"Roll Over Chuck Berry" by Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone No35 - June 14, 1969

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Chuck Berry - "..Berry Is On Top" (LP, Chess - 1959) {US Mono Original Pressing}

On the 18th day of the past October, Chuckster the man, the legend and the rock & roll himself touched the 88! He's just a year younger offa ma favorite team, he-he! Anyway, there's no reason at all to repeat ourselves or any other old cliché about HIM but there's always a good reason for a Chuck Berry post, right? RIGHT!
So, the other day JP mailed me he was busy ripping stuff a friend of his, gave him (btw, many thanks JF!!!). I asked about it and responded among others with this CLASSIC. For a minute the selfish lil' devil on my left shoulder told me to keep it for own pleasure (I mean, it's in fuckin' MONO!!!!) but the angel on the other side reminded me that we 're on a mission from God, so I gave up the idea (I'm Elwood, I always wanted to be Elwood but that's another story). To cut a long story short, this was Berry's third Chess long play - but technically an all the hits at this point gathering plus some more.
The great late Cub Koda once said "If you had to sweat all of Chuck Berry's early albums on Chess (and some, but not all, of his subsequent greatest-hits packages), this would be the one to own."
So what are you waiting for Chrissake? 

Chuck Berry - "The London Chuck Berry Sessions" (CD, Chess/MCA - 1989 ~ Original Release 1972)

"CHUCK BERRY'S GOTTA BE THE GREATEST THING THAT CAME ALONG, HE MADE THE GUITAR BEATS AND WROTE THE ALL TIME GREATEST SONGS, NOW DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THE GUYS THAT GAVE US  ROCK N' ROLL?"

 - BRIAN WILSON

"IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ROCK N' ROLL ANOTHER NAME, YOU MIGHT CALL IT CHUCK BERRY!"

 - JOHN LENNON

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCKSTER!!!

The Ecuadors featuring Chuck Berry - "Say You'll Be Mine/Let Me Sleep Woman"

The first time i heard about this....or maybe i read about this, was in a Kicks Magazine (i can't remember which issue and I'm too lazy now to get up off my sit and go to my library n' check it...). I remember almost clearly though that my self got immediately excited from the words the great Billy Miller (of Norton Records/Kicks Magazine) put on paper about this gem! Since I'm a fool about obscure or at least, not well known R&B groups of the 50's this thing got at first my attention and very soon became one of the top priorities in my "want lists". The fact that Chuck Berry wrote both two songs on this single and also crancked he's guitar loudly - stretch me so much that for years and years checked on every box, comp or bootleg you might guess. I told you, Chuckster is a HUGE hero of mine. To tell you the truth I'm still looking for an original 45 copy (Argo 5353). This brilliance came out on November of 1959 by the sub label of Chess, Argo. The Ecuadors as far as i know were a vocal group that accompanied Chuck and his band during the Chess Sessions of July 1959. There are claims of the Chuck Berry specialists, that can be heard also on tracks like "Betty Jean", "Childhood Sweetheart", "Broken Arrow" and "Too Pooped To Pop". Anyway, the first appearance on a digital format, was a couple of years ago on the EXCELLENT at all Box Set under the name "Johnny Be Goode - His Complete 50's Chess Recordings" and from there i ripped them for your download pleasure @ 320 Kbps. Do yourself a favor and go buy this...No serious record collection that claims its rock n roll identity has no Chess recordings of the MAN!  

Chuckster!