The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
Compilation by Chuck Berry
Released 17 November 2014
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Maybelline2:20
- 2Sweet Little Sixteen3:024.0 ★
- 3Rock and Roll Music2:304.4 ★
- 4Thirty Days (to Come Back Home)2:253.5 ★
- 5Wee Wee Hours3:03
- 6No Money Down2:584.0 ★
- 7Too Much Monkey Business2:553.4 ★
- 8You Can’t Catch Me2:433.0 ★
- 9Down Bound Train2:50
- 10Havana Moon3:072.4 ★
- 11Oh Baby Doll2:374.0 ★
- 12Deep Feeling2:17
- 13Roly Poly2:50
- 14Brown‐Eyed Handsome Man2:163.0 ★
- 15Blue Feeling3:01
- 16Berry Picking’2:30
- 17Drifting Heart2:49
- 18Beautiful Delilah2:103.0 ★
- 19In‐Go2:24
- 20Vacation Time2:50
- CD 2
- 1Roll Over Beethoven2:244.2 ★
- 2School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)2:424.2 ★
- 3Carol2:483.4 ★
- 4Jo Jo Gunne2:45
- 5Rockin’ at the Philharmonic3:22
- 6Reelin’ and Rocking’3:163.5 ★
- 7Guitar Boogie2:18
- 8Sweet Little Rock ’n’ Roller2:21
- 9It Don’t Take but a Few Minutes2:27
- 10Around and Around2:413.0 ★
- 11Blues for Hawaiians3:25
- 12Run Rudolph Run2:454.5 ★
- 13Almost Grown2:213.5 ★
- 14Anthony Boy1:522.5 ★
- 15Little Queenie2:424.0 ★
- 16Childhood Sweetheart2:45
- 17Betty Jean2:29
- 18Jaguar and the Thunderbird1:50
- 19Our Little Rendezvous2:00
- 20Worried Life Blues2:10
- CD 3
- 1Johnny B. Goode2:404.2 ★
- 2Memphis, Tennessee2:143.0 ★
- 3Back in the USA2:28
- 4Let It Rock1:443.6 ★
- 5Down the Road a Piece2:12
- 6Confessin’ the Blues2:09
- 7Bye Bye Johnny2:044.0 ★
- 8Little Star2:46
- 9Come On1:494.0 ★
- 10Too Pooped to Pop2:33
- 11Mad Lad2:12
- 12I’m Talking About You1:48
- 13I Got to Find My Baby2:16
- 14Don’t You Lie to Me2:08
- 15Go Go Go2:32
- 16Route 662:53
- 17Sweet Sixteen2:46
- 18Run Around2:32
- 19Rip It Up2:11
- 20Merry Christmas Baby3:13
More by Chuck Berry
Release credits
- tenor saxophone [9]
- guitar [13]
- electric bass guitar [10]
- background vocals [13]
- background vocals [13]
- electric guitar [2.6, 1.2-3, 1.11], guitar [1.4, 1.6-7, 1.7-8, 1.10-11, 1.14, 1.18, 3.1-4, 3.4, 3.7, 3.9, 3.12, 2.1-3, 2.10, 2.12-15], lead vocals [1.2-4, 1.6-8, 1.10-11, 1.14, 1.18, 2.1-3, 2.6, 2.10, 2.13-15, 3.1-4, 3.7, 3.9, 3.12], producer [7, 9, 12], vocal [1.1, 1.6-7, 3.4, 2.2, 2.12-14]
- drums (drum set) [3.9, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8]
- background vocals [2.13, 3.3]
- drums (drum set) [3.2-4, 3.4, 1.3, 1.7, 1.11, 2.2]
- background vocals [13]
- guitar [2]
- background vocals [13]
- background vocals [14], drums (drum set) [1.2, 2.6, 2.10, 2.13-14, 3.1-2], vocal [14]
- maracas [4]
- guitar [10]
- tenor saxophone [9]
- piano [3.1, 3.3-4, 3.4, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.7-8, 1.14, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.10, 2.13]
- piano [3.7, 3.9, 3.12, 2.12, 2.15, 1.3, 1.11]
- producer [3.1-4, 3.7, 3.9, 3.12, 1.2-4, 1.6-8, 1.10-11, 1.14, 1.18, 2.1-3, 2.6, 2.10, 2.13-15]
- tenor saxophone [1.7, 2.1]
- background vocals [9], other vocals [9]
- background vocals [13]
- guitar [7], instrument [9]
- drums (drum set) [2.1, 1.7, 1.14]
- drums (drum set) [3.7, 2.3, 2.12, 2.15, 1.18]
- background vocals [14], piano [2.14, 1.6, 1.8], vocal [14]
- piano [1.18, 2.3]
- drums (drum set) [9, 12]
- background vocals [13]
- electric bass guitar [4, 9, 12]
- background vocals [2.13, 3.3]
- background vocals [13]
- trumpet [1.7, 2.1]
- background vocals [14], bass [3.4, 1.4, 1.7, 1.11, 2.13], double bass [3.1-3, 3.7, 1.2-3, 1.6-8, 1.10-11, 1.14, 1.18, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.12-15], producer [7, 9, 12], vocal [14]
- percussion [3]
Issues
- TDigital Media17 November 2014
T2014



