Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It (2014) [Box Set]

There have been countless Chuck Berry compilations but never one like Bear Family’s Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It, a mammoth 16-disc box containing his complete recorded works for Chess, Mercury, and Atco. Only the soundtrack to Taylor Hackford’s star-studded 1987 documentary Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll is missing and it isn’t missed much, not in the face of this abundance. Almost everything here is previously released — Universal not only released Chuck’s complete Chess recordings as three four-disc sets on Hip-O Select in the 2000s, they did a pretty good job clearing out the vaults in the ’70s and ’80s — but with a set of this size, what counts is not rarities but context. Here, that context is not the original Chess singles of the ’50s and early ’60s, the smashes that became standards, but rather what happened afterward, when Chuck kept working and working, churning out records for Mercury as he played with pickup bands across the land. That said, the deeply detailed recounting of his pioneering first stint at Chess — lasting from 1954 until 1966, barring a two-year hiatus to serve a prison sentence; here, the time line is expanded by a single he cut with Joe Alexander right before he signed with the Chess brothers — remains rich and wondrous, illustrating how quickly Berry settled into his signature groove and how many variations he found within his blend of jazz, blues, and country. All this is familiar from the three Hip-O Select sets, but when the late-’60s recordings for Mercury are added to the picture, it becomes more apparent how Berry was eager to change with the times, adding swinging horns as a nod to the soul emerging from the South or jamming with the Steve Miller Band so he could please the crowd at the Fillmore. Berry was savvy. He knew how to change with the times, a talent that is plain on the live material here, including both dates recorded with the Motown rhythm section in Detroit in October 1963 and the Toronto Rock n Roll Revival from 1969, some BBC sessions, and cuts from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. On the earlier dates he’s charmingly polite, but in 1963 he starts to loosen up with offhand jokes, and by 1969 he’s happily leading a large audience through a dirty nursery rhyme. That schtick could play on college campuses and Chuck, alone among the original rockers, really made a play for the counterculture by recording such outlaw anthems as “Tulane,” an ode to a pair of dope dealers that sounded like nothing but Chuck Berry. This box makes clear that this is one of the keys to Berry’s genius: he always stood apart from the pack, so he could sell trends back to the audience, all filtered through the boogie, blues, and sliding guitar runs he loved so. He kept this up until 1979, the year he released Rock It, an underrated little record that contained “Oh What a Thrill,” a song that proved he still could knock off a killer when he needed. It was the last time he needed to, however: he had already built a body of work that defined rock & roll and, in many ways, all the hopes and dreams of 20th century America. The glory of Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It is that it captures that work in all its incandescent glory. ― Allmusic

CD1 – Studio 1954-1957
01. Maybellene – 02:22
02. Wee Wee Hours – 03:05
03. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) – 02:25
04. Together (We Will Always Be) – 02:37
05. You Can’t Catch Me – 02:44
06. Roly Poly – 02:50
07. Berry Pickin’ (instrumental) – 02:32
08. (The) Down Bound Train – 02:51
09. No Money Down – 02:59
10. I’ve Changed – 03:06
11. Drifting Heart – 02:49
12. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – 02:18
13. Roll Over Beethoven – 02:25
14. Too Much Monkey Business – 02:56
15. Havana Moon – 03:08
16. Rock And Roll Music (demo) – 02:41
17. Untitled Instrumental – 02:23
18. Deep Feeling (instrumental) – 02:21
19. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) – 02:42
20. Lajaunda (Espanol) – 03:13
21. Blue Feeling (instrumental) – 03:02
22. Low Feeling (instrumental) – 03:10
23. How You’ve Changed – 02:48
24. Rock And Roll Music – 02:33
25. Oh Baby Doll – 02:38
26. 13 Question Method – 02:41
27. How High The Moon (instrumental) – 03:10
28. Oh Maria – 02:42
29. I Hope These Words Will Find You Well – 02:40
30. Sweet Little Sixteen (demo) – 03:11

CD2 – Studio 1957-1958
01. Sweet Little Sixteen – 03:02
02. Rock At The Philharmonic (instrumental) – 03:23
03. Guitar Boogie (instrumental) – 02:20
04. Night Beat (instrumental) – 02:45
05. Time Was (slow version) – 02:02
06. Reelin’ And Rockin’ – 03:16
07. Chuckwalk (instrumental) – 02:28
08. Johnny B. Goode – 02:41
09. Around And Around – 02:43
10. Ingo (instrumental) – 02:29
11. It Don’t Take But A Few Minutes – 02:29
12. Blues For Hawaiians (instrumental) – 03:25
13. Beautiful Delilah – 02:10
14. Vacation Time – 02:54
15. 21 – 02:28
16. 21 Blues – 02:12
17. Oh Yeah – 02:35
18. Hey Pedro – 01:57
19. Time Was – 02:29
20. House Of Blue Lights – 02:28
21. Carol – 02:50
22. Jo Jo Gunne – 02:47
23. Memphis Tennessee – 02:14
24. Anthony Boy – 01:54
25. Sweet Little Rock And Roller – 02:23
26. Long Fast Jam (instrumental) – 11:34
27. Long Slow Jam (instrumental) – 11:12

CD3 – Studio 1958-1960
01. Merry Christmas Baby – 03:14
02. Run Rudolph Run – 02:45
03. Little Queenie – 02:42
04. That’s My Desire – 02:19
05. Do You Love Me – 02:37
06. Almost Grown – 02:21
07. Back In The USA – 02:29
08. Fast B 6 (instrumental) – 02:11
09. Blue On Blue (instrumental) – 03:10
10. Betty Jean – 02:32
11. County Line – 02:18
12. Childhood Sweetheart – 02:45
13. One O’Clock Jump (instrumental) – 03:09
14. I Just Want To Make Love To You – 02:13
15. Broken Arrow – 02:29
16. Let It Rock – 01:48
17. Too Pooped To Pop – 02:36
18. Say You’ll Be Mine – 02:19
19. Let Me Sleep Woman – 02:27
20. Drifting Blues – 02:20
21. I Got To Find My Baby – 02:17
22. Don’t You Lie To Me – 02:09
23. Worried Life Blues – 02:12
24. Our Little Rendezvous – 02:04
25. Bye Bye Johnny – 02:06
26. Run Around – 02:33
27. Jaguar And Thunderbird – 01:51
28. Diploma For Two – 02:31
29. Little Star – 02:47
30. The Way It Was Before – 02:54
31. Away From You – 02:40
32. Down The Road Apiece – 02:16
33. Confessin’ The Blues – 02:10
34. Sweet Sixteen – 02:48
35. Thirteen Question Method – 02:15
36. Stop And Listen – 02:26

CD4 – Studio 1960-1964
01. I Still Got The Blues – 02:06
02. I’m Just A Lucky So And So – 02:52
03. Mad Lad (instrumental) – 02:22
04. Crying Steel (instrumental) – 02:31
05. Route 66 (take 10) – 02:54
06. I’m Talking About You – 01:51
07. Rip It Up – 02:12
08. Come On – 01:49
09. Adulteen – 02:13
10. The Man And The Donkey – 02:09
11. Go Go Go – 02:34
12. Trick Or Treat – 01:34
13. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (instrumental) – 01:47
14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – 01:41
15. All Aboard – 02:09
16. Nadine (Is It You) – 02:37
17. You Never Can Tell – 02:44
18. The Little Girl From Central – 02:41
19. (The) Things I Used To Do – 02:43
20. I’m In The Danger Zone – 02:53
21. I’m In The Twilight Zone – 02:53
22. Fraulein – 02:53
23. Lonely All The Time (Crazy Arms) – 02:14
24. O Rangutang (instrumental) – 02:21
25. Big Ben (Blues) – 02:28
26. (The) Promised Land – 02:24
27. Brenda Lee – 02:15
28. No Particular Place To Go – 02:44
29. You Two – 02:10
30. Liverpool Drive (instrumental) – 02:55
31. Chuck’s Beat (instrumental) – 02:57
32. Bo’s Beat (instrumental) – 02:58
33. Little Marie – 02:37
34. Go, Bobby Soxer – 02:58

CD5 – Studio 1964-1965
01. Lonely School Days – 03:02
02. His Daughter Caroline – 03:17
03. Dear Dad – 01:51
04. I Want To Be Your Driver – 02:17
05. Spending Christmas (My Blue Christmas) – 02:12
06. The Song Of My Love – 02:31
07. Butterscotch (instrumental) – 02:41
08. After It’s Over (instrumental) – 02:20
09. Why Should We End This Way – 02:55
10. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis – 02:08
11. She Once Was Mine – 02:37
12. Jamaica Farewell – 02:08
13. My Little Love Light – 02:39
14. I Got A Booking – 02:55
15. St. Louis Blues – 02:39
16. Shake Rattle And Roll – 02:21
17. Honey Hush – 02:34
18. Wee Wee Hours (instrumental) – 03:27
19. Run Joe – 02:18
20. It’s My Own Business – 02:11
21. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) – 02:45
22. Every Day We Rock And Roll – 02:13
23. My Mustang Ford (instrumental) – 04:13
24. My Mustang Ford – 02:19
25. Merrily We Rock And Roll – 02:13
26. Vaya Con Dios – 02:38
27. Wee Hour Blues – 03:15
28. It Wasn’t Me – 02:35
29. Ain’t That Just Like A Woman – 02:15
30. Right Off Rampart Street – 02:24
31. Welcome Back Pretty Baby – 02:37
32. Sad Day, Long Night (instrumental) – 02:43

CD6 – Studio 1966-1967
01. Ramona, Say Yes – 02:42
02. Viva (Viva) Rock And Roll – 02:02
03. His Daughter Caroline (fast version) – 02:45
04. Lonely School Days (fast version) – 02:37
05. Campus Cookie (instrumental) – 02:07
06. Mum’s The Word – 01:33
07. My Tambourine – 02:18
08. Laugh And Cry – 02:30
09. Maybelline – 02:36
10. School Days – 02:37
11. Sweet Little Sixteen – 02:15
12. Johnny B. Goode – 02:45
13. Memphis – 02:10
14. Roll Over Beethoven – 02:03
15. Rock’n’Roll Music – 02:34
16. Club Nitty Gritty – 02:20
17. Around And Around – 02:22
18. Oh Captain – 02:21
19. Thirty Days – 02:13
20. Back In The USA – 02:30
21. Misery – 02:33
22. Carol – 02:26
23. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – 02:23
24. Let It Rock – 01:56
25. Reelin’ And Rockin’ – 04:17
26. Almost Grown – 02:28
27. Ramblin’ Rose – 02:36
28. Check Me Out – 02:33
29. I Do Really Love You – 02:30
30. Back To Memphis – 02:42
31. Bring Another Drink – 02:35
32. It Hurts Me Too – 02:59
33. Goodnight, Well It’s Time To Go – 02:22
34. So Long – 02:45
35. My Heart Will Always Belong To You – 02:41
36. Flying Home (instrumental) – 02:24

CD7 – Studio 1967-1969
01. Sweet Little Rock’n’Roller – 02:14
02. Oh Baby Doll – 02:16
03. I Can’t Believe – 02:45
04. Soul Rockin’ – 02:49
05. Ma Dear – 02:18
06. Rock Cradle Rock – 01:24
07. The Love I Lost – 03:03
08. Louie To Frisco – 02:22
09. I Love Her, I Love Her – 05:57
10. Little Fox – 03:00
11. Song Of My Love – 03:14
12. Rock Cradle Rock (alt. take) – 01:53
13. Good Lookin’ Woman – 02:19
14. My Woman – 04:56
15. It’s Too Dark In There – 03:55
16. Put Her Down – 04:56
17. Concerto In B Goode (instrumental) – 18:44
18. Tulane – 02:37
19. Have Mercy Judge – 02:40
20. Untitled Instrumental – 04:48
21. My Ding-A-Ling – 03:43

CD8 – Studio 1969-1972
01. Gun (instrumental) – 02:46
02. Gun (Fast) (instrumental) – 02:10
03. Gun (Slow) (instrumental) – 02:41
04. That’s None Of Your Business – 02:21
05. Instrumental – 02:48
06. Christmas – 03:25
07. I’m A Rocker – 04:35
08. Flyin’ Home (instrumental) – 04:19
09. Fish & Chips – 02:50
10. Some People – 04:13
11. My Pad (poem) – 06:27
12. Oh Louisiana – 04:30
13. Festival – 04:08
14. Let’s Do Our Thing Together – 02:22
15. Your Lick – 02:35
16. Bound To Lose – 03:07
17. Bordeaux In My Pirough – 02:37
18. San Francisco Dues – 03:25
19. My Dream (poem) – 05:59
20. Roll ‘Em Pete – 02:54
21. Reelin’ And Rockin’ – 04:23
22. My Ding-A-Ling – 04:18
23. Johnny B. Goode – 03:58
24. Let’s Boogie – 03:11

CD9 – Studio 1972-1974
01. Mean Old World – 05:48
02. I Love You – 03:27
03. I Will Not Let You Go – 02:51
04. London Berry Blues (instrumental) – 05:59
05. Blues #1 (instrumental) – 06:19
06. Annie Lou – 03:58
07. Rain Eyes – 03:48
08. You And My Country – 03:17
09. Sue Answer – 02:32
10. Got It And Gone – 04:20
11. A Deuce – 02:35
12. Talkin’ About My Buddy – 06:57
13. Hello Little Girl Goodbye – 03:57
14. One Sixty Nine AM (instrumental) – 03:38
15. Aimlessly Driftin’ – 05:43
16. Woodpecker (instrumental) – 03:35
17. Bio – 03:45
18. Roll Away – 03:00
19. Hi-Heel Sneakers – 04:40
20. Jambalaya – 02:54
21. The Song Of My Love – 01:58
22. South Of The Border – 02:18

CD10 – Studio 1973-1974 (+1964)
01. I’m Just A Name – 03:39
02. Too Late – 02:47
03. Turn On The Houselights (instrumental) – 09:16
04. Swanee River – 02:38
05. You Are My Sunshine – 02:51
06. Johnny B. Blues (instrumental) – 02:24
07. Dust My Broom – 03:34
08. Don’t You Lie To Me – 03:44
09. My Babe – 02:30
10. Here Today – 04:19
11. I Just Want To Make Love To You – 03:06
12. Rockin’ (instrumental) – 04:24
13. Shake Rattle And Roll – 02:17
14. Baby What You Want Me To Do – 02:37
15. Chuck’s Beat – 10:38
16. Bo’s Beat – 14:04
17. Bio – 04:24

CD11 – Studio 1979 (+ 1960-1966)
01. I Got To Find My Baby (stereo) – 02:16
02. Bye Bye Johnny (stereo) – 02:05
03. Run Around (stereo) – 02:32
04. Diploma For Two (stereo) – 02:31
05. Down The Road Apiece (stereo & longer fading) – 02:27
06. Route 66 (stereo, alt take) – 02:52
07. I’m Talking About You (stereo) – 01:52
08. Come On (stereo, alt take) – 01:51
09. Go Go Go (stereo) – 02:49
10. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (stereo remix) – 01:51
11. Jamaica Farewell (mono) – 01:51
12. My Mustang Ford (stereo remix) – 02:52
13. It Wasn’t Me (stereo, alt take) – 02:35
14. Ain’t That Just Like A Woman (unfaded) – 02:45
15. Ramona, Say Yes (stereo, alt mix without sax) – 02:43
16. Move It – 02:30
17. Oh What A Thrill – 03:08
18. California – 02:19
19. Pass Away – 05:37
20. I Need You Baby – 03:11
21. If I Were – 03:04
22. House Lights – 04:31
23. I Never Thought – 03:52
24. Havana Moon – 05:08
25. Wuden’t Me – 02:41

CD12 – On Stage 1956 • 1958 • 1963
01. Maybeline (sic) – 02:08
02. Roll Over Beethoven – 03:22
03. Newport Jazz Festival Introduction – 02:16
04. Schooldays (School Day) – 03:42
05. No Money Down – 03:46
06. Sweet Little Sixteen – 04:12
07. Johnny Be Goode – 03:17
08. Walled Lake Casino Detroit First Set Introduction – 05:50
09. Guitar Boogie (instrumental) – 02:42
10. Johnny B. Goode – 02:55
11. Sweet Little Sixteen – 03:30
12. School Day – 02:43
13. Memphis – 03:08
14. Maybellene – 03:06
15. Rock And Roll Music – 01:42
16. Dust My Broom – 02:22
17. Instrumental Boogie (instrumental) – 03:26
18. Too Much Monkey Business – 03:32
19. Johnny B. Goode – 04:47

CD13 – On Stage 1963
01. Second Set – Rock At The Philharmonic (instrumental) – 03:36
02. Memphis – 02:52
03. Guitar Boogie (instrumental) – 03:09
04. Let It Rock – 03:42
05. Wee Wee Hours – 05:28
06. Medley – Goodnight Sweetheart & Johnny B. Goode & Let It Rock & Rock & Roll Music – 06:39
07. Walled Lake Casino Detroit Introduction First Set – 00:28
08. Guitar Boogie (instrumental) – 03:36
09. Let It Rock – 01:57
10. Almost Grown – 04:15
11. Chuck Berry Dialogue #1 – 01:17
12. Memphis – 03:14
13. Johnny B. Goode – 08:07
14. Walled Lake Casino Detroit Introduction Set Two – 00:26
15. Instrumental Boogie (instrumental) – 01:21
16. Sweet Little Sixteen – 04:28
17. Wee Wee Hours – 06:14
18. Chuck Berry Dialogue #2 – 04:54
19. Maybellene – 03:09
20. Medley – Goodnight Sweetheart & Johnny B. Goode & Let It Rock & School Day – 10:57

CD14 – On Stage 1967
01. Fillmore Auditorium Introduction – 00:44
02. Rockin’ At The Fillmore (instrumental) – 03:52
03. Everyday I Have The Blues – 04:00
04. C. C. Rider – 04:14
05. Driftin’ Blues – 03:58
06. Feelin’ It (instrumental) – 03:59
07. Flying Home (instrumental) – 02:50
08. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – 05:53
09. It Hurts Me Too – 04:47
10. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – 02:55
11. Fillmore Blues (instrumental) – 03:27
12. Wee Baby Blues – 04:05
13. Bring Another Drink – 02:20
14. Worried Life Blues – 03:47
15. Reelin’ And Rockin’ – 05:58
16. My Ding-A-Ling – 04:38
17. Johnny B. Goode – 03:14

CD15 – On Stage 1969
01. Rock And Roll Music – 02:34
02. Nadine – 04:05
03. School Day (Long Live Rock And Roll) – 03:32
04. (In The) Wee Wee Hours – 05:18
05. Medley – Johnny B. Goode & Carol & Promised Land – 08:34
06. Hoochie Coochie Man – 04:18
07. Memphis Tennessee – 04:15
08. Too Much Monkey Business – 02:52
09. Reelin’ And Rockin’ – 06:15
10. Sweet Little Sixteen – 02:50
11. My Ding-A-Ling – 09:41
12. Bonsoir Cherie – 01:20
13. Johnny B. Goode – 04:51
14. Maybelline – 03:26

CD16 – On Stage 1972, Plus
01. Lanchester Arts Festival Introduction – 01:25
02. Roll Over Beethoven – 02:31
03. Nadine – 03:47
04. Sweet Little Sixteen – 03:52
05. Instrumental (testing) – 01:56
06. Roll ‘Em Pete – 05:14
07. Around And Around – 03:05
08. It Hurts Me Too – 06:10
09. Promised Land – 02:49
10. Reelin’ And Rockin’ – 07:04
11. My Ding-A-Ling – 11:37
12. Johnny B. Goode – 04:33
13. South Of The Border – 02:05
14. School Days – 02:41
15. Memphis Tennessee – 02:30
16. Sweet Little Sixteen – 02:45
17. Interview – 01:04
18. Nadine – 03:10
19. Johnny B. Goode – 02:59
20. Interview – 01:37
21. Dr. Pepper Commercial – 01:21
22. Rockin’ And Rollin’ & Roll Over Beethoven – 04:52

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