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Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It

Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It

by Chuck Berry
Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It

Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It

by Chuck Berry

Overview

There have been countless Chuck Berry compilations but never one like Bear Family's Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It, a mammoth 16-disc box containing his complete recorded works for Chess, Mercury, and Atco. Only the soundtrack to Taylor Hackford's star-studded 1987 documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll is missing and it isn't missed much, not in the face of this abundance. Almost everything here is previously released -- Universal not only released Chuck's complete Chess recordings as three four-disc sets on Hip-O Select in the 2000s, they did a pretty good job clearing out the vaults in the '70s and '80s -- but with a set of this size, what counts is not rarities but context. Here, that context is not the original Chess singles of the '50s and early '60s, the smashes that became standards, but rather what happened afterward, when Chuck kept working and working, churning out records for Mercury as he played with pickup bands across the land. That said, the deeply detailed recounting of his pioneering first stint at Chess -- lasting from 1954 until 1966, barring a two-year hiatus to serve a prison sentence; here, the time line is expanded by a single he cut with Joe Alexander right before he signed with the Chess brothers -- remains rich and wondrous, illustrating how quickly Berry settled into his signature groove and how many variations he found within his blend of jazz, blues, and country. All this is familiar from the three Hip-O Select sets, but when the late-'60s recordings for Mercury are added to the picture, it becomes more apparent how Berry was eager to change with the times, adding swinging horns as a nod to the soul emerging from the South or jamming with the Steve Miller Band so he could please the crowd at the Fillmore. Berry was savvy. He knew how to change with the times, a talent that is plain on the live material here, including both dates recorded with the Motown rhythm section in Detroit in October 1963 and the Toronto Rock n Roll Revival from 1969, some BBC sessions, and cuts from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. On the earlier dates he's charmingly polite, but in 1963 he starts to loosen up with offhand jokes, and by 1969 he's happily leading a large audience through a dirty nursery rhyme. That schtick could play on college campuses and Chuck, alone among the original rockers, really made a play for the counterculture by recording such outlaw anthems as "Tulane," an ode to a pair of dope dealers that sounded like nothing but Chuck Berry. This box makes clear that this is one of the keys to Berry's genius: he always stood apart from the pack, so he could sell trends back to the audience, all filtered through the boogie, blues, and sliding guitar runs he loved so. He kept this up until 1979, the year he released Rock It, an underrated little record that contained "Oh What a Thrill," a song that proved he still could knock off a killer when he needed. It was the last time he needed to, however: he had already built a body of work that defined rock & roll and, in many ways, all the hopes and dreams of 20th century America. The glory of Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It is that it captures that work in all its incandescent glory. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 10/28/2014
Label: Bear Family Records
UPC: 5397102172731
Rank: 97183

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Maybellene
  2. Wee Wee Hours
  3. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
  4. Together (We Will Always Be)
  5. You Can't Catch Me
  6. Roly Poly
  7. Berry Pickin' [Instrumental]
  8. The Down Bound Train
  9. No Money Down
  10. I've Changed
  11. Drifting Heart
  12. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  13. Roll Over Beethoven
  14. Too Much Monkey Business
  15. Havana Moon
  16. Rock and Roll Music [Demo]
  17. Untitled Instrumental
  18. Deep Feeling [Instrumental]
  19. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)
  20. Lajaunda (Espa¿¿ol)
  21. Blue Feeling [Instrumental]
  22. Low Feeling [Instrumental]
  23. How You've Changed
  24. Rock and Roll Music
  25. Oh Baby Doll
  26. 13 Question Method
  27. How High the Moon [Instrumental]
  28. Oh Maria
  29. I Hope These Words Will Find You Well
  30. Sweet Little Sixteen [Demo]

Disc 2

  1. Sweet Little Sixteen
  2. Rock at the Philharmonic [Instrumental]
  3. Guitar Boogie [Instrumental]
  4. Night Beat [Instrumental]
  5. Time Was [Slow Version]
  6. Reelin' and Rockin'
  7. Chuckkwalk [Instrumental]
  8. Johnny B. Goode
  9. Around and Around
  10. Ingo [Instrumental]
  11. It Don't Take But a Few Minutes
  12. Blues for Hawaiians [Instrumental]
  13. Beautiful Delilah
  14. Vacation Time
  15. 21
  16. 21 Blues
  17. Oh Yeah
  18. Hey Pedro
  19. Time Was
  20. House of Blue Lights
  21. Carol
  22. Jo Jo Gunne
  23. Memphis Tennessee
  24. Anthony Boy
  25. Sweet Little Rock and Roller
  26. Long Fast Jam [Instrumental]
  27. Long Slow Jam [Instrumental]

Disc 3

  1. Merry Christmas Baby
  2. Run Rudolph Run
  3. Little Queenie
  4. That's My Desire
  5. Do You Love Me
  6. Almost Grown
  7. Back in the USA
  8. Fast B 6 [Instrumental]
  9. Blue on Blue [Instrumental]
  10. Betty Jean
  11. County Line
  12. Childhood Sweetheart
  13. One O'Clock Jump [Instrumental]
  14. I Just Want to Make Love to You
  15. Broken Arrow
  16. Let It Rock
  17. Too Pooped to Pop
  18. Say You'll Be Mine
  19. Let Me Sleep Woman
  20. Drifting Blues
  21. I Got to Find My Baby
  22. Don't You Lie to Me
  23. Worried Life Blues
  24. Our Little Rendezvous
  25. Bye Bye Johnny
  26. Run Aroud
  27. Jaguar and Thunderbird
  28. Diploma for Two
  29. Little Star
  30. The Way It Was Before
  31. Away from You
  32. Down the Road Apiece
  33. Confessin' the Blues
  34. Sweet Sixteen
  35. Thirteen Question Method
  36. Stop and Listen

Disc 4

  1. I Still Got the Blues
  2. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
  3. Mad Lad [Instrumental]
  4. Crying Steel [Instrumental]
  5. Route 66 [Take 10]
  6. I'm Talking About You
  7. Rip It Up
  8. Come On
  9. Adulteen
  10. The Man and the Donkey
  11. Go Go Go
  12. Trick or Treat
  13. Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Instrumental]
  14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  15. All Aboard
  16. Nadine (Is It You?)
  17. You Never Can Tell
  18. The Little Girl from Central
  19. (The) Things I Used to Do
  20. I'm in the Danger Zone
  21. I'm in the Twilight Zone
  22. Fraulein
  23. Lonely All the Time (Crazy Arms)
  24. O Rangutang [Instrumental]
  25. Big Ben (Blues)
  26. (The) Promised Land
  27. Brenda Lee
  28. No Particular Place to Go
  29. You Two
  30. Liverpool Drive [Instrumental]
  31. Chuck's Beat [Instrumental]
  32. Bo's Beat [Instrumental]
  33. Little Marie
  34. Go, Bobby Soxer

Disc 5

  1. Lonely School Days
  2. His Daughter Caroline
  3. Dear Dad
  4. I Want to Be Your Driver
  5. Spending Christmas (My Blue Christmas)
  6. The Song of My Love
  7. Butterscotch [Instrumental]
  8. After It's Over [Instrumental]
  9. Why Should We End This Way
  10. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
  11. She Once Was Mine
  12. Jamaica Farewell
  13. My Little Love Light
  14. I Got a Booking
  15. St. Louis Blues
  16. Shake Rattle and Roll
  17. Honey Hush
  18. Wee Wee Hours [Instrumental]
  19. Run Joe
  20. It's My Own Business
  21. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
  22. Every Day We Rock and Roll
  23. My Mustang Ford [Instrumental]
  24. My Mustang Ford
  25. Merrily We Rock and Roll
  26. Vaya con Dios
  27. Wee Hour Blues
  28. It Wasn't Me
  29. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
  30. Right Off Rampart Street
  31. Welcome Back Pretty Baby
  32. Sad Day, Long Day

Disc 6

  1. Ramona, Say Yes
  2. Viva (Viva) Rock and Roll
  3. His Daughter Caroline [Fast Version]
  4. Lonely School Days [Fast Version]
  5. Campus Cookie [Instrumental]
  6. Mum's the Word
  7. My Tambourine
  8. Laugh and Cry
  9. Maybelline
  10. School Days
  11. Sweet Little Sixteen
  12. Johnny B. Goode
  13. Memphis
  14. Roll Over Beethoven
  15. Rock'n'Roll Music
  16. Club Nitty Gritty
  17. Around and Around
  18. Oh Captain
  19. Thirty Days
  20. Back in the USA
  21. Misery
  22. Carol
  23. Brown Eyed Handsom Man
  24. Let It Rock
  25. Reelin' and Rockin'
  26. Almost Grown
  27. Ramblin' Rose
  28. Check Me Out
  29. I Do Really Love You
  30. Back to Memphis
  31. Bring Another Drink
  32. It Hurts Me Too
  33. Goodnight, Well It's Time to Go
  34. So Long
  35. My Heart Will Always Belong to You
  36. Flying Home [Instrumental]

Disc 7

  1. Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
  2. Oh Baby Doll
  3. I Can't Believe
  4. Soul Rockin'
  5. Ma Dear
  6. Rock Cradle Rock
  7. The Love I Lost
  8. Louie to Frisco
  9. I Love Her, I Love Her
  10. Little Fox
  11. Song of My Love
  12. Rock Cradle Rock [Alt. Take]
  13. Good Lookin' Woman
  14. My Woman
  15. It's Too Dark in There
  16. Put Her Down
  17. Concerto in B Goode [Instrumental]
  18. Tulane
  19. Have Mercy Judge
  20. Untitled Instrumental
  21. My Ding-A-Ling

Disc 8

  1. Gun [Instrumental]
  2. Gun [Fast] [Instrumental]
  3. Gun [Slow] [Instrumental]
  4. That's None of Your Business
  5. Instrumental
  6. Christmas
  7. I'm a Rocker
  8. Flyin Home [Instrumental]
  9. Fish & Chips
  10. Some People
  11. My Pad [Poem]
  12. Oh Louisiana
  13. Festival
  14. Let's Do Our Thing Together
  15. Your Lick
  16. Bound to Lose
  17. Bordeaux in My Pirough
  18. San Francisco Dues
  19. My Dream [Poem]
  20. Rol 'Em Pete
  21. Reelin' and Rockin'
  22. My Ding-A-Ling
  23. Johnny B. Goode
  24. Let's Boogie

Disc 9

  1. Mean Old World
  2. I Love You
  3. I WIll Not Let You Go
  4. London Berry Blues [Instrumental]
  5. Blues #1 [Instrumental]
  6. Annie Lou
  7. Rain Eyes
  8. You and My Country
  9. Sue Answer
  10. Got It and Gone
  11. A Deuce
  12. Talkin' About My Buddy
  13. Hello Little Girl Goodbye
  14. One Sixty Nine AM [Instrumental]
  15. Aimlessly Driftin'
  16. Woodpecker [Instrumental]
  17. Bio
  18. Roll Away
  19. Hi-Heel Sneakers
  20. Jamabalaya
  21. The Song of My Love
  22. South of the Border

Disc 10

  1. I'm Just a Name
  2. Too Late
  3. Turn on the Houselights [Instrumental]
  4. Swanee River
  5. You Are My Sunshine
  6. Johnny B. Blues [Instrumental]
  7. Dust My Broom
  8. Don't You Lie to Me
  9. My Babe
  10. Here Today
  11. I Just Want to Make Love to You
  12. Rockin' [Instrumental]
  13. Shake Rattle and Roll
  14. Baby What You Want Me to Do
  15. Chuck's Beat
  16. Bo's Beat
  17. Bio

Disc 11

  1. I Got to Find My Baby
  2. Bye Bye Johnny
  3. Run Around
  4. Diploma for Two
  5. Down the Road Apiece
  6. Route 66 [Alt. Take]
  7. I'm Talking About You
  8. Come On
  9. Go Go Go
  10. Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Stereo Remix]
  11. Jamaica Farewell [Mono]
  12. My Mustang Ford [Stereo Remix]
  13. It Wasn't Me [Alt. Take]
  14. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
  15. Ramona, Say Yes [Alt. Mix]
  16. Move It
  17. Oh What a Thrill
  18. California
  19. Pass Away
  20. I Need You Baby
  21. If I Were
  22. House Lights
  23. I Never Thought
  24. Havana Moon
  25. Wuden't Me

Disc 12

  1. Maybeline [Sic]
  2. Roll Over Beethoven
  3. Introduction
  4. Schooldays (School Day)
  5. No Money Down
  6. Sweet Little Sixteen
  7. Johnny B. Goode
  8. First Set Introduction
  9. Guitar Boogie [Instrumental]
  10. Johnny B. Goode
  11. Sweet Little Sixteen
  12. School Day
  13. Memphis
  14. Maybellene
  15. Rock and Roll Music
  16. Dust My Broom
  17. Instrumental Boogie [Instrumental]
  18. Too Much Monkey Business
  19. Johnny B. Goode

Disc 13

  1. Rock at the Philharmonic [Instrumental]
  2. Memphis
  3. Guitar Boogie [Instrumental]
  4. Let It Rock
  5. Wee Wee Hours
  6. Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnny B. Goode/Let It Rock/Rock & Roll Music
  7. Introduction First Set
  8. Guitar Boogie [Instrumental]
  9. Let It Rock
  10. Almost Grown
  11. Chuck Berry Dialogue #1
  12. Memphis
  13. Johnny B. Goode
  14. Introduction Set Two
  15. Instrumental Boogie
  16. Sweet Little Sixteen
  17. Wee Wee Hours
  18. Chuck Berry Dialogue #2
  19. Maybellene
  20. Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnny B. Goode/Let It Rock

Disc 14

  1. Filmore Auditorium: Introduction
  2. Rockin' at the Fillmore [Instrumental]
  3. Everyday I Have the Blues
  4. C.C. Rider
  5. Driftin' Blues
  6. Feelin' It [Instrumental]
  7. Flying Home
  8. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
  9. It Hurts Me Too
  10. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  11. Fillmore Blues [Instrumental]
  12. Wee Baby Blues
  13. Bring Another Drink
  14. Worried Life Blues
  15. Reelin' and Rockin'
  16. My Ding-A-Ling
  17. Johnny B. Goode

Disc 15

  1. Rock and Roll Music
  2. Nadine
  3. School Day (Long Live Rock and Roll)
  4. (In The) Wee Wee Hours
  5. Johnny B. Goode/Carol/Promised Land
  6. Hoochie Coochie Man
  7. Memphis Tennessee
  8. Too Much Monkey Business
  9. Reelin' and Rockin'
  10. Sweet Little Sixteen
  11. My Ding-A-Ling
  12. Bonsoir Cherie
  13. Johnny B. Goode
  14. Maybelline

Disc 16

  1. Lanchester Arts Festival: Introduction
  2. Roll Over Beethoven
  3. Nadine
  4. Sweet Little Sixteen
  5. Instrumental (Testing)
  6. Roll 'Em Pete
  7. Around and Around
  8. It Hurts Me Too
  9. Promised Land
  10. Reelin' and Rockin'
  11. My Ding-A-Ling
  12. Johnny B. Goode
  13. South of the Border
  14. School Days
  15. Memphis Tennessee
  16. Sweet Little Sixteen
  17. Interview
  18. Nadine
  19. Johnny B. Goode
  20. Interview
  21. Dr. Pepper Commercial
  22. Reelin' and Rockin'/Roll Over Beethoven

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chuck Berry   Primary Artist
Joe Alexander   Primary Artist
The Ecuadors   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Phil Chess   Producer
Colin Escott   Photography,Illustrations
Richard Weize   Reissue Producer
Willie Dixon   Producer
Bill Greensmith   Photography,Illustrations
Uwe Krueger   Photography,Illustrations
Mychael Gerstenberger   Artwork
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Andrew McRae   Title Graphics
Marcus Heumann   Mastering
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Christian Zwarg   Mastering,Disc Transfers
Mike Snow   Text
Roger Fairhurst   Text
Fred Rothwell   Discography,Tape Research,Tape Comparison,Reissue Producer
Jean-Marie Perier   Photography,Illustrations
John Beecher   Photography,Illustrations
Evelyn Gerstenberger   Editing,Continuity
Reinhard Kleist   Cover Illustration
Sam Malbuch   Photo Restoration
Brian Smith   Photography,Illustrations
Bruce Pegg   Liner Notes
Malke Koch   Photography,Illustrations
Morten Reff   Photography,Illustrations,Tape Research,Photo Scanning,Tape Comparison,Reissue Producer
Phil Parr   Photography,Illustrations
Leonard Chess   Producer
Paul McCartney   Introduction
Chuck Berry   Producer
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