbins (Synthesizer), Hal Carter (Producer), Rockin' Horse (Arranger), Mark Johnston (Producer), Andy Morten (Artwork), Joe Foster (Synthesizer), Mark Frumento (Project Assistant), Joe Foster (Producer), Andy Morten (Design)
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Performed by: Don Henley; The Beatles
Written by: John Lennon; Paul Mccartney

Credits: Lennon, John (Songwriter); Mccartney, Paul (Songwriter); SONY BEATLES LTD (Publisher); SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (Publisher)

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"Yes It Is"
Single by The Beatles
A-side "Ticket to Ride"
Released 9 April 1965 (UK)
19 April 1965 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded 16 February 1965
Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 2:41
Label Parlophone (UK) R5265
Capitol (US) 5407
Producer George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"I Feel Fine"
(UK-1964)
---
"Eight Days a Week"
(US-1965)		 "Ticket to Ride"
(1965)		 "Help!"
(1965

"Yes It Is" is a 1965 Beatles single written primarily by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) which was first released as the B-side to "Ticket to Ride". It features some of The Beatles' most complex and dissonant three-part vocal harmonies and showcases George Harrison's early use of volume pedal guitar.

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Composition

"Yes It Is" was one of Lennon's least favorite compositions, along with "Run for Your Life", "It's Only Love", and "Dig a Pony".[citation needed] In his 1980 interview with Playboy, he described it as an attempt to rewrite "This Boy" that "didn't work."[1] Paul McCartney on the other hand described it as "a very fine song of John's," and that for his part, he'd only "helped him finish [it] off."[2]

Recording

Over the course of a five hour recording session, The Beatles attempted fourteen takes of the basic track before perfecting it,[3] more than any other song they recorded in 1965.[citation needed] It was recorded on 16 February, the same day they also completed Harrison's "I Need You".[3] After completing the rhythm track, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison recorded their vocal harmonies in three hours, singing live together.[3][4]

Release

American pressings of the single erroneously show "Yes It Is" as from the film Eight Arms to Hold You (Help!),[5] in which it did not appear.[6]

The song appears on Beatles VI, Love Songs, the British version of the Rarities album, Past Masters, Volume One, and also on Anthology 2 in an alternate version that combines the second and fourteenth takes.

Personnel

Personnel per Ian MacDonald[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Sheff (2000), p. 196.
  2. ^ "Help". Beatles Interview Database. http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/dba05help.html. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
  3. ^ a b c Lewisohn (1988), p. 54.
  4. ^ "The Beatles Bible: Yes It Is". http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/yes-it-is/. Retrieved 2009-04-11. 
  5. ^ Harry (2000), p. 1074.
  6. ^ Harry (2000), p. 504.
  7. ^ MacDonald (2005), p. 146.

References

v • d • e
The Beatles singles discography
UK:
(Parlophone,
Apple Records)
1962: "My Bonnie" / "The Saints"  · "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You"
1963: "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why"  · "From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl"  · "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You"  · "I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "This Boy"
1964: "Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That"  · "Ain't She Sweet" / "If You Love Me, Baby"  · "A Hard Day's Night" / "Things We Said Today"  · "I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman"
1965: "Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is"  · "Help!" / "I'm Down"  · "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"
1966: "Paperback Writer" / "Rain"  · "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"
1967: "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever"  · "All You Need Is Love" / "Baby, You're a Rich Man"  · "Hello, Goodbye" / "I Am the Walrus"
1968: "Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light"  · "Hey Jude" / "Revolution"
1969: "Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down"  · "The Ballad of John and Yoko" / "Old Brown Shoe"  · "Something" / "Come Together"
1970: "Let It Be" / "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"
1976: "Yesterday" / "I Should Have Known Better"  · "Back in the U.S.S.R." / "Twist and Shout"
1978: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends" / "A Day in the Life"
1995: "Free as a Bird" / "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
1996: "Real Love" / "Baby's in Black"
US:
(Vee-Jay,
Swan,
Tollie,
Capitol,
Apple Records)
1963: "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" (VJ)  · "From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl" (VJ)  · "She Loves You" / "I'll Get You" (Swan)  · "I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There"
1964: "Twist and Shout" / "There's a Place" (Tollie)  · "Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That"  · "Do You Want to Know a Secret" / "Thank You Girl" (VJ)  · "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You (Tollie)  · "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" / "I'll Get You" (Swan)  · "A Hard Day's Night" / "I Should Have Known Better"  · "I'll Cry Instead" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"  · "And I Love Her" / "If I Fell"  · "Matchbox" / "Slow Down"  · "I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman"
1965: "Eight Days a Week" / "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"  · "Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is"  · "Help!" / "I'm Down"  · "Yesterday" / "Act Naturally"  · "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper"
1966: "Nowhere Man" / "What Goes On"  · "Paperback Writer" / "Rain"  · "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"
1967: "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever"  · "All You Need Is Love" / "Baby, You're a Rich Man"  · "Hello, Goodbye" / "I Am the Walrus"
1968: "Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light"  · "Hey Jude" / "Revolution"
1969: "Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down"  · "The Ballad of John and Yoko" / "Old Brown Shoe"  · "Something" / "Come Together"
1970: "Let It Be" / "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"  · "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"
1976: "Got to Get You into My Life" / "Helter Skelter"  · "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "Julia"
1978: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" ("With a Little Help from My Friends") / "A Day in the Life"
1982: "The Beatles Movie Medley" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
1986: "Twist and Shout" / "There's a Place" (reissue)
1995: "Free as a Bird" / "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
1996: "Real Love" / "Baby's in Black"
v • d • e
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Pete Best · Stuart Sutcliffe
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