Chuck Berry Collector's Guide - The Chess Era (1. Previous: The Pre- Chess Era (1. Back home. Discography — Bibliography — Blog — Database< The Pre- Chess Era (1. During this time, Chuck Berry recorded all the classic. Sweet Little Sixteen, Memphis, Tennessee, Johnny. B. Goodeor Roll Over Beethoven. These songs have. Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys and almost every. Rock 'n' Roll singer and band. In addition there are some live recordings. Chess but on. different labels many years later. This chapter will present you. Chess records first, followed by additional Chess recordings.
Discography — Bibliography — Blog — Database. The Chuck Berry Discography - All his records, all his songs < Radio Show and Promotional Records. Rolling Stones Printer Friendly product information for Rolling Stones from eil.com Updated as of Sunday May 21st 2017. Dvds to trade,Rare Rock Concerts On DVD,Live Concert on DVD,My DVD Trade List,Rare Rock Videos,Paypal,Billy Joel,Daryl Hall,John Martyn,Santana,Jamiroquai,Rockpalast. The chapter ends with a. The Original Chess Records. Chuck Berry's first recording session at Chess Records. Chicago took place May 2. Four songs were recorded which. A SpokenEdition transforms written content into human-read audio you can listen to anywhere. Perfect for times when you can't read - while driving, at the gym, doing. Maybellene. b/w Wee Wee Hours (Chess 1. July 1. 95. 5) and Thirty. Chuck Berry London Sessions Rare PenniesDays b/w Together We Will Always Be (Chess 1. September 1. 95. 5). Due to the big. success of these records (Chess 1. No. 1 in Billboard's. Rhythm & Blues charts.) Chess organized another recording. December of the same year which among other songs. No Money Down b/w Down. Bound Train (Chess 1. December 1. 95. 5). Important for. collectors of Chuck Berry's Music is that this session also. Roly Poly and Berry Pickin'. After School Sessionalbum, while I've Changed. Since most single releases have been re- published on samplers. I will not list all the singles released during. Chess era. I will concentrate on the albums because most. CD) and are. easier to get for a collector. Of course many collectors also try. EPs Chuck made. The singles were Roll Over Beethovenb/w Drifting. Heart (Chess 1. 62. May 1. 95. 6), Too Much Monkey Businessb/w. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Chess 1. September 1. 95. 6). You Can't Catch Me b/w Havana Moon (Chess. November 1. 95. 6). You Can't Catch Me is the. Chuck performed in the film Rock, Rock, Rock (Video: , DVD: ) also released in 1. Due to this. Chuck's first album on Chess was named the same as the film: Rock. Rock, Rock (Chess LP- 1. December 1. 95. 6). The album was. sold as the motion picture soundtrack, which was not true, of. On one hand the film featured many other artists not. Chess Records, on the other hand Chuck performs. Besides You. Can't Catch Me the album contains Maybellene, Thirty Days, and Roll Over Beethoven. The remaining eight. Rock, Rock, Rock are performed by two. Chess: The Flamingos and The. Moonglows. In a later Chess session the Moonglows sang. Chuck on tunes like Back in the USA. Also Chuck Berry's music now more and more. In most cases LPs were a. But pretty soon artists. The first true Chuck. Berry album was called After School Session (Chess. LP- 1. 42. 6, May 1. The record contains the remaining contents of. Chess singles. In. Roly Poly and Berry. Pickin' from Chuck second recording session at Chess plus. School Day . Notable on this EP is the nice picture cover (right). Don Bronstein, who also created many of the other. Additional. Chess releases in 1. Oh Baby Doll b/w La. Juanda (Chess 1. 66. June 1. 95. 7) and Rock and Roll Music. Blue Feeling (Chess 1. September 1. 95. 7). All four. songs are also on the EP Rock and Roll Music (Chess EP. Collectors should note that there are minor differences between the single version of La Juanda and the one on the EP which is subsequently re- issued on albums and CDs. Starting. 1. 95. 7 the Chess brothers also began to license Chuck Berry's. In the beginning those. U. S. In. later years however we find Chuck Berry recordings published. U. S. We will see some. Here are two 1. 95. Columbia Records of. Great Britain and by London Records of Germany. Chuck's. major hits: Sweet Little Sixteenb/w Reelin' and. Rockin' (Chess 1. January 1. 95. 8). In March 1. 95. 8 Chess. Chuck Berry's next album called One Dozen Berrys. Chess LP- 1. 43. 2 ). The album contained the six songs published. La Juanda. appears in a different mix here. Blue Feeling is on that. Low. Feeling. Additional new songs on One Dozen Berrys are. Guitar Boogie, In- Go, Rock at the Philharmonic, It Don't Take. But a Few Minutes, and How You've Changed. Also in March. 1. Chess released the next Chuck Berry classic: Johnny B. Over the. next year they published another six singles, most of the songs. Berry is on Top. The. Beautiful Delilahb/w Vacation Time. Chess 1. 69. 7, both songs were rarities until they appeared on LPs. Sixties and Seventies), Carol b/w Hey Pedro. Chess 1. 70. 0), Sweet Little Rock and Roller b/w Jo Jo. Gunne (Chess 1. 70. Christmas songs Merry Christmas. Baby b/w Run Rudolph Run (Chess 1. Anthony. Boyb/w That's My Desire (Chess 1. Almost Grownb/w Little. Queenie (Chess 1. Berry. is on Top (Chess LP- 1. July 1. 95. 9 ) with the next. It even. contained the classics Maybellene and Roll Over. Beethoven along with Almost Grown, Carol, Sweet Little. Rock and Roller, Anthony Boy, Johnny B. Goode, Little Queenie, Jo. Jo Gunne, Around and Around, and Hey Pedro. The. only new song on this album is Chuck's nice Blues For. Hawaiians. Shortly before Berry is on Top Chess released another. Chuck Berry classic: Back in the USAb/w Memphis. Tennessee (Chess 1. It's interesting to note that Memphis. B- side of this single only and that it made. Berry is on Top album nor to the. Additional Chess releases in 1. Broken Arrowb/w Childhood Sweetheart (Chess 1. Too. Pooped to Popb/w Let it Rock (Chess 1. Bye Bye Johnnyb/w Worried Life Blues (Chess 1. I Got to Find My Babyb/w Mad Lad (Chess 1. All eight songs were put on the following Chess album Rockin' at the Hops. In between, that is in. November 1. 95. 9 Chess released another Chuck Berry record. This one. however appeared on Chess' Argo sub- label, and it was not. Chuck Berry record at all. Say You'll Be Mine. Let Me Sleep Woman (Argo 5. The. Ecuadors. This vocal group (which were in fact for Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, and Billy Davis) accompanied Chuck's band during. Chess sessions in July 1. You can also hear them on Betty. Jean, Childhood Sweetheart, Broken Arrow, and Too Pooped. Pop, for instance. The Argo record uses the same setup. Both songs were. even written by Chuck Berry, who used his alias E. Anderson. on Let Me Sleep Woman as well as on Let it Rock. It. contained the eight songs listed above plus four additional. Chuck. The new songs were Down the Road Apiece, Confessin' the Blues, Betty Jean, and Driftin'. Blues. The same LP was also published outside the U. S. In 1. 96. 1 Chess released only two 4. I'm Talking About Youb/w Little Star (Chess 1. February 1. 96. 1) and Come Onb/w Go Go Go. Chess 1. 79. 9, October 1. Due to Chuck's trials during this. This also holds true for his next album New Juke Box Hits (Chess LP- 1. March 1. 96. 1 ). As there were no singles, the album contains a lot of material which has not been available elsewhere for a long time. New Juke Box Hits includes cover versions of hits by Nat Cole, B. King, Tampa Red, and Little Richard (Route 6. Sweet Sixteen, Don't You Lie to Me, and Rip it Up) as well as some. Chuck Berry: I'm Talking About You, Diploma For Two, Thirteen Question Method, Away From You, The Way it Was Before, Little Star, Run Around, and. Stop and Listen. During his first imprisonment from February 1. October. 1. 96. 3. Chuck was not allowed to record any new material. But Chess. wanted to sell records. So they released Chuck Berry Twist. Chess LP- 1. 46. 5, February 1. Chuck's. Greatest Hits. The record is also known as More Chuck Berry. Rhythm & Blues Rendez- Vous. A new generation of musicians. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The. Beach Boys, et cetera. And they told everyone that it was Chuck Berry music they. So in August 1. 96. Chess brothers took from their. Chuck. Berry album with new songs. For. some reason they also thought that this album would sell better. So. they dubbed live audience to the tapes and called the album Chuck. Berry On Stage (Chess LP- 1. August 1. 96. 3). Of course this was. Surfin' USA. Chuck. Berry never recorded Surfin' USA even though the Chess. Brothers concurrently released a 4. Sweet Little Sixteen(subtitled Surfin' USA) b/w Memphis (Chess 1. We all know that it were the Beach Boys who covered Sweet Little Sixteen and added their own lyrics. Chuck Berry On Stage contains the well- known hit. Maybellene(mis- spelled Maybelline). Memphis, Let it Rock(re- titled Rocking on the. Railroad), Go Go Go, Sweet Little Sixteen. Surfin' USA), and Jaguar and the Thunderbird. In addition the album includes a new version of. Brown Eyed Handsome Man and the new songs Surfin' Steel(a version of Blues For Hawaiiansoriginally recorded. Crying Steel), Still Got the Blues, I Just Want to Make Love to You, All Aboard, Trick or Treat, and The Man and the Donkey. Not listed on. the US cover but also included is a recording of How High the Moon. As. said all these songs were modified to sound like recorded with. Undubbed versions of most of these songs became. Seventies. and Eighties. While Chuck Berry On Stage has been. Chuck Berry. French variant Chuck Berry A L'Olympia (Barclay 8. March 1. 96. 5). contains not only a French language introduction to the 'show' on the LP (the original version and all re- issues contain. English language introduction), but also true live recordings from Chuck. However these are not songs but just some of the introductions recorded during a french live show (and of course completely unrelated to the songs of the album). Due to these additional segments, the last song on each side (Go Go Go and How High the Moon) is omitted. It would. be really nice to finally release the original recording the French introductions were cut from. Back from prison, Chuck Berry returned into the Chess studios. Those were. accompanied by a new album Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits. Chess LP- 1. 48. 5) containing nothing new. In England however, Pye. Records now created their own albums which corresponded to the. Chuck Berry on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Then came The Latest and the Greatest (Pye. NPL 2. 80. 31, May 1. This record included some old numbers (Deep Feeling, Guitar Boogie, Driftin' Blues, Bye Bye Johnny, Don't You Lie to Me, and Jaguar and the Thunderbird) together with. Chess singles. And it. Footlight. com > Cast Recordings. Receive e- mail about new releases and special offers.
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