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1-Maybellene 2-Wee Wee Hours 3-Thirty Days 4-No Money Down 5-Down Bound Train 6-Roll Over Beethoven 7-Too Much Monkey Business 8-Brown Eyed Handsome Man 9-You Can't Catch Me 10-Havana Moon 11-School Day 12-Oh Baby Doll 13-Rock And Roll Music 14-Sweet Little Sixteen 15-Reelin' And Rockin' 16-House Of Blue Lights 17-Johnny B. Goode 18-Around And Around 19-Beautiful Delilah 20-Carol CD 1-Sweet Little Rock And Roller 2-Joe Joe Gunn 3-Merry Christmas Baby 4-Run Rudolph Run 5-Anthony Boy 6-Little Queenie 7-Almost Grown 8-Memphis Tennessee 9-Back In The U.S.A 10-Childhood Sweetheart 11-Too Pooped To Pop 12-Let It Rock 13-Bye Bye Johnny 14-Mad Lad 15-Betty Jean 16-Down The Road A Piece 17-Jaguar And Thunderbird 18-I'm Talking About You 19-Route 66 CD 1-Go Go Go 2-Come On 3-Nadine 4-No Particular Place To Go 5-You Never Can Tell 6-Go Bobby Soxer 7-Little Marie 8-Promised Land 9-The Things I Used To Do 10-Dear Dad 11-Lonely School Day 12-It Wasn't Me 13-Tulane 14-Club Nitty Gritty 15-It Hurts Me Too 16-My Ding-A-Ling 17-Reeling & Rocking (1972) (2007/UNIVERSAL) 56 tracks 1955-1972 / original master recordings in top sound quality
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85 of 87 people found the following review helpful
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For any serious, as opposed to obsessive fan, this largely excellent collection contains about as much Chuck Berry as anyone could ever want, and the contents are mostly well chosen. There are a fair number of obscure gems here that will please anyone who's enjoyed a single disc compilation and wondered if there was any more worth hearing: Childhood Sweetheart, Betty Jean, Little Marie (a surprisingly good sequel to Memphis Tennessee using the same tune but far better played and recorded), a fine cover of The Things I Used To Do, plus (nearly) all his classics and some fine minor hits such as Almost Grown, I'm Talking About You, You Can't Catch Me.
So it seems churlish to point out the defects that make this a 4 star collection as opposed to a 5 star one, but defects there are. First and foremost is the omission of the wonderful hit version of Sweet Little Rock And Roller in favour of an alternate version. This isn't just an alternate take but a completely different arrangement. The hit version, with its spine-tingling guitar solo, is essential, this is merely an interesting alternative version, only of interest to completists - and it seems likely the inclusion of the wrong one was careless, not deliberate. Secondly, while the sound quality is good to excellent throughout, far too many of the 60s tunes are presented here in stereo. As a general rule, pop singles (and we are talking rock'n'roll here) from before about 1966 should be presented in mono - the stereo mixes were always an afterthought, the mono ones almost always sound better - as for instance on the Rolling Stones' Singles Collection; note also that the first stereo single was Hey Jude in 1968. These aren't the worst examples I've heard by any means, but what's wrong with the mono versions? And finally, there are a few tunes here that really didn't need reviving. Foremost among these, of course, is the hideous and perhaps unavoidable My Ding-A-Ling, but several far more obscure tunes have either dated badly (Havana Moon), are cheesy, contrived novelties (Too Pooped To Pop) or just lame and out of tune (House Of Blue Lights). It's notable that of those four, Chuck only wrote Havana Moon, and that's a thinly disguised re-write of Louie Louie.
So not a perfect compilation - I'd hoped I'd never need any other Chuck Berry CD but I'm going to have to hold on to the one with the proper version of Sweet Little Rock And Roller on it - but having said all that, 90% of this is completely brilliant, stereo mixes or not, so if you want a lot of Chuck's classics and you're on a budget, this is unbeatable.
So it seems churlish to point out the defects that make this a 4 star collection as opposed to a 5 star one, but defects there are. First and foremost is the omission of the wonderful hit version of Sweet Little Rock And Roller in favour of an alternate version. This isn't just an alternate take but a completely different arrangement. The hit version, with its spine-tingling guitar solo, is essential, this is merely an interesting alternative version, only of interest to completists - and it seems likely the inclusion of the wrong one was careless, not deliberate. Secondly, while the sound quality is good to excellent throughout, far too many of the 60s tunes are presented here in stereo. As a general rule, pop singles (and we are talking rock'n'roll here) from before about 1966 should be presented in mono - the stereo mixes were always an afterthought, the mono ones almost always sound better - as for instance on the Rolling Stones' Singles Collection; note also that the first stereo single was Hey Jude in 1968. These aren't the worst examples I've heard by any means, but what's wrong with the mono versions? And finally, there are a few tunes here that really didn't need reviving. Foremost among these, of course, is the hideous and perhaps unavoidable My Ding-A-Ling, but several far more obscure tunes have either dated badly (Havana Moon), are cheesy, contrived novelties (Too Pooped To Pop) or just lame and out of tune (House Of Blue Lights). It's notable that of those four, Chuck only wrote Havana Moon, and that's a thinly disguised re-write of Louie Louie.
So not a perfect compilation - I'd hoped I'd never need any other Chuck Berry CD but I'm going to have to hold on to the one with the proper version of Sweet Little Rock And Roller on it - but having said all that, 90% of this is completely brilliant, stereo mixes or not, so if you want a lot of Chuck's classics and you're on a budget, this is unbeatable.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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It's been a few years since I last listened to Chuck Berry and now I'm asking myself: Why? You could subtitle this record 'The Joy of Rock'n'Roll' because one track after another is a joyful romp, an exhuberant celebration of rock'n'roll and rhythm & blues, of being being young with a girl on your arm, a fancy car, and listening to music with the open road in front of you.
Memorable classic track after classic track along with a few unexpected detours. There's a swamp-bluesish Downbound Train, a great version of blues standard The Things That I Used To Do, a cover of crooner Charles Brown's Merry Christmas Baby, the just odd but likeable Jo Jo Gunne, Havana Moon with its Louie Louie echoes, along with a plethora of Berry's lesser but still fun rockers. And, of course, there are all the big hits that made him a sensation.
In the unlikely event that you've never actually heard any Chuck Berry, you will certainly have heard several of his songs as he's one of the most covered artists in the history of Rock from Buddy Holly, The Beatles,the Rolling Stones up to the present. The sad thing is that such marvellous life-enhancing music comes from someone who is a notorious mean-spirited miserly curmudgeon who was never the same after a spell in jail in the early 60's.
But we have his marvellous music. If you're ever feeling down, just put on this collection and if it doesn't put a smile on your face then check your pulse because you aint down you're dead.
(And, really, it isn't compulsory to listen to My Ding-a-ling, indeed it's best avoided. But after everything else, we can forgive him this one.)
Memorable classic track after classic track along with a few unexpected detours. There's a swamp-bluesish Downbound Train, a great version of blues standard The Things That I Used To Do, a cover of crooner Charles Brown's Merry Christmas Baby, the just odd but likeable Jo Jo Gunne, Havana Moon with its Louie Louie echoes, along with a plethora of Berry's lesser but still fun rockers. And, of course, there are all the big hits that made him a sensation.
In the unlikely event that you've never actually heard any Chuck Berry, you will certainly have heard several of his songs as he's one of the most covered artists in the history of Rock from Buddy Holly, The Beatles,the Rolling Stones up to the present. The sad thing is that such marvellous life-enhancing music comes from someone who is a notorious mean-spirited miserly curmudgeon who was never the same after a spell in jail in the early 60's.
But we have his marvellous music. If you're ever feeling down, just put on this collection and if it doesn't put a smile on your face then check your pulse because you aint down you're dead.
(And, really, it isn't compulsory to listen to My Ding-a-ling, indeed it's best avoided. But after everything else, we can forgive him this one.)
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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I can only reiterate the previous review. I own alot of Chuck Berry cds and this is without a shadow of a doubt the best of the lot. If you are a Chuck Berry fan, as I am and have not already purchased this superb box set, I urge you to buy it now! It has the best sound quality of any of his cds.
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Exactly What I Wanted
Honestly, I'm not a massive Chuck Berry fan, but there were a few tracks of his that I wanted to own. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Spoony
The Ultimate Chuck Berry
3 x CD's. Great Value for money. A really talented Artist. You won't be dissappointed with your purchase music you want to Blast :)
Published 2 months ago by RosiePosie
Excellent buy !
Besides the music and historical interest of this cd, it's also good value.
Even the old recordings are worth to listen to ! Brilliant Berry ! Long live Rock'n Roll !!
Even the old recordings are worth to listen to ! Brilliant Berry ! Long live Rock'n Roll !!
Published 3 months ago by Ben
chuck berrys hits
amazing how many hits chuck berry had and how many people had hits with his songs great quality cds this is a must for fans
Published 5 months ago by Mr. D. R. Clayton
Lowdown on Chuck B
A mass of tracks from a long playing and recording life. Good value at the price and lot of tracks I had'nt heard before!
Published 8 months ago by Mr. J. F. Urquhart
Get your kicks on Route 66
Why do I like this one? Well it's Chuck. It's got 56 tracks, 55 if you skip "My Ding-a-Ling". And it's lovely and cheap. What else? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dangerous Dave
I was there!!
I have some old Chuck Berry on Vinyl including the London Sessions (side 1 recorded at Lanchester Arts Festival in the old Locarno Ballroom in Coventry 1972. Read more
Published 10 months ago by R. Kimberley
Good value, and an oddity - both intriguing - and annoying!
All the "hits" and much more, in decent sound - but ONE oddity - Sweet Little Rock n Roller is not the version we all know and love, but a different arrangement with saxophone... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Rocking Remnant
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Published 10 months ago by Dick Turpin
Brilliant!
A brilliant collection of his most famous and lesser-known hits at an astonishingly good price!
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