This album puts the lie to the popular myth that Chuck Berry's music started to fade away around the same time that the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, et al.
emerged covering his stuff.
His songwriting is as strong here as ever -- side one is packed with now-familiar fare like "Little Marie" (a sequel to "Memphis, Tennessee"), "No Particular Place to Go," "Promised Land," and "You Never Can Tell," but even filler tracks like "Our Little Rendezvous" and "You Two" are among Berry's better album numbers, the latter showing off the slightly softer pop/R&B side to his music that many listeners forget about.
Side two includes a bunch of tracks, including the hard-rocking "Go Bobby Soxer" and the even better "Brenda Lee," the slow blues "Things I Used to Do" (with a killer guitar break), and the instrumentals "Liverpool Drive" and "Night Beat," one fast and the other slow, that never get reissued or compiled anywhere.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little MarieChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | Our Little RendezvousChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:02 | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| 3 | No Particular Place to GoChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | You TwoChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 5 | Promised LandChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | You Never Can TellChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | Go Bobby SoxerChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 01:31 | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| 8 | The Things I Used to DoGuitar Slim | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 9 | Liverpool DriveChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Night BeatChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| 11 | Merry Christmas, BabyLou Baxter, Johnny Moore | Chuck Berry | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| 12 | Brenda LeeChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:11 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 13 | FrauleinLawton Williams | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:02 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 14 | The Little Girl from CentralChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 15 | O'RangutangChuck Berry | Chuck Berry | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| 36 mins | 83 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 209 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lou Baxter | Composer |
| 2 | Fred Below | Drums |
| 3 | Chuck Berry | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 4 | Leonard Chess | Producer |
| 5 | Phil Chess | Producer |
| 6 | Willie Dixon | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 7 | Mike Fink | Design |
| 8 | Guitar Slim | Composer |
| 9 | Ebby Hardy | Drums |
| 10 | Johnnie Johnson | Piano |
| 11 | Lafayette Leake | Guest Artist, Piano |
| 12 | Andy McKaie | Reissue Producer |
| 13 | Johnny Moore | Composer |
| 14 | Matt "Guitar" Murphy | Guitar |
| 15 | Ryan Null | Photo Research |
| 16 | Odie Payne, Jr. | Drums |
| 17 | Marshall Paul | Liner Notes |
| 18 | James Robinson | Sax (Tenor) |
| 19 | Bud Scoppa | Liner Notes |
| 20 | Beth Stempel | Production Coordination |
| 21 | Jasper Thomas | Drums |
| 22 | Lawton Williams | Composer |
| 23 | Paul Williams | Piano |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |