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The definitive collection / Chuck Berry.

By: Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: B0004417-02 | Geffen/ChessSpoken language: English Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : Geffen/Chess, ℗2006.Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Other title:
  • Chuck Berry : the definitive collection
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Maybellene (2:21) -- Thirty days (2:25) -- You can't catch me (2:44) -- Too much monkey business (2:55) -- Roll over Beethoven (2:55) -- Brown eyed handsome man (2:18) -- Havana moon (3:08) -- School day (2:42) -- Rock and roll music (2:32) -- Oh baby doll (2:38) -- Reelin' and rockin' (3:16) -- Sweet little sixteen (3:02) -- Johnny B. Goode (2:41) -- Around and around (2:40) -- Beautiful Delilah (2:10) -- Carol (2:49) -- Memphis, Tennessee (2:14) -- Sweet little rock & roller (2:22) -- Little Queenie (2:42) -- Almost grown -- Back in the U.S.A. (2:28) -- Let it rock (1:48) -- I'm talking about you (1:51) -- Come on (1:50) -- Nadine (Is it you?) (2:35) -- You never can tell (2:43) -- Promised land (2:24) -- No particular place to go (2:44) -- I want to be your driver (2:15) -- My ding-a-ling (single edit) (Live) (4:16).
Production credits:
  • All tracks produced by Leonard and Phil Chess or Chuck Berry. Compilation produced by Andy McKaie.
Chuck Berry ; with accompanying musicians.Summary: More than any other artist, Chuck Berry cooked up the basic recipe for rock n' roll. With his guitar style, Berry would have many hit songs, including Johnny B. Goode and Maybellene, which are just two of the hits included in this collection.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Dr. James Carlson Library CD POP/ROCK Berry, Chuck Checked out 06/06/2024 33111009049046
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

There have been many, many Chuck Berry compilations released by Chess over the years, but as of the spring of 2006, there was no comprehensive single-disc set in print; there was the double-disc 2005 set Gold, which itself was a retitled reissue of 2000's Anthology, but the classic comp The Great Twenty-Eight was long out of print, and nothing had replaced it until the 2006 release of The Definitive Collection. This generous 30-track selection offers nearly everything that was on The Great Twenty-Eight and in nearly the same sequence -- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "Roll Over Beethoven" are swapped, for instance, but it's not really a noticeable change. "Bye Bye Johnny" is the only song missing from The Great Twenty-Eight, which is not a huge omission, especially since it's been replaced with two great singles, "You Never Can Tell" and "Promised Land." "My Ding-A-Ling" is also here and, while it is a worse song than "Bye Bye Johnny," it was Chuck's only number one single, so its inclusion makes sense -- and it hardly sinks a collection that is by far the best, most comprehensive single-disc Chuck Berry set yet assembled. Sure, there are some great Berry songs that are absent, but all the major songs are here; plus, if you need more than 30 songs, turn to either Gold or The Chess Box. If you want a single-disc best-of collection of all of Chuck's finest, this is the one to get. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

All songs by Chuck Berry.

Sung in English.

Chuck Berry ; with accompanying musicians.

All tracks produced by Leonard and Phil Chess or Chuck Berry. Compilation produced by Andy McKaie.

Recorded 1955-1972.

Compact disc.

Booklet with program notes by Bud Scoppa in English (15 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.

Maybellene (2:21) -- Thirty days (2:25) -- You can't catch me (2:44) -- Too much monkey business (2:55) -- Roll over Beethoven (2:55) -- Brown eyed handsome man (2:18) -- Havana moon (3:08) -- School day (2:42) -- Rock and roll music (2:32) -- Oh baby doll (2:38) -- Reelin' and rockin' (3:16) -- Sweet little sixteen (3:02) -- Johnny B. Goode (2:41) -- Around and around (2:40) -- Beautiful Delilah (2:10) -- Carol (2:49) -- Memphis, Tennessee (2:14) -- Sweet little rock & roller (2:22) -- Little Queenie (2:42) -- Almost grown -- Back in the U.S.A. (2:28) -- Let it rock (1:48) -- I'm talking about you (1:51) -- Come on (1:50) -- Nadine (Is it you?) (2:35) -- You never can tell (2:43) -- Promised land (2:24) -- No particular place to go (2:44) -- I want to be your driver (2:15) -- My ding-a-ling (single edit) (Live) (4:16).

More than any other artist, Chuck Berry cooked up the basic recipe for rock n' roll. With his guitar style, Berry would have many hit songs, including Johnny B. Goode and Maybellene, which are just two of the hits included in this collection.

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