The Chess Box Chuck Berry Music Cd

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The Chess Box :Chuck Berry      Artist : Chuck Berry      List Price : $49.98 USD        Your Price : $49.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : Chess      Label : Chess      Avg. Customer Rating : (27 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Chess Box Chuck Berry      It's all here!      Rating:      The Berry upbound Reissue train really got going around 1990. Here's a smooth ride through St. Louie...and across the Rockin' Globe. Thankfully, the reissue Producer(s) lost some affection for funky but tired things like "I Want To Be Your Driver" and used some later numbers I've been pining for on sets like this: "It Wasn't Me" (no excuse for this missing the Top 100); "Viva Viva Rock And Roll" (actually on the shelf for five years!); and my love, "Ramona, Say Yes". In the wotld of R & R Dreams, here was the ultimate Chuck Berry lip-sync production number on The Lloyd Thaxton Show. Go-go dancers ga-ga over Mister Rick And Roll. (you tube?....). A nice collection. Except for "A Duece". Gotta be kiddin'. A thrice-recycled melody and a lame scenario. Why not something cool from that "Chuck Berry '75" opus?     Customer Reviews for The Chess Box Chuck Berry Cd      This Is A Gas      Rating:      This is the only Chuck Berry collection I own, it was available through a music club many years ago I belonged to for a nice price. All the stuff featured here is classic, but my fav is probably disc one (the early stuff). It comes with a wonderful big booklet of info on Chuck along with a conversation (interview), pics, and song info (chart positions) included. For such an important artist in the history of Rock And Roll, this is an important set to have, a very nice collection of songs to crank any time of the year. Berry is a legend, and this box is a very nice representation of his overall body of work throughout the years. Editorial Reviews for The Chess Box Chuck Berry Audio Cd      Amazon.com      We may not know who wrote the book of love, but the author of the rock & roll dictionary was Charles Edward "Chuck" Berry. You've got a signature guitar riff that other giants (think Rolling Stones) have based entire careers on. Songs such as "School Day" told teen tales as though they were novels. "Too Much Monkey Business" in where Bob Dylan discovered poetry and rap music found a contemporary starting point. "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Back in the USA"--the titles alone evoke unparalleled rock atmosphere. If this three-CD set contains less unreleased ephemera than the usual box, it's because there are so many essentials to squeeze in. This one's got 'em all, A to Z. --Ben Edmonds