Chuck Berry

· LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs

·180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE

·HIGH-DEFINITION VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY

·INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This essential collector’s edition includes the outstanding LP Rockin’ at the Hops, which was originally released by Chess Records in 1960. Berry cut a lot of material during this part of his career that has slipped under the radar. Here you will find rock & blues gems such as “Bye ByeJohnny,” “Down the Road Apiece,” “Confessin’ the Blues,” “Too Pooped to Pop,” “Let It Rock,” and “Childhood Sweetheart.” It is a perfect album to delve a little deeper into Chuck Berry’s superlative legacy. In addition to this original masterpiece, we have included 4 bonus tracks from the same period: “Run Around,” “Don’t You Lie to Me,” “Diploma for Two,” and “Thirteen Question Method.

PERSONNEL:

• CHUCK BERRY, lead vocals and guitar, plus:

• SIDE A [1-2], [7] & [8] / SIDE B [1] & [5]:
• Matt “Guitar” Murphy (g);Willie Dixon (b),
• Johnnie Johnson (p); Jaspar Thomas (d),
• Leroy C. Davis (ts).
• Unidentified backing vocals
• Recorded in Chicago, February 12 and/or March 29, 1960.

• RSIDE A [5] / SIDE B[2-4] & [6]:
• Willie Dixon (b), Johnnie Johnson (p),
• Fred Below (d), Leroy C. Davis (ts),
• The Ecuadors: Roquel Davis, Harvey Fuqua and Etta James (voc)
• Recorded in Chicago, July 27-29, 1959.

• SIDE A [3-4] & [6] / SIDE B [7-8]:
• Matt “Guitar” Murphy (g), Willie Dixon (b,
• Johnnie Johnson (p), Jaspar Thomas (d),
• Leroy C. Davis (ts). Chuck Berry also plays
• steel guitar on Side A, track 6.
• Recorded in Chicago, February 15 and/or April 12, 1960.

SIDE A:

• 01. BYE BYE JOHNNY
• 02. WORRIED LIFE BLUES
• 03. DOWN THE ROAD APIECE
• 04. CONFESSIN' THE BLUES
• 05. TOO POOPED TO POP
• 06. MAD LAD
• 07. RUN AROUND (*)
• 08. DON'T YOU LIE TO ME

SIDE A:

• 01. I GOT TO FIND MY BABY
• 02. BETTY JEAN
• 03. CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART
• 04. BROKEN ARROW
• 05. DRIFTIN' BLUES
• 06. LET IT ROCK
• 07. DIPLOMA FOR TWO (*)
• 08. THIRTEEN QUESTION METHOD (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACKS