Chuck Berry’s entire recording career will be released as the 16 disc set’Rock And Roll Music – Any Old Way You Choose It – The Complete Studio Recordings … Plus!’.
This one is not for the feint of heart (or wallet), but it is one gorgeous set. 16-CDs containing 396 tracks by the iconic Chuck Berry, taking in virtually every studio recording that he ever made.
It’s a product of Germany’s Bear Family Records who are one of the world’s greatest archive labels, releasing rare recordings and complete discographies from many of the best artists of the last sixty years.
This time around, they’ve gathered every single and LP track ever produced by Berry, including every side from Chess, Mercury and Atco, along with every surviving alternate take and even a rare pre-Chess single with Joe Alexander that was recorded in 1954. Also included are many live recordings dating from 1956 to 1972.
The first of the two books in the set is a 108-page photo essay made up of many previously unseen images that were found by British photography Bill Greensmith in the possession of Berry’s uncle, Harry Davis. These photos date back to Berry’s pre-recording days playing in clubs around St. Louis.
The second is a 256-page book that includes an essay by Berry’s biographer Bruce Pegg with additional writings by Mike Snow and Roger Fairhurst, a complete discography by Fred Rothwell and hundreds of additional photographs.
‘Rock And Roll Music – Any Old Way You Choose It – The Complete Studio Recordings … Plus!’ Track List
Disc 1
Maybellene
Wee Wee Hours
Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
Together (We Will Always Be)
You Can’t Catch Me
Roly Poly
Berry Pickin’ (instrumental)
(The) Down Bound Train
No Money Down
I’ve Changed
Drifting Heart
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Roll Over Beethoven
Too Much Monkey Business
Havana Moon
Rock And Roll Music (demo)
Untitled Instrumental
Deep Feeling (instrumental)
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)
Lajaunda (Español)
Blue Feeling (instrumental)
Low Feeling (instrumental)
How You’ve Changed
Rock And Roll Music
Oh Baby Doll
13 Question Method
How High The Moon (instrumental)
Maria Joe Alexander
Hope These Words Will Find You Well Joe Alexander
Sweet Little Sixteen (demo)
Disc 2
Sweet Little Sixteen
Rock At The Philharmonic (instrumental)
Guitar Boogie (instrumental)
Night Beat (instrumental)
Time Was (slow version)
Reelin’ And Rockin’
Chuckwalk (instrumental)
Johnny B Goode
Around And Around
Ingo (instrumental)
It Don’t Take But A Few Minutes
Blues For Hawaiians (instrumental)
Beautiful Delilah
Vacation Time
21
21 Blues
Oh Yeah
Hey Pedro
Time Was
House Of Blue Lights
Carol
Jo Jo Gunne
Memphis Tennessee
Anthony Boy
Sweet Little Rock And Roller
Long Fast Jam (instrumental)
Long Slow Jam (instrumental)
Disc 3
Merry Christmas Baby
Run Rudolph Run
Little Queenie
That’s My Desire
Do You Love Me
Almost Grown
Back In The USA
Fast B 6 (instrumental)
Blue On Blue (instrumental)
Betty Jean
County Line
Childhood Sweetheart
One O’Clock Jump (instrumental)
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Broken Arrow
Let It Rock
Too Pooped To Pop
Say You’ll Be Mine – The Ecuadors
Let Me Sleep Woman – The Ecuadors
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
Jaguar And Thunderbird
Diploma For Two
Little Star
The Way It Was Before
Away From You
Down The Road Apiece
Confessin’ The Blues
Sweet Sixteen
Thirteen Question Method
Stop And Listen
Disc 4
I Still Got The Blues
I’m Just A Lucky So And So
Mad Lad (instrumental)
Crying Steel (instrumental)
Route 66 (take 10)
I’m Talking About You
Rip It Up
Come On
Adulteen
The Man And The Donkey
Go Go Go
Trick Or Treat
Brown Eyed Handsome Man (instrumental)
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
All Aboard
Nadine (Is It You?)
You Never Can Tell
The Little Girl From Central
(The) Things I Used To Do
I’m In The Danger Zone
I’m In The Twilight Zone
Fraulein
Lonely All The Time (Crazy Arms)
O Rangutang (instrumental)
Big Ben (Blues)
(The) Promised Land
Brenda Lee
No Particular Place To Go
You Two
Liverpool Drive (instrumental)
Chuck’s Beat (instrumental)
Bo’s Beat (instrumental)
Little Marie
Go, Bobby Soxer
Disc 5
Lonely School Days
His Daughter Caroline
Dear Dad
I Want To Be Your Driver
Spending Christmas (My Blue Christmas)
The Song Of My Love
Butterscotch (instrumental)
After It’s Over (instrumental)
Why Should We End This Way
You Came A Long Way From St Louis
She Once Was Mine
Jamaica Farewell
My Little Love Light
I Got A Booking
St Louis Blues
Shake Rattle And Roll
Honey Hush
Wee Wee Hours (instrumental)
Run Joe
It’s My Own Business
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Every Day We Rock And Roll
My Mustang Ford (instrumental)
My Mustang Ford
Merrily We Rock And Roll
Vaya Con Dios
Wee Hour Blues
It Wasn’t Me
Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
Right Off Rampart Street
Welcome Back Pretty Baby
Sad Day, Long Night (instrumental)
Disc 6
Ramona, Say Yes
Viva (Viva) Rock And Roll
His Daughter Caroline (fast version)
Lonely School Days (fast version)
Campus Cookie (instrumental)
Mum’s The Word
My Tambourine
Laugh And Cry
Maybelline
School Days
Sweet Little Sixteen
Johnny B Goode
Memphis
Roll Over Beethoven
Rock’n’Roll Music
Club Nitty Gritty
Around And Around
Oh Captain
Thirty Days
Back In The USA
Misery
Carol
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Let It Rock
Reelin’ And Rockin’
Almost Grown
Ramblin’ Rose
Check Me Out
I Do Really Love You
Back To Memphis
Bring Another Drink
It Hurts Me Too
Goodnight, Well It’s Time To Go
So Long
My Heart Will Always Belong To You
Flying Home (instrumental)
Disc 7
Sweet Little Rock’n’Roller
Oh Baby Doll
I Can’t Believe
Soul Rockin’
Ma Dear
Rock Cradle Rock
The Love I Lost
Louie To Frisco
I Love Her, I Love Her
Little Fox
Song Of My Love
Rock Cradle Rock (alt take)
Good Lookin’ Woman
My Woman
It’s Too Dark In There
Put Her Down
Concerto In B Goode (instrumental)
Tulane
Have Mercy Judge
untitled instrumental
My Ding-A-Ling
Disc 8
Gun (instrumental)
Gun (Fast) (instrumental)
Gun (Slow) (instrumental)
That’s None Of Your Business
Instrumental
Christmas
I’m A Rocker
Flyin’ Home (instrumental)
Fish & Chips
Some People
My Pad (poem)
Oh Louisiana
Festival
Let’s Do Our Thing Together
Your Lick
Bound To Lose
Bordeaux In My Pirough
San Francisco Dues
My Dream (poem)
Roll ‘Em Pete
Reelin’ And Rockin’
My Ding-A-Ling
Johnny B Goode
Let’s Boogie
Disc 9
Mean Old World
I Love You
I Will Not Let You Go
London Berry Blues (instrumental)
Blues #1 (instrumental)
Annie Lou
Rain Eyes
You And My Country
Sue Answer
Got It And Gone
A Deuce
Talkin’ About My Buddy
Hello Little Girl Goodbye
One Sixty Nine AM (instrumental)
Aimlessly Driftin’
Woodpecker (instrumental)
Bio
Roll Away
Hi-Heel Sneakers
Jambalaya
The Song Of My Love
South Of The Border
Disc 10
I’m Just A Name
Too Late
Turn On The Houselights (instrumental)
Swanee River
You Are My Sunshine
Johnny B Blues (instrumental)
Dust My Broom
Don’t You Lie To Me
My Babe
Here Today
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Rockin’ (instrumental)
Shake Rattle And Roll
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Chuck’s Beat
Bo’s Beat
Bio
Disc 11
I Got To Find My Baby (stereo)
Bye Bye Johnny (stereo)
Run Around (stereo)
Diploma For Two (stereo)
Down The Road Apiece (stereo-longer fading)
Route 66 (stereo, alt take)
I’m Talking About You (stereo)
Come On (stereo, alt take)
Go Go Go (stereo)
Brown Eyed Handsome Man (stereo remix)
Jamaica Farewell (mono)
My Mustang Ford (stereo remix)
It Wasn’t Me (stereo, alt take)
Ain’t That Just Like A Woman (unfaded)
Ramona, Say Yes (stereo, alt mix w-o sax)
Move It
Oh What A Thrill
California
Pass Away
I Need You Baby
If I Were
House Lights
I Never Thought
Havana Moon
Wuden’t Me
Disc 12
Maybeline [sic]
Roll Over Beethoven
Schooldays (School Day)
No Money Down
Sweet Little Sixteen
Johnny Be Goode
First Set Introduction
Guitar Boogie (instrumental)
Johnny B Goode
Sweet Little Sixteen
School Day
Memphis
Maybellene
Rock And Roll Music
Dust My Broom
Instrumental Boogie (instrumental)
Too Much Monkey Business
Johnny B Goode
Disc 13
Rock At The Philharmonic (instrumental)
Memphis
Guitar Boogie (instrumental)
Let It Rock
Wee Wee Hours
Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnnie B Goode/Let It Rock/Rock & Roll Music Medley
Introduction Walled Lake Casino, Detroit (October 26, 1963) first set
Guitar Boogie (instrumental)
Let It Rock
Almost Grown
Chuck Berry Dialogue #1
Memphis
Johnny B Goode
Introduction Walled Lake Casino, Detroit (October 26, 1963) second set
Instrumental Boogie
Sweet Little Sixteen
Wee Wee Hours
Chuck Berry Dialogue #2
Maybellene
Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnny B Goode/Let It Rock/School Day Medley
Disc 14
Fillmore Auditorium Introduction (June 27, 1967)
Rockin’ At The Fillmore (instrumental)
Everyday I Have The Blues
CC Rider
Driftin’ Blues
Feelin’ It (instrumental)
Flying Home (instrumental)
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
It Hurts Me Too
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Fillmore Blues (instrumental)
Wee Baby Blues
Bring Another Drink
Worried Life Blues
Reelin’ And Rockin’
My Ding-A-Ling
Johnny B Goode
Disc 15
Rock And Roll Music
Nadine
School Day (Long Live Rock And Roll)
(In The) Wee Wee Hours
Carol/Promised Land Johnny B Goode
Hoochie Coochie Man
Memphis Tennessee
Too Much Monkey Business
Reelin’ And Rockin’
Sweet Little Sixteen
My Ding-A-Ling
Bonsoir Cherie
Johnny B Goode
Maybelline
Disc 16
Lanchester Arts Festival Introduction, Coventry (February 3, 1972)
Roll Over Beethoven (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Nadine (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Sweet Little Sixteen (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Instrumental (testing) (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Roll ‘Em Pete (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Around And Around (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
It Hurts Me Too (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Promised Land (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Reelin’ And Rockin’ (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
My Ding-A-Ling (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
Johnny B Goode (Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972))
South Of The Border (BBC Television Theatre, London (March 29, 1972))
School Days (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club’ (BBC Light Programme))
Memphis Tennessee (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club’ (BBC Light Programme))
Sweet Little Sixteen (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club’ (BBC Light Programme))
Interview (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club’ (BBC Light Programme))
Nadine (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club’ (BBC Light Programme))
Johnny B Goode (BBC Radio, May 11, 1964 ‘Saturday Club’ (BBC Light Programme))
Interview (Dr Pepper Promo)
Dr Pepper Commercial (Dr Pepper Promo)
Reelin’ And Rockin’ – Roll Over Beethoven (Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles (Late 1977)
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