Chuck Berry - Essential Works 1955 - 1962 2LP [Ltd Ed 500 Copies]
Artist : Chuck Berry
Label : Diggers Factory
Format : 2 x 12" (140g)
Country : United States
Genres : Rock & RollRock
Pressing : 500 Copies
Of all the fathers of rock ’n’ roll, Chuck Berry was the most colourful, a wild and original character who was a model for the greatest rock guitarists. Harassed and imprisoned by racist authorities, Chuck would spend some 60 years either at the top of the charts or behind bars. After being sentenced for hold-ups in three stores, car theft, and possession of a weapon, he spent two years in a reformatory. Released in 1947, it was after an encounter with Muddy Waters, and especially Leonard Chess in 1955, that his life was transformed. He recorded a Bob Wills country song that he retitled “Maybellene”, and it sold over a million copies, which took the song to the top of the R&B charts, the first in a long series of hits he recorded for the Chess label. They are all on this album.
TRACKLIST
SIDE 1
1.
Roll Over Beethoven
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02:26
2.
Too Much Monkey Business
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02:57
3.
School Day (Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll)
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02:44
4.
Rock And Roll Music
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02:35
5.
Maybellene
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02:21
6.
No Money Down
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03:00
7.
Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
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02:25
8.
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
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02:18
SIDE 2
1.
Johnny B. Goode
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02:40
2.
Sweet Little Sixteen
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03:13
3.
Guitar Boogie
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02:20
4.
Reelin And Rockin
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03:19
5.
Around & Around
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02:40
6.
Carol
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02:50
7.
Sweet Little Rock n Roller
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02:23
2
SIDE 1
1.
Memphis Tennesse
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02:13
2.
Little Queenie
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02:43
3.
Almost Grown
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02:22
4.
Back in The USA
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02:29
5.
Betty Jean
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02:31
6.
Let It Rock
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01:47
7.
Jaguar and the Thunderbird
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01:53
SIDE 2
1.
Bye Bye Johnny
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02:07
2.
Don't You Lie to Me
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02:01
3.
Down The Road A Piece
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02:16
4.
Confessin The Blues
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02:11
5.
Route 66
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02:49
6.
I'm Talking About You
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01:51
7.
Come On
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01:50
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