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Chuck Berry - His Best, Vol. 1 Audio CD

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Chuck Berry Band: Chuck Berry
Title: His Best, Vol. 1
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Release Date: 1997-03-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Maybellene 2: Thirty Days 3: You Can't Catch Me 4: Downbound Train 5: Brown Eyed Handsome Man 6: Roll over Beethoven 7: Too Much Monkey Business 8: Havana Moon 9: School Day 10: Rock & Roll Music 11: Oh Baby Doll 12: Reelin' and Rockin' 13: Sweet Little Sixteen 14: Johnny B. Goode 15: Around and Around 16: Beautiful Delilah 17: Carol 18: Anthony Boy 19: Jo Jo Gunne 20: Memphis

Chuck Berry at His Best
I've purchased Chuck Berry CD's in the past and was disappointed. What Memories. Not this time. Excellent selection of hits and high quality sound. Add volume 2 and you've got all you'll ever need.


Some of the best music that money can buy
His music is full of heart and soul and blues and country and even jazz, and it all simmers so irresistibly. Chuck Berry is, without a doubt, one of the greatest musicians in the history of popular music; everything from his songwriting (which was an image-heavy, gleefully poetic celebration of growing up and being alive, full of subtle humor and snickering innuendo) to his musicianship (full of exciting rhythms, death-defying chord progressions, and guitar solos that have earned a rightful place in our collective unconscious) defines and exemplifies rock 'n' roll. Anyone who claims to like rock owes it to themselves to get as much Chuck in their collection as they can.

This disc features 20 golden tracks from the first segment of his career- you get such deathless classics as "Johnny B. Goode" and "You Can't Catch Me," as well as less well known gems like "Havana Moon" and "Anthony Boy. " Now, this isn't the best Chuck comp out there- for a bit more cash you can get the almost definitive Chess Box or the epochal Great 28 collection, but it's certainly a start. Just don't sop exploring this great man's music after you've digested this stuff. Happy listening!.


Half of Chuck's greatest hits
The sound quality is very good, there are no live versions (which mar other Berry "greatest hits" packages), and there is nothing but great music here. If you buy this disc in tandem with "Greatest Hits II" then you will have almost all of Chuck Berry's greatest hists.

It's a shame that Chuck Berry is not universally recognized as one of the greatest rock lyricists and most innovative figures. This CD will convince even skeptics of his brilliance. Without Chuck Berry, there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones or Kinks, or at least in the forms they eventually took.

This CD contains all of Berry's original early recordings, pristine and beautifully remastered. Who can deny that his way with words was umatched: "He never, ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play a guitar just like a-ringing a bell. . . " It's a tragedy that most people have grown up listening to inferior musicians do paltry cover versions of the songs Berry wrote and performed better than anyone else.

This set is an absolutely essential component of any collection, of any genre. Chuck Berry was a pioneer with words and music and his influence is sorely underestimated today. Had Chuck Berry been born white, he would be regarded as a rock God instead of being neglected and virtually forgotten in many circles. These 28 magnificent songs just about cover his catalogue of hits. This is a great sampling, but incomplete, so if you want to experience Berry's real genius, branch off into his lesser known songs. But for the money, this one rocks!.


gone like a cool breeze.
berry was a genius in the sense like johnson, patton and the chicago bluesmen couldnt explain the effects of a guitar strum but could channel electricity into the most lethargic of bodies. i hate the fifties is "my old amamata" i prefer the descendants of r&r after the british got hold of rock and roll and revamped it in the mid sixties, but berry transcends that, he leaves those mop haired boys at the docks in liverpool standing still.
i must admit the pop melodies sometimes force me to play some johnny cash laments in between berry setting the juke on fire but mostly i am humming along with "Rainwater blowing all under my hood, i know it wont do my motor good!"
the man is ferocity and makes you feel good unlike most pop music today that just seems to be a copy of a copy thats got a catching rythm but always seems to be saying the same thing repetitively, it lacks the rawness of berrys lyrics that are sung as though they are the discovery of a new America every time you play a song.
it is pop music and its suppossed to be fun its about living the high school hop that can only be related to kids today as corny and passe' but forget everything lennon, dylan, hayes, mayfield mellencamp,rotten, ice t and all those other people who turned pop music into a lifestyle for two minutes while Chuck Berry is on, and you can really feel the frenzy that would have inhabited a rock and roll show in the fifties.
buy it and cherish every word.


A MUST FROM ONE OF THE FATHER's OF ROCk-N-ROLL
His Music Here Represents His GreatNess&Importance to the World of Music. CHuck Berry with His Signature Style of Guitar Playing&Duck Walk is One Of The FOunding Ground-Breaking Musicians of Rock-N-Roll. Maybellene,Johnny B. Goode,Roll Over Beethoven etc. . are timeless Classics.


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