There is a new Chuck Berry 3-CD album set for release, May 7. It's total 56 songs and the cover is great. I have a cover picture on my recent updated site:

http://www.chuckberry.us

Let It Rock! / Johan

Looks fantastic, do you know the tracklisting?

Here is the tracks:

CD1:
1. Maybellene - Single Version
2. Wee Wee Hours - 1955 Single Version
3. Thirty Days - Single Version
4. No Money Down - Single Version
5. Down Bound Train - Single Version
6. Roll Over Beethoven - Single Version
7. Too Much Monkey Business - Single Version
8. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Single Version
9. You Can't Catch Me - Single Version
10. Havana Moon - Single Version
11. School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell) - Single Version
12. Oh Baby Doll - 1957 Single Version
13. Rock And Roll Music - 1958 Single Version
14. Sweet Little Sixteen - Single Version
15. Reelin' And Rockin' - Single Version
16. House Of Blue Lights - Album Version
17. Johnny B. Goode - Single Version
18. Around And Around - Single Version
19. Beautiful Delilah - Single Version
20. Carol - Single Version

CD2:
1. Sweet Little Rock And Roller - Single Version
2. Jo Jo Gunne - Single Version
3. Merry Christmas Baby - Single Version
4. Run Rudolph Run - Single Version
5. Anthony Boy - Single Version
6. Little Queenie - Single Version
7. Almost Grown - Single Version
8. Memphis, Tennessee - Single Version
9. Back In The USA - Single Version
10. Childhood Sweetheart - Single Version
11. Too Pooped To Pop - Single Version
12. Let It Rock - Single Version
13. Bye Bye Johnny - Single Version
14. Mad Lad
15. Betty Jean - Album Version
16. Down The Road Apiece - Album Version
17. Jaguar And Thunderbird - Single Version
18. I'm Talking About You - Single Version
19. Route 66 - Album Version

CD3:
1. Go Go Go - Single Version
2. Come On - Single Version [Mono]
3. Nadine - Single Version
4. No Particular Place To Go - Single Version
5. You Never Can Tell - 1964 Single Version [Mono]
6. Go Bobby Soxer
7. Little Marie - Single Version
8. Promised Land - Single Version
9. The Things I Used To Do - Single Version
10. Dear Dad - Single Version
11. Lonely School Days
12. It Wasn't Me - Single Version
13. Tulane - Single Version
14. Club Nitty Gritty - Golden Hits Version
15. It Hurts Me Too
16. My Ding-A-Ling - Single Edit
17. Reelin' And Rockin' - Lancaster Arts Festival 1972

Let It Rock! / Johan

Thanks. A very solid set.

Personally, I'd have liked the set to be the 'Complete Mercury Recordings' It's criminal that those recordings have yet to see a CD release (unless you know something I don't?).

The Mercury recordings is also out on CD's. These albums was released on CD in USA 1989 with some bonus tracks:

Golden Hits (1967) - Mercury CD 826256-2
Bonus tracks: Around and Around, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Let It Rock, Relin' and Rockin'.

Chuck Berry In Memphis (1967) - Mercury CD 836071-2
Bonus track: Flying Home.

Live At The Fillmore Auditorium (1967) - Mercury CD 836072-2
Bonus tracks: Good Morning Little School Girl, Bring Another Drink, Reelin' and Rockin', My Ding-A-Ling.

From St. Louie To Frisco (1968) - Mercury CD 836073-2
Bonus tracks: Almost Grown, Campus Cookie, Song of My Love, Laugh and Cry.

Concerto In B. Goode (1969) - Mercury CD 836074-2
No bonus tracks.

More info about records on this site:

http://www.chuckberry.us/records

Let It Rock! / Johan

Of course I want a complete Chuck Berry Mercury box set with nice covers etc. I'm 100 % with you, St. Louis Blues. They really should put out a lot more of Chuck's albums and songs. I'm just glad I got these CD's with bonus tracks from 1989. In addition, I also got the old original albums from the late 60's. Nice things to put on my record machine when "my heart will always belong to my baby" or I want to go "back to Mempis" (or more like St. Louie!). "So Long".

Johan

I heard a while back that Universal were working on a box-set to contain ALL the Chess and Mercury recordings - including unreleased alternate takes. Andy McKie was the guy in charge of this project. Since first hearing about this (about two years ago) I've heard nothing more.

Sad news is that the complete box set you talk about will not come to be released.

Johan