This is the place to start listening to Chuck Berry. The Great Twenty-Eight was a two-LP, single CD compilation that emerged during the early '80s. It has proved to be one of the most enduring of all compilations of Berry's work.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The Great Twenty-Eight
This is the place to start listening to Chuck Berry. The Great Twenty-Eight was a two-LP, single CD compilation that emerged during the early '80s. It has proved to be one of the most enduring of all compilations of Berry's work.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
St. Louie to Frisco to Memphis
A double album set from Chuck Berry. The first disc is the Live at the Fillmore Auditorium album, cut with the Steve Miller Band, which was always the highlight of Berry's Mercury library, and is beyond reproach here. The second disc is more uneven, drawn from his studio albums of the period. This is not a bad collection.Monday, September 19, 2011
The London Chuck Berry Sessions
One-half of this album is a studio recording featuring Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones of the Faces. The other half is a live recording from the Lancaster Arts Festival in Coventry, England, featuring performances of "My Ding-a-Ling" and "Reelin' and Rockin'" that, in edited form, became the first hit singles for Chuck Berry in many years. ("My Ding-a-Ling" went gold and hit #1.) This gold-selling, Top Ten album represents Berry's commercial, if not artistic, peak.
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