Essential Works 1955-1962 - Chuck Berry [VINYL]

Of all the fathers of rock 'n' roll, Chuck Berry was the most colourful, a wild and original character who was a model for the greatest rock guitarists. Harassed and imprisoned by racist authorities, Chuck would spend some 60 years either at the top of the charts or behind bars. After being sentenced for hold-ups in three stores, car theft, and possession of a weapon, he spent two years in a reformatory. Released in 1947, it was after an encounter with Muddy Waters, and especially Leonard Chess in 1955, that his life was transformed. He recorded a Bob Wills country song that he retitled 'Maybellene', and it sold over a million copies, which took the song to the top of the R&B charts, the first in a long series of hits he recorded for the Chess label. They are all on this album.

Disc 1
1. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
2. Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry
3. School Day (Hail! Hail! Rock'n'roll) - Chuck Berry
4. Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry
5. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
6. No Money Down - Chuck Berry
7. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) - Chuck Berry
8. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry
9. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
10. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
11. Guitar Boogie - Chuck Berry
12. Reelin' & Rockin' - Chuck Berry
13. Around & Around - Chuck Berry
14. Carol - Chuck Berry
15. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller - Chuck Berry
Disc 2
1. Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry
2. Little Queenie - Chuck Berry
3. Almost Grown - Chuck Berry
4. Back in the USA - Chuck Berry
5. Betty Jean - Chuck Berry
6. Let It Rock - Chuck Berry
7. Jaguar and the Thunderbird - Chuck Berry
8. Bye Bye Johnny - Chuck Berry
9. Don't You Lie to Me - Chuck Berry
10. Down the Road a Piece - Chuck Berry
11. Confessin' the Blues - Chuck Berry
12. Route 66 - Chuck Berry
13. I'm Talking About You - Chuck Berry
14. Come On - Chuck Berry