Chuck Berry Chess Box

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Product Description ------------------- 71 electrifying essentials by one of the most influential rockers ever: My Ding-A-Ling; Sweet Little Sixteen; School Day; Maybellene; Johnny B. Goode; No Particular Place to Go; Rock & Roll Music; Carol , and all those other hits join Downbound Train; Drifting Heart; Havana Moon; Betty Jean; Bye Bye Johnny , and more! .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 ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/48687/%24%7B0%7D )) 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 ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/114558/%24%7B0%7D ) 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 P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review ------ Not all the Chuck Berry you'll ever need to hear, but close. Three pristine-sounding discs house seventy-one songs from the rock guitar pioneer's 195~66 and 196973 reigns on Chess. Beginning with the country/R&B hybrid smash "Maybellene," Berry's twangy trademark licks and witty, literate lyrics have come to define rock's first generation, and the prototypical classics are all included: "Rock and Roll Music," "Sweet Little Sixteen," and, of course, "Johnny B. Goode." Berry's blues content is also showcased, notably his first B-side, "Wee Wee Hours," and mellow remakes of Charles Brown's "Merry Christmas Baby" and Guitar Slim's "Things that I Used to Do." The boxed set includes a thirty-six-page booklet. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993 -- From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/0802133282/%24%7B0%7D ) See more ( javascript:void(0) )