The Beatles: “Yes It Is” (1965)
“Yes It Is” never appeared on a regular Beatles LP. Issued as the B-side of their #1 “Ticket to Ride” single, the song itself peaked at #46. Only when the Past Masters collections gathered stray tracks which never before had appeared on LP in the U.S. did “Yes It Is” make it on to a long player.
It’s just one more Beatles song that would have been a career highlight for many lesser bands, but was destined for relative obscurity due to the remarkable output of the band both in terms of quality and quantity. Considering their A-sides of 1965 alone (“Eight Days a Week”, “Ticket to Ride”, “Help!”, “Yesterday”, and the double A-sided “We Can Work It Out”/”Day Tripper”) you can’t really make an argument that “Yes It Is” should have supplanted any of them. But it’s a great song nevertheless, featuring wonderful harmonies and one of Lennon’s most plaintive performances in the solo sections.
If you aren’t fifty-something or a Beatles completest, this one may have escaped your attention. But let it serve notice that, Past Masters 1 and 2 included, there really is no such thing as a non-essential Beatles album–with the exception, perhaps, of Yellow Submarine.
Every Moment Has A Song 
May 30, 2012 @ 09:44:41
I owned that single, and loved that song, sad as it was, even as a youngster.
May 31, 2012 @ 00:24:43
Yeah, my brother Jim gave me the “Ticket to Ride”/”Yes It Is” picture sleeve 45. Wish I’d kept it!
Jun 02, 2012 @ 11:26:54
LOVED that one !! One of the Beatles’ tunes that evokes a complete body of memories, state of mind. Good checklist of that run of Beatles’ hits, too.
Jun 02, 2012 @ 12:13:47
I’d call it underrated, but I don’t want to start anything.