Chuck Berry - After School Session (1st LP)

Artist:

Berry, Chuck

See Also:

Wolf, Howlin` Original Soundtrack - Hail! Hail! Rock `N` Roll

Description:

Personnel includes: Chuck Berry (vocals, guitar, steel guitar); Otis Spann, Johnnie Johnson (piano); Willie Dixon (bass); Fred Below, Japer Thomas, Ebby Hardy (drums).
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois. Originally released on ChessLP (1426).
Featuring a motley assortment of tunes recorded in 1955 and 1956, Chuck Berry`s first Chess LP (released in 1957) could have also been titled THE MANY MOODS OF BERRY. Featuring three superior instrumentals ("Deep Feeling," "Roly Poly," "Berry Pickin`"), the moody Charles Brown-like "Wee Wee Hours," the proto-doowop "Together (We`ll Always Be)" and the rock `n` roll anthem "School Days," this classic Chicago production demonstrates Berry`s professional versatility. The great songwriter leaves no bet uncovered in his first bid for pop universality, venturing so far as to offer the country-flavored "Downtown Train" right after the Latin-tinged "Havana Moon," (the witty inspiration for the far cruder "Louie, Louie"). If you close your eyes, you can even imagine a little Hawaiian exotica infusing "Deep Feeling," even more so on "Drifting Heart" which ends this all-American panorama on a genuinely lyrical note. Secret ingredient: the essential piano work of Berry`s close collaborator Johnnie Johnson.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. School Day (Ring Ring There Goes the Bell)
2. Deep Feeling
3. Too Much Monkey Business
4. Wee Wee Hours
5. Roly Poly
6. No Money Down
7. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
8. Berry Pickin`
9. We`ll Always Be Together
10. Havana Moon
11. Downbound Train
12. Drifting Heart
13. You Can`t Catch Me
14. Thirty Days
15. Maybellene

Album Information

Release Date:

03/23/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rock `N` Roll

Label:

Chess (USA)

Producer:

Leonard Chess; Phil Chess

Catalog Number:

0001685

Original Release Year:

1957

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Guest Artist:

Otis Spann; Willie Dixon; Johnnie Johnson

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