| Released: | 2/9/2005 |
| Condition: | New |
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BERRY,CHUCK - GOLD
Price:
€9.99
Format: Compact Disc
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It would be an overstatement to say that Chuck Berry, like some guitar-slinging Dr. Frankenstein, single-handedly built the body of rock n' roll. Still, it is very likely that the monster's heart might have never started pounding properly had it not been for Berry's wholly revolutionary synthesis of R&B and rockabilly, his infectious, propulsive songs, his flashy, rock & roll attitude, and his no-nonsense approach to electric guitar solos.
The definitive collection of Berry's music, this two-disc, 50-track set is peppered with a few lesser-known cuts such as the dark, churning "Downbound Train" and the calypso-tinged "Havana Moon", as well as some entries from Berry's later period, such as the terrific "Tulane". But once Berry's classics start stacking up, there's not room for much else. Rock archetypes such as "Johnny B. Goode", "Sweet Little Sixteen", "Rock and Roll Music", and "Roll Over Beethoven" are merely the tip of the iceberg. Chess Records luminaries the likes of Willie Dixon, Hubert Sumlin, Otis Spann and Etta James and the Marquees lend bluesy, punchy, in-the-pocket back-up support. THE ANTHOLOGY is an utterly essential collection.
| Discs 1 | | 1) | Maybellene | | 2) | Wee Wee Hours | | 3) | Thirty Days | | 4) | You Can't Catch Me | | 5) | Downbound Train | | 6) | No Money Down | | 7) | Brown Eyed Handsome Man | | 8) | Roll Over Beethoven | | 9) | Too Much Monkey Business | | 10) | Havana Moon | | 11) | School Day | | 12) | Rock 'n' Roll Music | | 13) | Oh Baby Doll | | 14) | Sweet Little Sixteen | | 15) | Guitar Boogie | | 16) | Reelin' And Rockin' | | 17) | Johnny B. Goode | | 18) | Around And Around | | 19) | Beautiful Delilah | | 20) | House Of Blue Lights | | 21) | Carol | | 22) | Jo Jo Gunne | | 23) | Memphis Tennessee | | 24) | Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller | | 25) | Little Queenie | | 26) | Almost Grown |
Discs 2 | | 1) | Back In The USA | | 2) | Do You Love Me | | 3) | Betty Jean | | 4) | Childhood Sweetheart | | 5) | Let It Rock | | 6) | Too Pooped To Pop | | 7) | I Got To Find My Baby | | 8) | Don't You Lie To Me | | 9) | Bye Bye Johnny | | 10) | Jaguar And Thunderbird | | 11) | Down The Road Apiece | | 12) | Confessin' The Blues | | 13) | I'm Talking About You | | 14) | Come On | | 15) | Nadine (Is It You) | | 16) | You Never Can Tell | | 17) | Promised Land | | 18) | No Particular Place To Go | | 19) | Dear Dad | | 20) | I Want To Be Your Driver | | 21) | Tulane | | 22) | My Ding-A-Ling (live/single edit) | | 23) | Reelin' And Rockin' (live) | | 24) | Bio |
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