CHUCK BERRY

artist: CHUCK BERRY AND HIS COMBO   
label: CHESS 1604 
release: July 1955, USA, 10" 78rpm
A-side: Maybellene
(Berry)
B-side: Wee Wee Hours 
(Berry)
recorded: May 21, 1955 - Universal Studios, 111 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois
musicians: CHUCK BERRY and His Combo:
Chuck Berry - vocal, guitar
Willie Dixon - double bass
Ebby Hardy - drums
Johnnie Johnson - piano
possibly Leonard Chess or Jerome Green - maracas (on Maybellene)

 

artist: CHUCK BERRY AND HIS COMBO   
label: CHESS 1610 
release: 1955, USA, 10" 78rpm
A-side: Thirty Days (To Come back Home)
(C. Berry)
B-side: Together (We Will Always Be) 
(C. Berry)
lyrics:  

 

 
artist: CHUCK BERRY
label: CHESS RECORDS 1691
release: March 1958, USA, 7" 45rpm
A-side: Johnny B. Goode (2:30)
(C. Berry)
B-side: Around And Around
()
comment #1: This record went to #8 in the charts.
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artist: CHUCK BERRY
label: BEAR FAMILY BCD 17273 PL
UPC / EAN: 5 397102 172731
title: ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC - ANY OLD WAY YOU CHOOSE IT
release: November 4, 2014, Germany, Deluxe 16-CD boxed set with 2 hardcover books (356 total pages) in a clothbound LP-sized slipcase 
disc 1:
  1. Maybellene (2:20)
    (Chuck Berry)
  2. Wee Wee Hours
  3. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) ()
    (Chuck Berry)
  4. Together (We Will Always Be)
  5. You Can't Catch Me
  6. Roly Poly
  7. Berry Pickin' (instrumental)
  8. (The) Down Bound Train
  9. No Money Down
  10. I've Changed
  11. Drifting Heart
  12. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  13. Roll Over Beethoven
  14. Too Much Monkey Business
  15. Havana Moon
  16. Rock And Roll Music (demo)
  17. Untitled Instrumental
  18. Deep Feeling (instrumental)
  19. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)
  20. Lajaunda (Español)
  21. Blue Feeling (instrumental)
  22. Low Feeling (instrumental)
  23. How You've Changed
  24. Rock And Roll Music
  25. Oh Baby Doll
  26. 13 Question Method
  27. How High The Moon (instrumental)
  28. Maria (Joe Alexander)
  29. Hope These Words Will Find You Well (Joe Alexander)
  30. Sweet Little Sixteen (demo)
disc 2:
  1. Sweet Little Sixteen 
  2. Rock At The Philharmonic (instrumental)     
  3. Guitar Boogie (instrumental)     
  4. Night Beat (instrumental)     
  5. Time Was (slow version)     
  6. Reelin' And Rockin'     
  7. Chuckwalk (instrumental)     
  8. Johnny B Goode     
  9. Around And Around     
  10. Ingo (instrumental)     
  11. It Don't Take But A Few Minutes     
  12. Blues For Hawaiians (instrumental)     
  13. Beautiful Delilah     
  14. Vacation Time     
  15. 21     
  16. 21 Blues     
  17. Oh Yeah     
  18. Hey Pedro     
  19. Time Was     
  20. House Of Blue Lights     
  21. Carol     
  22. Jo Jo Gunne     
  23. Memphis Tennessee     
  24. Anthony Boy     
  25. Sweet Little Rock And Roller     
  26. Long Fast Jam (instrumental)     
  27. Long Slow Jam (instrumental)  
disc 3:
  1. Merry Christmas Baby     
  2. Run Rudolph Run     
  3. Little Queenie     
  4. That's My Desire     
  5. Do You Love Me     
  6. Almost Grown     
  7. Back In The USA     
  8. Fast B 6 (instrumental)     
  9. Blue On Blue (instrumental)     
  10. Betty Jean     
  11. County Line (2:15)
    (Chuck Berry)    
  12. Childhood Sweetheart     
  13. One O'Clock Jump (instrumental)     
  14. I Just Want To Make Love To You     
  15. Broken Arrow     
  16. Let It Rock     
  17. Too Pooped To Pop     
  18. Say You'll Be Mine (The Ecuadors)     
  19. Let Me Sleep Woman (The Ecuadors)
  20. Drifting Blues     
  21. I Got To Find My Baby     
  22. Don't You Lie To Me     
  23. Worried Life Blues     
  24. Our Little Rendezvous     
  25. Bye Bye Johnny     
  26. Run Around     
  27. Jaguar And Thunderbird     
  28. Diploma For Two     
  29. Little Star     
  30. The Way It Was Before     
  31. Away From You     
  32. Down The Road Apiece     
  33. Confessin' The Blues   
  34. Sweet Sixteen (2:45)
    (A. Nugetre)
  35. Thirteen Question Method   
  36. Stop And Listen   
disc 4:
  1. I Still Got The Blues     
  2. I'm Just A Lucky So And So     
  3. Mad Lad (instrumental)     
  4. Crying Steel (instrumental)     
  5. Route 66 (take 10)     
  6. I'm Talking About You 
  7. Rip It Up     
  8. Come On     
  9. Adulteen      
  10. The Man And The Donkey     
  11. Go Go Go     
  12. Trick Or Treat     
  13. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (instrumental) (1:45)
    (Chuck Berry)     
  14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (1:39)
    (Chuck Berry)
  15. All Aboard     
  16. Nadine (Is It You?)     
  17. You Never Can Tell     
  18. The Little Girl From Central     
  19. (The) Things I Used To Do (2:41)
    (Eddie Jones)
  20. I'm In The Danger Zone     
  21. I'm In The Twilight Zone     
  22. Fraulein     
  23. Lonely All The Time (Crazy Arms) (2:11)
    (Chuck Seals - Ralph Mooney)  
  24. O Rangutang (instrumental)     
  25. Big Ben (Blues)     
  26. (The) Promised Land     
  27. Brenda Lee     
  28. No Particular Place To Go     
  29. You Two     
  30. Liverpool Drive (instrumental)     
  31. Chuck's Beat (instrumental)     
  32. Bo's Beat (instrumental)     
  33. Little Marie   
  34. Go, Bobby Soxer  
disc 5:
  1. Lonely School Days     
  2. His Daughter Caroline     
  3. Dear Dad     
  4. I Want To Be Your Driver     
  5. Spending Christmas (My Blue Christmas)     
  6. The Song Of My Love     
  7. Butterscotch (instrumental)     
  8. After It's Over (instrumental)     
  9. Why Should We End This Way     
  10. You Came A Long Way From St Louis     
  11. She Once Was Mine     
  12. Jamaica Farewell     
  13. My Little Love Light     
  14. I Got A Booking     
  15. St Louis Blues     
  16. Shake Rattle And Roll (2:19)
    (Charles E. Calhoun)   
  17. Honey Hush     
  18. Wee Wee Hours (instrumental)     
  19. Run Joe      
  20. It's My Own Business     
  21. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)     
  22. Every Day We Rock And Roll     
  23. My Mustang Ford (instrumental)     
  24. My Mustang Ford     
  25. Merrily We Rock And Roll     
  26. Vaya Con Dios     
  27. Wee Hour Blues     
  28. It Wasn't Me     
  29. Ain't That Just Like A Woman     
  30. Right Off Rampart Street 2:21
  31. Welcome Back Pretty Baby     
  32. Sad Day, Long Night (instrumental)     
disc 6:
  1. Ramona, Say Yes     
  2. Viva (Viva) Rock And Roll     
  3. His Daughter Caroline (fast version)     
  4. Lonely School Days (fast version)     
  5. Campus Cookie (instrumental)     
  6. Mum's The Word     
  7. My Tambourine     
  8. Laugh And Cry     
  9. Maybelline (2:34)
    (Chuck Berry)
  10. School Days     
  11. Sweet Little Sixteen     
  12. Johnny B Goode (2:43)
    (Chuck Berry)
  13. Memphis     
  14. Roll Over Beethoven (2:00)
    (Chuck Berry)
  15. Rock'n'Roll Music     
  16. Club Nitty Gritty     
  17. Around And Around     
  18. Oh Captain     
  19. Thirty Days (2:10)
    (Chuck Berry)
  20. Back In The USA     
  21. Misery     
  22. Carol (2:24)
    (Chuck Berry)
  23. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (2:20)
    (Chuck Berry)
  24. Let It Rock      
  25. Reelin' And Rockin'     
  26. Almost Grown     
  27. Ramblin' Rose     
  28. Check Me Out     
  29. I Do Really Love You     
  30. Back To Memphis     
  31. Bring Another Drink     
  32. It Hurts Me Too     
  33. Goodnight, Well It's Time To Go   
  34. So Long   
  35. My Heart Will Always Belong To You   
  36. Flying Home (instrumental)   
disc 7:
  1. Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller     
  2. Oh Baby Doll     
  3. I Can't Believe (2:43)
    (Chuck Berry)
  4. Soul Rockin' (2:47)
    (Chuck Berry)
  5. Ma Dear     
  6. Rock Cradle Rock     
  7. The Love I Lost  
  8. Louie To Frisco     
  9. I Love Her, I Love Her     
  10. Little Fox (2:58)
    (Chuck Berry)
  11. Song Of My Love     
  12. Rock Cradle Rock (alt take)     
  13. Good Lookin' Woman     
  14. My Woman     
  15. It's Too Dark In There     
  16. Put Her Down     
  17. Concerto In B Goode (instrumental)     
  18. Tulane     
  19. Have Mercy Judge     
  20. untitled instrumental     
  21. My Ding-A-Ling     
disc 8:
  1. Gun (instrumental)     
  2. Gun (Fast) (instrumental)     
  3. Gun (Slow) (instrumental)     
  4. That's None Of Your Business     
  5. Instrumental     
  6. Christmas     
  7. I'm A Rocker     
  8. Flyin' Home (instrumental)     
  9. Fish & Chips     
  10. Some People     
  11. My Pad (poem)      
  12. Oh Louisiana     
  13. Festival     
  14. Let's Do Our Thing Together     
  15. Your Lick     
  16. Bound To Lose     
  17. Bordeaux In My Pirough     
  18. San Francisco Dues     
  19. My Dream (poem)     
  20. Roll 'Em Pete     
  21. Reelin' And Rockin'     
  22. My Ding-A-Ling     
  23. Johnny B Goode (3:55)
    (Chuck Berry)
  24. Let's Boogie     
disc 9:
  1. Mean Old World     
  2. I Love You     
  3. I Will Not Let You Go     
  4. London Berry Blues (instrumental)     
  5. Blues #1 (instrumental)     
  6. Annie Lou     
  7. Rain Eyes     
  8. You And My Country     
  9. Sue Answer     
  10. Got It And Gone     
  11. A Deuce     
  12. Talkin' About My Buddy     
  13. Hello Little Girl Goodbye     
  14. One Sixty Nine AM (instrumental)     
  15. Aimlessly Driftin'     
  16. Woodpecker (instrumental)     
  17. Bio     
  18. Roll Away     
  19. Hi-Heel Sneakers (4:38)
    (Robert Higginbotham)
  20. Jambalaya (2:51)
    (Hank Williams)
  21. The Song Of My Love     
  22. South Of The Border (2:18)
    (Jimmy Kennedy - Michael Carr - Chuck Berry)
disc 10:
  1. I'm Just A Name     
  2. Too Late     
  3. Turn On The Houselights (instrumental)     
  4. Swanee River     
  5. You Are My Sunshine     
  6. Johnny B Blues (instrumental)     
  7. Dust My Broom     
  8. Don't You Lie To Me     
  9. My Babe     
  10. Here Today     
  11. I Just Want To Make Love To You     
  12. Rockin' (instrumental)     
  13. Shake Rattle And Roll (2:14)
    (Charles E. Calhoun)
  14. Baby What You Want Me To Do (2:35)
    (Jimmy Reed)
  15. Chuck's Beat     
  16. Bo's Beat     
  17. Bio     
disc 11:
  1. I Got To Find My Baby (stereo)     
  2. Bye Bye Johnny (stereo)     
  3. Run Around (stereo)     
  4. Diploma For Two (stereo)     
  5. Down The Road Apiece (stereo-longer fading)     
  6. Route 66 (stereo, alt take)     
  7. I'm Talking About You (stereo)     
  8. Come On (stereo, alt take)     
  9. Go Go Go (stereo)     
  10. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (stereo remix) (1:48)
    (Chuck Berry)   
  11. Jamaica Farewell (mono)     
  12. My Mustang Ford (stereo remix)     
  13. It Wasn't Me (stereo, alt take)     
  14. Ain't That Just Like A Woman (unfaded)     
  15. Ramona, Say Yes (stereo, alt mix w-o sax)     
  16. Move It     
  17. Oh What A Thrill     
  18. California     
  19. Pass Away     
  20. I Need You Baby     
  21. If I Were     
  22. House Lights     
  23. I Never Thought     
  24. Havana Moon     
  25. Wuden't Me  
disc 12:
  1. Maybeline [sic] (2:07)
    (Chuck Berry)   
  2. Roll Over Beethoven (3:13)
    (Chuck Berry)
  3. Introduction
  4. Schooldays (School Day)     
  5. No Money Down     
  6. Sweet Little Sixteen     
  7. Johnny Be Goode (3:08)
    (Chuck Berry)
  8. First Set Introduction     
  9. Guitar Boogie (instrumental)     
  10. Johnny B Goode (2:55)
    (Chuck Berry)
  11. Sweet Little Sixteen     
  12. School Day     
  13. Memphis     
  14. Maybellene (3:06)
    (Chuck Berry)
  15. Rock And Roll Music (1:42)
    (Chuck Berry)
  16. Dust My Broom     
  17. Instrumental Boogie (instrumental)     
  18. Too Much Monkey Business     
  19. Johnny B Goode (4:47)
    (Chuck Berry)
disc 13:
  1. Rock At The Philharmonic (instrumental)     
  2. Memphis     
  3. Guitar Boogie (instrumental)     
  4. Let It Rock     
  5. Wee Wee Hours     
  6. Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnnie B Goode/Let It Rock/Rock & Roll Music (6:31)
  7. Introduction Walled Lake Casino, Detroit (October 26, 1963) first set     
  8. Guitar Boogie (instrumental)     
  9. Let It Rock     
  10. Almost Grown     
  11. Chuck Berry Dialogue #1     
  12. Memphis     
  13. Johnny B Goode     
  14. Introduction Walled Lake Casino, Detroit (October 26, 1963) second set     
  15. Instrumental Boogie     
  16. Sweet Little Sixteen     
  17. Wee Wee Hours     
  18. Chuck Berry Dialogue #2     
  19. Maybellene     
  20. Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnny B Goode/Let It Rock/School Day (10:56)
    (James Hudson - Calvin Carter - Chuck Berry)
disc 14:
  1. Fillmore Auditorium Introduction (June 27, 1967)     
  2. Rockin' At The Fillmore (instrumental)     
  3. Everyday I Have The Blues     
  4. CC Rider     
  5. Driftin' Blues     
  6. Feelin' It (instrumental)     
  7. Flying Home (instrumental)     
  8. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man     
  9. It Hurts Me Too     
  10. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl     
  11. Fillmore Blues (instrumental)     
  12. Wee Baby Blues     
  13. Bring Another Drink     
  14. Worried Life Blues     
  15. Reelin' And Rockin'     
  16. My Ding-A-Ling     
  17. Johnny B Goode (3:00)
    (Chuck Berry)
disc 15:
  1. Rock And Roll Music (2:33)
    (Chuck Berry)
  2. Nadine      
  3. School Day (Long Live Rock And Roll)     
  4. (In The) Wee Wee Hours     
  5. Johnny B Goode/Carol/Promised Land (8:34)
    (Chuck Berry)
  6. Hoochie Coochie Man     
  7. Memphis Tennessee     
  8. Too Much Monkey Business     
  9. Reelin’ And Rockin’     
  10. Sweet Little Sixteen     
  11. My Ding-A-Ling     
  12. Bonsoir Cherie     
  13. Johnny B Goode (4:51)
    (Chuck Berry)  
  14. Maybelline (3:26)
    (Chuck Berry)
disc 16:
  1. Lanchester Arts Festival Introduction, Coventry (February 3, 1972)     
  2. Roll Over Beethoven (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972)) (2:30)
    (Chuck Berry)
  3. Nadine (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  4. Sweet Little Sixteen (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  5. Instrumental (testing) (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  6. Roll 'Em Pete (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  7. Around And Around (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  8. It Hurts Me Too (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  9. Promised Land (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  10. Reelin' And Rockin' (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  11. My Ding-A-Ling (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))     
  12. Johnny B Goode (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972)) (4:25)
    (Chuck Berry)   
  13. South Of The Border (BBC Television Theatre, London (March 29, 1972)) (1:57)
    (Jimmy Kennedy - Michael Carr - Chuck Berry)
  14. School Days (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club' (BBC Light Programme))     
  15. Memphis Tennessee (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club' (BBC Light Programme))     
  16. Sweet Little Sixteen (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club' (BBC Light Programme))     
  17. Interview (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club' (BBC Light Programme))     
  18. Nadine (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club' (BBC Light Programme))     
  19. Johnny B Goode (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club' (BBC Light Programme)) (2:50)
    (Chuck Berry)    
  20. Interview (Dr Pepper Promo)     
  21. Dr Pepper Commercial (Dr Pepper Promo)     
  22. Reelin' And Rockin'
editorial reviews: Deluxe 16-CD boxed set with 2 hardcover books (356 total pages) in a clothbound LP-sized slipcase. 396 tracks, for a total playing time of 21 hours and 11 minutes!

''If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry.''' (John Lennon)

Since our launch in 1975, we at Bear Family have wanted to honor Chuck Berry. There have been endless Chuck Berry compilations - more than anyone could possibly tabulate, but we wanted to do the ultimate Chuck Berry compilation, containing:

--Every single and LP track, starting with a rare pre-Chess single with Joe Alexander from 1954!
--All the celebrated and legendary Chess singles and album cuts from 1955 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1974.
All the Mercury recordings, and the Atco album. Every surviving alternate take as well.
--Classic Live Recordings from 1956 to 1972.
--Exclusive introduction by Sir Paul McCartney.

But there's more! Expatriate British photographer Bill Greensmith lives in St. Louis and a few years back he found the photo archive of Chuck Berry's uncle, Harry Davis. Included are many previously unseen images of Chuck performing in St. Louis and hanging out with friends and family. In these images, Chuck is unguarded and relaxed. We also see him performing at blues nightspots in and around St. Louis before he was famous. These photos, included with this set in a high quality 104-page hardbound book, will open your eyes to Chuck Berry as you've never seen him.

Plus, there's a second 252-page hardbound book with a definitive essay from Chuck's biographer, Bruce Pegg, additional texts by Mike Snow and Roger Fairhurst, a comprehensive discography by Fred Rothwell, hundreds of published and unpublished photos, including several images made by respected French photographer Jean-Marie Perrier in 1964.

In other words, everything you want by Chuck Berry in one place! The last word on the first name in Rock 'n' Roll.