Consumer Guide Album

Dave Edmunds: Rockpile [MAM, 1972]
A glance at the titles suggests yet another ho-hum revival--Berry 'n' blues to go with a novelty-hit remake of Smiley Lewis's (not Pat Boone's, right?) "I Hear You Knocking." But a glance at the credits establishes that Edmunds played just about everything but bass himself, even on "The Promised Land," apparently recorded in 1966. And a perusal of the titles adds Dylan twelve-bar, "It Ain't Easy," and--what's this?--Neil Young's "Dance Dance Dance" to The Tradition. Sounds pretty weird, too. B+