Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings
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Artist: Chuck BerryEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2008-02-19
Music Label: Hip-O Select
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Maybellene
- Wee Wee Hours
- Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
- Together (We Will Always Be)
- You Can't Catch Me
- Rolli Polli [Instrumental]
- Down Bound Train
- Berry Pickin' [Instrumental]
- No Money Down
- I've Changed
- Drifting Heart
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Too Much Monkey Business
- Maybellene [Live]
- Roll Over Beethoven [Live]
- Havana Moon
- Rock and Roll Music [Demo Version]
- Deep Feeling [Instrumental]
- School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)
- Low Feeling [Instrumental]
- Jaunda [Espa?ol]
- Blue Feeling [Instrumental]
- How You've Changed
- Oh Baby Doll
- Rock and Roll [Alternate Take]
- Rock and Roll Music
- 13 Question Method [Early Version]
- How High the Moon [Instrumental]
- Sweet Little Sixteen [Demo Version]
- Sweet Little Sixteen [Take 3]
- Sweet Little Sixteen [Take 11]
- Sweet Little Sixteen [Original Master]
- Sweet Little Sixteen [Sped Up Originally Released Version]
- Rock at the Philharmonic [Instrumental]
- Guitar Boogie [Instrumental]
- Night Beat [Take 3][Instrumental]
- Night Beat [Instrumental]
- Time Was [Slow Version, Take 4]
- Time Was [Slow Version]
- Reelin' and Rockin' [Tale 1]
- Reelin' and Rockin' [Takes 7 & 8]
- Reelin' and Rockin'
- Chuckwalk [Instrumental]
- Johnny B. Goode [Alt. Takes 2 & 3]
- Johnny B. Goode
- Around and Around [Overdub Take 2]
- Around and Around [Overdub Take 3]
- Around and Around
- Ingo [Overdub Take 3]
- Ingo [Instrumental]
- It Don't Take But a Few Minutes
- Blues for Hawaiians [Instrumental]
- Beautiful Delilah [Alternate Takes 15 & 16]
- Beautiful Delilah [Take 6]
- 21 Blues
- 21
- 21 [Take 14]
- Vacation Time
- Oh Yeah
- Hey Pedro
- Time Was [Fast Version]
- House of Blue Lights
- Carol
- Jo Jo Gunne
- Memphis Tennessee
- Anthony Boy
- Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller [Alternate Take 5]
- Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller [Take 11A]
- Long Fast Jam [Instrumental]
- Long Slow Jam [Instrumental]
- Merry Christmas Baby
- Merry Christmas Baby [Alternate Take]
- Run Rudolph Run
- Little Queenie [Take 8]
- Little Queenie
- That's My Desire
- Do You Love Me [Alternate Take]
- Do You Love Me
- Almost Grown [Take 14]
- Almost Grown [Take 28]
- Almost Grown
- Back in the U.S.A.
- Blue on Blue (Upchuck) [Alternate Instrumental][Alternate Take]
- Blue on Blue [Instrumental]
- Betty Jean [Alternate Take 14]
- Betty Jean [Alternate Take 17]
- Betty Jean
- County Line
- Childhood Sweetheart [Alternate Take]
- Childhood Sweetheart
- One O'Clock Jump [Instrumental]
- I Just Want to Make Love to You [Take 3]
- I Just Want to Make Love to You
- Broken Arrow [Take 21]
- Broken Arrow
- Let It Rock [Alternate Mix]
- Let It Rock
- Too Pooped to Pop [Take 4A]
- Too Pooped to Pop
- Say You'll Be Mine - Chuck Berry, Ecuadors
- Let Me Sleep Woman - Chuck Berry, Ecuadors
Free Music Notes for Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings
Free Music Review: A Must for all Chuck Berry Fans.
Hit: 5 Stars
I recently purchased this new 4-CD box set of Chuck Berrys complete Chess recordings made during the period from 1955 to 1959. A box set containing all of Berrys Chess recordings from 1955 to the late 1970s should have been released years ago. Chuck Berry was the most influential artist in the history of Rock and Roll before the Beatles came along. He composed over 90 percent of everything he recorded and is one of the greatest guitar players in the history of Popular Music. Geffen Records has used every avalible track recorded by Berry at Chess up to 1959 which includes several alternate and unreleased takes. The songs are spread over 4-CDs in the exact order they were recoreded. Some lesser fans of Chuck may find it a little ponderous having to listen to several versions of the same song. However, if you are a true Chuck Berry fan like I've been for the last 35-years, you won't mind. In fact,the 5-versions of Sweet Little Sixteen and 3-versions of Reelin And Rockin are one of the high points in this box set. You can really hear these songs developing in the studio, along with some occasional comments spoken by Chuck, his band and his producers,Phil and Leonard Chess. A total of 103 songs make up this set which also includes a small 23-page pull-out booklet containing some biograpical information about Berry plus his recording disography. There are only 2-negatives that I would point out about this set. The first is the packaging. The 4-CDs come in a fold-up type box which is open on both sides. They should have placed each disc in its own individual case that way you would not have to worry about how to transport it to your car or elsewhere outside of your home. This fold-up type box is held together by a thin red thred like string. Very tacky. Why could'nt these people get it right. The second negative point which is a minor thing, is the selection of photos used in this set. There have been hundreds of great photos takin of Chuck Berry through the years. Why have the same photo of a person with just a slightly different pose placed on each of the inner flaps when they could have used several different ones. The bottom line here is that the sound quality on all of the music is excellent and you've got everything Chuck Berry recorded during the 1950s. A second box set containing everything else Chuck recorded for Chess from 1960 into the 1970s should be put together as soon as possible. Berry recorded some fantastic songs during the 1960s and early 70s. Geffen records should have put out one complete box-set on all of Berrys music in the first place. Why split it up into 2-sets. In closing, if your a fan of Chuck Berry, then this box-set is a MUST BUY. And lets hope a volume-2 will be released soon.
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