Monday, 20 March 2017

Chuck Berry "Chuck Berry's Golden Hits" (1967 Mercury, Remastered 2014)

From 1966 to 1969 Chuck Berry recorded for Mercury Records. This era produced five albums.Sure, the Chess recordings are timeless masterpieces, but these recordings have a certain charm that cannot be mistaken. Chuck's guitar is certainly more aggressive sounding (perhaps to compete with the sounds of '67), and the echo on his vocals is a cheesy, yet nice touch. The electric organ and piano reminds one of the classic Faces, and  CLUB NITTY GRITTY is a nice little rocker. (Record Runner)

trax:
01 Sweet Little Sixteen 02 Memphis 03 School Days 04 Maybelline 05 Back In The USA 06 Around And Around 07 Brown Eyed Handsome Man 08 Johnny B. Goode 09 Rock 'n' Roll Music 10 Roll Over Beethoven 11 Thirty Days 12 Carol 13 Let It Rock 14 Reelin' And Rockin'' 15 Club Nitty Gritty
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14 comments:

RYP said...

Chuck Berry "Chuck Berry's Golden Hits"
…served by Gyro1966...
gitit! no pw
http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/FAGEqkRV/file.html

ps.: the following 4 Mercury albums are planned for the next days:
Chuck Berry "Chuck Berry In Memphis" (Mercury Records 1967, Remastered 2014)
Chuck Berry With The Miller Band "Live At The Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco" (1967 Mercury LP, Remastered 2014)
Chuck Berry "From St. Louie To Frisco" (1968 Mercury LP, Remastered 2014)
Chuck Berry "Concerto In B Goode" (1969 Mercury, Remastered 2014)

Chi-Town said...

Thanks for the Chuck Berry Albums.

bostig said...

Thanks for the Chuck albums

MoondawgShow said...

Chuck Berry - Twist
http://www105.zippyshare.com/v/EKVwshrL/file.html

OkieRambler said...

Just a FYI, the songs on "Chuck Berry's Golden Hits" are remakes, not the original versions.

Gyro1966 said...

Yes Okie - That is explained in the notes above. It's interesting to hear the 1967 versions. We have all heard The classic Chess versions countless times, so this is a nice change.

Anonymous said...

I agree Gyro, I always liked this version of "Memphis" (no "Tennessee"). Thanks!

Anonymous said...

RYP,

With your permission if you are not already planning it; I would be honored to post my own fresh rips of Chuck Berry's Rock And Roll Music - Any Old Way You Choose It - The Complete Studio Recordings ... Plus! (16 CD Compilation by Bear Family from 2014 ).

Rexx

RYP said...

Rexx, please do it!

Gyro1966 said...
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erasmus said...

or, we could save rexx the time and trouble, and grab it here:

http://heygetrhythm.blogspot.com/2017/03/chuck-berry-rock-and-roll-music-any-old.html

Gyro1966 said...

Erasmus - I already said that this morning and deleted it. The rip on this link is great, no need for another rip. I already own the CD box so I don't need it.

erasmus said...

oops

imnokid said...

Thanks for this CB greatest hits. Been wanting to hear the remakes.
Also, looking forward to hearing
Concerto In B Goode" (1969 Mercury, Remastered 2014)