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The Chess Box

Label
Chess Records
[Chess 80001]

Release Date
1988

Number Of Discs
6 LP's/3 CD's /3 Cassette Tapes

Number Of Songs
71 songs

Booklet
34 pages (LP-sized)

Rating
2 out of 5

CD 1
Maybellene
Wee Wee Hours
Thirty Days
You Can't Catch Me
No Money Down
Downbound Train
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Drifting Heart
Roll Over Beethoven
Too Much Monkey Business
Havana Moon
School Days
Rock'n'Roll Music
Oh Baby Doll
I've Changed
Reelin' And Rockin'
Rockin' At The Philarmonic
Sweet Little Sixteen
Johnny B. Goode
Time Was
Around And Around
Beautiful Delilah
House Of Blue Lights

CD 2
Memphis
Anthony Boy
Jo Jo Gunne
Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
Merry Christmas Baby
Run Rudolph Run
Little Queenie
Almost Grown
Back In The USA
Betty Jean
Childhood Sweetheart
Let It Rock
Too Pooped To Pop
Bye Bye Johnny
Jaguar And Thunderbird
Down The Road Apiece
Confessin' The Blues
Thirteen Question Method
Crying Steel
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
I'm Talking About You
Come On
Nadine
Crazy Arms
You Never Can Tell
Things I Used To Do
Promised Land

CD 3
No Particular Place To Go
Liverpool Drive
You Two
Chuck's Beat
Little Marie
Dear Dad
Sad Day Long Night
It's My Own Business
It Wasn't Me
Ramona Say Yes
Viva Viva Rock'n'Roll
Tulane
Have Mercy Judge
My Dream
Reelin' And Rockin' (live)
My Ding A Ling (single edit, live)
Johnny B. Goode (live)
A Deuce
Woodpecker
Bio

Poet Of Rock'n'Roll

Label
Charly Records
[CDDIG 1]

Release Date
1994

Number Of Discs
4 CD's

Number Of Songs
105 songs

Booklet
57 pages (book-sized)

Rating
5 out of 5

CD 1
Johnny B. Goode
Maybellene
Roll Over Beethoven
Rock'n'Roll Music
School Days
Sweet Little Sixteen
Carol
Almost Grown
Back In The USA
Nadine
Too Much Monkey Business
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Oh Baby Doll
Promised Land
Things I Used To Do
Worried Life Blues
Run Around
Childhood Sweetheart
Ingo
Drifting Blues
Confessin' The Blues
Sweet Sixteen
Deep Feeling
Bio
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Wee Wee Hours
After It's Over

CD 2
No Particular Place To Go
Reelin' And Rockin'
You Never Can Tell
Thirty Days
No Money Down
Little Queenie
Memphis
Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
Let It Rock
Come On
Go Bobby Soxer
Go Go Go
Beautiful Delilah
Hello Little Girl Goodbye
Blue Feeling
Why Should We End This Way
Welcome Back Pretty Baby
I've Changed
Blue On Blue
She Once Was Mine
Right Off Rampart Street
Mean Old World
Instrumental
I Got A Booking
San Francisco Dues
I Want To Be Your Driver
Merry Christmas Baby

CD 3
You Can't Catch Me
I Got To Find My Baby
Jo Jo Gunne
Betty Jean
Butterscotch
Rip It Up
Bye Bye Johnny
Don't You Lie To Me
Roly Poly
Jaguar And Thunderbird
Down The Road Apiece
Ain't That Just Like A Woman
Around And Around
It Wasn't Me
Ramona Say Yes
My Mustang Ford
Orangutang
Sue Answer
Tulane
Have Mercy Judge
Gun
I Love You
I'm Talking About You
Oh Yeah
Liverpool Drive
Little Marie

CD 4
Berry Pickin'
Havana Moon
La Juanda
Vaya Con Dios
I'm Just A Name
Crazy Arms
You Two
Fraulein
Too Late
Bound To Lose
Lonely School Days
Bordeaux In My Pirogh
Oh Lousiana
Got It And Gone
Guitar Boogie
Downbound Train
Route 66
Rockin' At The Philarmonic
One For My Baby
Away From You
Do You Love Me
My Dream
Wee Hours Blues
Anthony Boy
Too Pooped To Pop

The Chess Years

Label
Charly Records
[CD RED BOX 2]

Release Date
1991

Number Of Discs
9 CD's

Number Of Songs
220 songs

Booklet
68 pages (CD-sized)

Rating
4 out of 5

CD 1
Maybellene
Wee Wee Hours
Thirty Days
Together We Will Always Be
You Can't Catch Me
Roly Poly
Berry Pickin'
Downbound Train
No Money Down
Drifting Heart
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Roll Over Beethoven
Too Much Monkey Business
Havana Moon
Rock'n'Roll Music
Deep Feeling
School Days
La Juanda
Blue Feeling
Low Feeling
Wee Wee Hours (Blues)
How You've Changed
Rock'n'Roll Music
Oh Baby Doll
Sweet Little Sixteen

CD 2
Thirteen Question Method
How High The Moon
I've Changed
Sweet Little Sixteen
Rockin' At The Philarmonic
Guitar Boogie
Night Beat
Time Was (slow version)
Reelin' And Rockin'
Johnny B. Goode
Around And Around
Ingo
I Don't Take But A Few Minutes
Blues For Hawaiians
Beautiful Delilah
Vacation Time
21
22 Blues
Carol
Oh Yeah
Hey Pedro
Time Was
House Of Blue Lights
Anthony Boy
Jo Jo Gunne
Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
Memphis
Merry Christmas Baby
Run Rudolph Run
Little Queenie

CD 3
That's My Desire
Little Queenie
Do You Love Me
Almost Grown
Back In The USA
Blue On Blue
Betty Jean
County Line
Childhood Sweetheart
One O'Clock Jump
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Broken Arrow
Let It Rock
Too Pooped To Pop
Say You'll Be Mine
Let Me Sleep Woman
Childhood Sweetheart
Drifting Blues
I Got To Find My Baby
Don't You Lie To Me
Worried Life Blues
Our Little Rendezvous
Bye Bye Johnny
Run Around
Jahuar And Thunderbird
Diploma For Two
Little Star
The Way It Was Before
Away From You
Down The Road Apiece

CD 4
Confessin' The Blues
Sweet Sixteen
Thirteen Question Method
Stop And Listen
Still Got The Blues
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Mad Lad
Cryin' Steel
Surfin' Steel
Route 66
I'm Talking About You
Rip It Up
Come On
The Man And The Donkey
Go Go Go
Trick Or Treat
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
All Aboard
How High The Moon
Nadine
You Never Can Tell
The Girl From Central High
Things I Used To Do
Fraulein
Crazy Arms
Orangutang
Big Ben Blues
Promised Land
Brenda Lee

CD 5
No Particular Place To Go
Liverpool Drive
You Two
Chuck's Beat
Bo's Beat
Little Marie
Go Bobby Soxer
Lonely School Days
His Daughter Caroline
Dear Dad
I Want To Be Your Driver
The Song Of My Love
Butterscotch
After It's Over
Why Should We End This Way
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
She Once Was Mine
Jamaica Farewell
My Little Lovelight
I Got A Booking
St. Louis Blues
Run Joe
It's My Own Business
One For My Baby
Everyday We Rock'n'Roll

CD 6
My Mustang Ford
Merrily We Rock'n'Roll
Vaya Con Dios
Wee Hours Blues
It Wasn't Me
Ain't That Just Like A Woman
Right Off Rampart Street
Welcome Back Pretty Baby
Sad Day Long Night
Ramona Say Yes
Viva Viva Rock'n'Roll
Lonely School Days
Tulane
Have Mercy Judge
Instrumental
Christmas
Gun
I'm A Rocker
Flyin' Home
Fish And Chips
Some People
Oh Louisiana
Festival
Let's Do Our Thing Together
Your Lick
Bound To Lose
Bordeaux In My Pirogh

CD 7
San Francisco Dues
My Dream
My Ding A Ling
Johnny B. Goode
Reelin' And Rockin'
Let's Boogie
Mean Old World
I Love You
I Will Not Let You Go
London Berry Blues
Rain Eyes
Sue Answer
Got It And Gone
A Deuce

CD 8
Talkin' About My Buddy
Hello Little Girl Goodbye
Aimlessly Driftin'
Woodpecker
Bio
I'm Just A Name
Too Late
Hi Heel Sneakers
South Of The Border
Swannee River
You Are My Sunshine
Don't Lie To Me
My Babe
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Shake Rattle And Roll
Baby What You Want Me To Do

CD 9
Rock'n'Roll Music
Sweet Little Sixteen
Reelin' And Rockin'
Johnny B. Goode
Beautiful Delilah
Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
Betty Jean
I Got To Find My Baby
Bye Bye Johnny
Down The Road Apiece
Route 66
I'm Talking About You
Come On
Go Go Go
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Nadine
You Never Can Tell
Promised Land
No Particular Place To Go
Little Marie
I Want To Be Your Driver
My Mustang Ford
It Wasn't Me
Ain't That Just Like A Woman

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» Books

Chuck Berry: The Autobiography

left:  English version
right: German version

The Chuck Berry International Directory Volume 1

This title is for the heavyweight Berry fan. It contains everything you ever wanted to know about 
Chuck Berry, in four enormous volumes compiled by the world-renowned Norwegian Berry collector and 
authority, Morten Reff. It is comprehensively annotated, with dozens of illustrations of rare record 
labels and sleeves, previously unpublished photos, etc. This volume contains: USA Discography; 
UK Discography; International Discographies (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, 
Costa Rica, Denmark, East Germany, Finland, France, (West) Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, 
Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, 
Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, 
Turkey and Yugoslavia).

The Chuck Berry International Directory Volume 2

The second of four volumes in this extensive reference work dedicated to rock'n'roll's most influential 
guitarist and composer, Chuck Berry. It contains details of bootlegs; radio albums; movies; TV shows; 
video and DVD releases; international tour itineraries; hits, achievements and awards; Berry's songs, 
roots, and influence on other artists; tributes; Chuck Berry in print; fan clubs and websites; 
plus annotated discographies of pianist Johnnie Johnson (post-Berry) and the ultimate Berry copyist, 
Eddy Clearwater.

Long Distance Information: Chuck Berry's Recorded Legacy

Fred Rothwell
Long Distance Information: Chuck Berry's Recorded Legacy
Paperback - 352 pages
Music Mentor Books / ISBN 0-9519888-2-4
List price: £21.35 (UK)/
£22.90 (Europe)/$32.75 (USA-Surface)/$38.00 (USA-Airmail)
Publication date: March 31 / 2001

An amazingly detailed blow-by-blow analysis of every recording Chuck Berry has ever made. 
Includes an overview of the man’s life and career, his influences, 
the stories behind his most famous compositions, full session details, 
listings of all his key US/UK vinyl and CD releases (including track details), 
TV and film appearances, and much, much more. 
The author presents this wealth of information and his enlightening critiques of 
Berry’s recordings in a lightweight style tinged with humour that makes for a highly entertaining read. 
Over 100 illustrations including label shots, vintage ads and previously unpublished photographs. 
This book is set to become the standard reference work on the man known 
throughout the world as "Mr. Rock & Roll".

Chuck Berry: Recorded Versions

Fred Sokolow
Chuck Berry: Recorded Versions
Paperback - 98 pages
The Goodman Group / ISBN 0-7935-0263-2
List price:
$18.95

Authentic transcriptions with notes and tablature for the following songs:

Almost Grown
Around And Around
Back In The USA
Beautiful Deliah
Carol
Guitar Boogie
I'm Talking About You
Johnny B. Goode
Let It Rock
Little Queenie
Maybellene
Memphis
No Particular Place To Go
Promised Land
Roll Over Beethoven
School Days
Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller

Father Of Rock'n'Roll - The Story of Johnnie "B. Goode" Johnson

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