Chuck Berry – The Chess Box
Label: | Chess – CHD3-80,001, MCA Records – CHD3-80,001 |
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Series: | The Chess Box |
Format: | 3 x CD, Compilation |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Rock & Roll |
Tracklist
Disc One (1955 - 1958) | |||
1-1 | Maybellene | 2:18 | |
1-2 | Wee Wee Hours | 3:02 | |
1-3 | Thirty Days | 2:21 | |
1-4 | You Can't Catch Me | 2:42 | |
1-5 | No Money Down | 2:56 | |
1-6 | Downbound Train | 2:49 | |
1-7 | Brown Eyed Handsome Man | 2:15 | |
1-8 | Drifting Heart | 2:47 | |
1-9 | Roll Over Beethoven | 2:22 | |
1-10 | Too Much Monkey Business | 2:53 | |
1-11 | Havana Moon | 3:06 | |
1-12 | School Day | 2:40 | |
1-13 | Rock And Roll Music | 2:30 | |
1-14 | Oh Baby Doll | 2:36 | |
1-15 | I've Changed | 3:04 | |
1-16 | Reelin' And Rockin' | 3:15 | |
1-17 | Rockin' At The Philharmonic | 3:21 | |
1-18 | Sweet Little Sixteen | 3:10 | |
1-19 | Johnny B. Goode | 2:37 | |
1-20 | Time Was | 1:56 | |
1-21 | Around & Around | 2:38 | |
1-22 | Beautiful Delilah | 2:13 | |
1-23 | House Of Blue Lights | 2:24 | |
1-24 | Carol | 2:46 | |
Disc Two - (Mid '58 - Jan. 1964) | |||
2-1 | Memphis | 2:10 | |
2-2 | Anthony Boy | 1:52 | |
2-3 | Jo Jo Gunne | 2:45 | |
2-4 | Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller | 2:20 | |
2-5 | Merry Christmas Baby | 3:11 | |
2-6 | Run Rudolph Run | 2:43 | |
2-7 | Little Queenie | 2:40 | |
2-8 | Almost Grown | 2:18 | |
2-9 | Back In The U.S.A. | 2:27 | |
2-10 | Betty Jean | 2:29 | |
2-11 | Childhood Sweetheart | 2:42 | |
2-12 | Let It Rock | 1:45 | |
2-13 | Too Pooped To Pop | 2:33 | |
2-14 | Bye Bye Johnny | 2:03 | |
2-15 | Jaguar And Thunderbird | 1:50 | |
2-16 | Down The Road Apiece | 2:13 | |
2-17 | Confessin' The Blues | 2:07 | |
2-18 | Thirteen Question Method | 2:12 | |
2-19 | Crying Steel | 2:32 | |
2-20 | I'm Just A Lucky So And So | 2:50 | |
2-21 | I'm Talking About You | 1:48 | |
2-22 | Come On | 1:48 | |
2-23 | Nadine (Is It You?) | 2:35 | |
2-24 | Crazy Arms | 2:12 | |
2-25 | You Never Can Tell | 2:40 | |
2-26 | The Things I Used To Do | 2:40 | |
2-27 | Promised Land | 2:20 | |
Disc Three - (Feb. '64 - 1975) | |||
3-1 | No Particular Place To Go | 2:41 | |
3-2 | Liverpool Drive | 2:53 | |
3-3 | You Two | 2:08 | |
3-4 | Chuck's Beat | 10:35 | |
3-5 | Little Marie | 2:34 | |
3-6 | Dear Dad | 1:48 | |
3-7 | Sad Day, Long Night | 2:42 | |
3-8 | It's My Own Business | 2:10 | |
3-9 | It Wasn't Me | 2:32 | |
3-10 | Ramona Say Yes | 2:40 | |
3-11 | Viva Viva Rock'n'Roll | 2:00 | |
3-12 | Tulane | 2:36 | |
3-13 | Have Mercy Judge | 2:38 | |
3-14 | My Dream | 5:56 | |
3-15 | Reelin' And Rockin' (Live) | 7:02 | |
3-16 | My Ding-A-Ling (Single Edit, Live) | 4:16 | |
3-17 | Johnny B. Goode (Live) | 3:13 | |
3-18 | A Deuce | 2:32 | |
3-19 | Woodpecker | 3:33 | |
3-20 | Bio | 4:22 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured For – MCA Records, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
- Manufactured For – MCA Records, Inc.
Credits
- Backing Vocals – Martha Berry (tracks: 2-22), The Ecuadors (tracks: 2-10, 2-11, 2-13)
- Bass – G. Smith* (tracks: 1-22 to 1-24), Unknown Artist (tracks: 2-22), Willie Dixon (tracks: 1-1 to 1-20, 2-1 to 2-13, 2-16 to 2-20)
- Bass [Possibly] – Willie Dixon (tracks: 2-23 to 2-26)
- Drums – Bill Metros (tracks: 3-14), Eddie Hardy* (tracks: 1-4 to 1-6, 1-22 to 1-24, 2-14 to 2-22), Fred Below (tracks: 1-4 to 1-20, 2-1 to 2-13), Jasper Thomas (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 3-7 to 3-9), Odie Payne (tracks: 2-23 to 3-3, 3-5), Rick Frank (tracks: 3-19, 3-20), Robbie McIntosh (2) (tracks: 3-15 to 3-17), Ron Reed (2) (tracks: 3-18)
- Electric Bass – Chuck Bernard (tracks: 3-7 to 3-9), Gary Van Scyoc (tracks: 3-19, 3-20), Greg Edick (tracks: 3-18), Jack Groendal (tracks: 3-14), Nic Potter (tracks: 3-15 to 3-17), Unknown Artist (tracks: 2-21, 2-27. 3-1, 3-5)
- Electric Piano – Bob Baldo (tracks: 3-14)
- Guitar – Billy Peek (tracks: 3-18), Bo Diddley (tracks: 3-4), Jeff Blador (tracks: 3-14), Jimmy Rogers (tracks: 1-11), Matt Murphy (tracks: 2-14 to 2-20), Owen McIntyre (tracks: 3-15 to 3-17), Wayne "Tex" Gabriel (tracks: 3-19, 3-20)
- Guitar [Possibly] – Bo Diddley (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 2-6 to 2-9)
- Guitar [Second] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 2-23, 2-24, 2-26, 3-9)
- Guitar, Vocals – Chuck Berry
- Harmonica – Peter Hogan (tracks: 3-7, 3-9)
- Maracas – Jerome Green (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 3-4)
- Mastered By – Greg Fulginiti
- Percussion – Unknown Artist (tracks: 1-23, 1-24)
- Performer [Additional Personal] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 1-21, 3-4, 3-6, 3-10 to 3-13)
- Piano – Adam Ippolito (tracks: 3-19, 3-20), Chuck Berry (tracks: 3-14, 3-18), Dave Kafinetti* (tracks: 3-15 to 3-17), Johnnie Johnson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-7 to 1-12, 1-21 to 2-13, 2-16 to 2-17, 2-21 to 2-26, 3-7 to 3-9), Johnny Johnson* (tracks: 2-14, 2-15), Lafayette Leake (tracks: 1-13 to 1-20, 2-27), Otis Spann (tracks: 1-4 to 1-6), Paul Williams (9) (tracks: 3-1, 3-5)
- Producer – Chuck Berry (tracks: 3-14), Esmond Edwards (tracks: 3-15 to 3-20), Leonard Chess (tracks: 1-1 to 3-11), Phil Chess (tracks: 1-1 to 3-11)
- Reissue Producer – Andy McKaie
- Remastered By – Doug Schwartz
- Saxophone – Stan Bronstein (tracks: 3-19, 3-20)
- Saxophone [Saxes] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 2-23 to 2-25)
- Tenor Saxophone – L. C. Davis* (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10, 2-13, 2-22)
- Vocals [Vocal Group] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 2-8, 2-9)
Notes
1-1, 1-2 recorded in Chicago, May 21, 1955
1-3 recorded in Chicago, September 1955
1-4 to 1-6 recorded in Chicago, December 1955
1-7 to 1-10 recorded in Chicago, February or April 1956
1-11 recorded in Chicago, 1956
1-12 recorded in Chicago, December, 1956
1-13 to 1-15 recorded in Chicago, May 1957
1-16 to 1-20 recorded in Chicago, February 1958
1-21 recorded in Chicago, 1958
1-22 to 1-24 recorded in Chicago, May 1958
2-1 to to 2-4 recorded in Chicago, September 1958
2-5, 2-6 recorded in Chicago, November 1958
2-7 recorded in Chicago, possibly November 1958, or January 1959
2-8, 2-9 recorded in Chicago, February 1959
2-10 to 2-13 recorded in Chicago, July 1959
2-14, 2-15 recorded in Chicago, March 29, 1960
2-16 to 2-20 recorded in Chicago, April 12, 1960
2-21 recorded in Chicago, January 1961
2-22 recorded in Chicago, August 1961
2-23 to 2-26 recorded in Chicago, January 1964
2-27 recorded in Chicago, February 25, 1964
3-1 to 3-4 recorded in Chicago, March 26, 1964
3-5 recorded in Chicago, August 1964
3-6 recorded in Chicago, December 1964
3-7 recorded in Chicago, 1965
3-8, 3-9 recorded in Chicago, September 1 or 2, 1965
3-10, 3-11 recorded in Chicago, April 13, 1966
3-12, 3-13 recorded in Chicago, November 1969
3-14 recorded in Lansing, Michigan, January 1971
3-15 to 3-17 recorded live at the Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry, England, February 1972
3-18 probably recorded in New York, 1973
3-19, 3-20 recorded in New York, 1973
Includes 36-page booklet.
1-3 recorded in Chicago, September 1955
1-4 to 1-6 recorded in Chicago, December 1955
1-7 to 1-10 recorded in Chicago, February or April 1956
1-11 recorded in Chicago, 1956
1-12 recorded in Chicago, December, 1956
1-13 to 1-15 recorded in Chicago, May 1957
1-16 to 1-20 recorded in Chicago, February 1958
1-21 recorded in Chicago, 1958
1-22 to 1-24 recorded in Chicago, May 1958
2-1 to to 2-4 recorded in Chicago, September 1958
2-5, 2-6 recorded in Chicago, November 1958
2-7 recorded in Chicago, possibly November 1958, or January 1959
2-8, 2-9 recorded in Chicago, February 1959
2-10 to 2-13 recorded in Chicago, July 1959
2-14, 2-15 recorded in Chicago, March 29, 1960
2-16 to 2-20 recorded in Chicago, April 12, 1960
2-21 recorded in Chicago, January 1961
2-22 recorded in Chicago, August 1961
2-23 to 2-26 recorded in Chicago, January 1964
2-27 recorded in Chicago, February 25, 1964
3-1 to 3-4 recorded in Chicago, March 26, 1964
3-5 recorded in Chicago, August 1964
3-6 recorded in Chicago, December 1964
3-7 recorded in Chicago, 1965
3-8, 3-9 recorded in Chicago, September 1 or 2, 1965
3-10, 3-11 recorded in Chicago, April 13, 1966
3-12, 3-13 recorded in Chicago, November 1969
3-14 recorded in Lansing, Michigan, January 1971
3-15 to 3-17 recorded live at the Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry, England, February 1972
3-18 probably recorded in New York, 1973
3-19, 3-20 recorded in New York, 1973
Includes 36-page booklet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7674-10801-2 0
- Barcode (Scanned): 076741080120
- SPARS Code: AAD
- Matrix / Runout (CD 1, variant 1 & 3): CHD80001-1 S8B02D
- Matrix / Runout (CD 2, variant 1 & 3): CHD80001-2 S8A11A
- Matrix / Runout (CD 3, variant 1): CHD80001-3 S9829D A1
- Matrix / Runout (CD 1, variant 2): CHD 80001-1 L9730G
- Matrix / Runout (CD 2, variant 2): CHD 80001-2 S8A26B
- Matrix / Runout (CD 3, variant 2): CHD 80001-3 S9829D A1
- Matrix / Runout (CD 3, variant 3): CHD80001-3 S8A11E
Other Versions (5)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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The Chess Box (6×LP, Compilation, Box Set, ) | Chess, Chess | CH6-80001, CH6-80,001 | US | 1988 | |||
New Submission | The Chess Box (3×Cassette, Compilation, Stereo, Box Set, Album, Stereo) | Chess | CHC6-80,001 | US | 1988 | ||
The Chess Box (3×CD, Compilation, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Box Set, ) | Chess, MCA Records | CHD3-80001 | US | 1988 | |||
New Submission | The Chess Box (3×CD, Compilation, Club Edition, Reissue, CRC, Box Set, ) | Chess, MCA Records | CHD3-80001 | US | 1988 | ||
Recently Edited | The Chess Box (3×CD, Compilation, Reissue, Box Set, ) | Chess, MCA Records | CHD3-80,001 | US | Unknown |