CHUCK BERRY HAVE MERCY HIS COMPLETE CHESS RECORDINGS (1969-1974) Label:Chess/Geffen
Released: 26 January 2010
Format; Flac
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Fulfilling Phil Chess’s prophecy, Chuck Berry returned to Chess Records in 1969 after a three year stay with Mercury Records. And it was like he never left, as his very first session produced a great two-sided single, “Tulane” b/w “Have Mercy Judge.” The record didn’t chart, but it was obvious that Chuck was truly “back home” (as his first album back on Chess was called) and already producing high quality “Chess” recordings once again. The 71 tracks here include his only #1 (“My Ding-A-Ling (live)”), plus 22 previously unreleased recordings, ranging from cool in-studio jams/instrumentals (“Turn On The House Lights,” “Rockin’”) to 4 additional live recordings from the smoking concert that produced the live side of The London Chuck Berry Sessions; from an intimate, small group session in October of 1972 which produced two throwback “Chuck blues” tracks, “Blues #1” and “Annie Lou,” to Chuck’s renditions of “Jambalaya” and “Dust My Broom.” There’s also a live version of “South Of The Border” only previously released as a “B” side in the U.K. and the hot concert London Sessions performance of “Roll ‘Em Pete,” also originally only released in edited form as a “B” side with a different rhythm section dubbed in - this set has both the complete original and single versions
Tracklist: Disc 1 1. Tulane 2. Have Mercy Judge 3. Untitled Instrumental 4. My Ding-A-Ling 5. Gun (instrumental - fast) 6. Gun (instrumental - slow) 7. Gun (instrumental) 8. That’s None Of Your Business 9. Instrumental 10. Christmas 11. I’m A Rocker 12. Flyin’ Home (instrumental) 13. Fish & Chips 14. Some People 15. My Pad (poem) 16. Oh Louisiana 17. Festival 18. Let’s Do Our Thing Together 19. Your Lick 20. Bound To Lose
Disc 2 1. Bordeaux In My Pirough 2. San Francisco Dues 3. My Dream (poem) 4. Sweet Little Sixteen (live) 5. Roll ’Em Pete (live) 6. It Hurts Me Too (live) 7. Around And Around (live) 8. Promised Land (live) 9. Reelin’ And Rockin’ (live) 10. My Ding-A-Ling (live) 11. Johnny B. Goode (live) 12. Roll ‘Em Pete (live single edit) 13. My Ding-A-Ling (live single edit) 14. Let’s Boogie 15. Mean Old World
Disc 3 1. I Love You 2. I Will Not Let You Go 3. London Berry Blues 4. South Of The Border (live) 5. Blues #1 6. Annie Lou 7. Rain Eyes 8. Sue Answer 8. Me And My Country 9. Got It And Gone 10. A Deuce 11. Talkin’ About My Buddy 12. Hello Little Girl, Goodbye 13. One Sixty Nine AM 14. Aimlessly Driftin’ 15. Woodpecker 16. Bio
Disc 4 1. Roll Away 2. I’m Just A Name 3. Too Late 4. Turn On The Houselights 5. Heel Sneakers 6. Jambalaya 7. The Song Of My Love 8. South Of The Border 9. Swanee River 10. You Are My Sunshine 11. Johnny B. Blues 12. Dust My Broom 13. Don’t You Lie To Me 14. My Babe 15. Here Today 16. I Just Want To Make Love To You 17. Rockin’ 18. Shake, Rattle And Roll 19. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
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