Rockin' Horse - Yes It Is (@320)

 

Yes It Is Review by Bruce Eder.

 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.

Tracklist:

1. Rockin' Horse - Biggest Gossip in Town

2. Rockin' Horse - Oh Carol, I'm So Sad

3. Rockin' Horse - You're Spending All My Money

4. Rockin' Horse - Baby Walk Out With Your Darling Man

5. Rockin' Horse - Don't You Ever Think I Cry

6. Rockin' Horse - Yes It Is

7. Rockin' Horse - Stayed Out Late Last Night

8. Rockin' Horse - Delicate Situation

9. Rockin' Horse - Son, Son

10. Rockin' Horse - Golden Opportunity

11. Rockin' Horse - I'm Trying to Forget You

12. Rockin' Horse - Julian the Hooligan

13. Rockin' Horse - Biggest Gossip in Town

14. Rockin' Horse - You Say

15. Rockin' Horse - Julian the Hooligan

16. Rockin' Horse - Stayed Out Late Last Night

17. Rockin' Horse - Frankie Joe

18. Rockin' Horse - Lonely Norman

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