New Juke Box Hits by Chuck Berry (Record, 2019)

• LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPS

• HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM 180 GRAM VINYL

• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This essential collector’s edition includes the largely forgotten yet outstanding LP "New Juke Box Hits", which was originally released by Chess Records in March N1961. Although the album was recorded in the midst of the legal difficulties that wouldN put him in jail the following year, that distraction did not prevent Berry from composing Ntop-flight material. It features him celebrating the work of contemporaries B.B. King, Nat “King” Cole, and Little Richard, alongside nine of his own tunes.

"New Juke Box Hits" is a perfect album to delve a little deeper into Chuck Berry’s superlative legacy. In addition to this original masterpiece, 4 bonus tracks have been included, consisting of sides from the same period: “Come On” (which would be covered by The Rolling Stones for their debut single two years later), “County Line,” “Go Go Go,” and “Back in the U.S.A.

PERSONNEL:

• CHUCK BERRY, lead vocals and guitar, plus:

• SIDE 1 [1] / SIDE 2 [2] & [6]:
• possibly Reggie Boyd (b), Johnnie Johnson(p), Ebby Hardy (d).
• Recorded in Chicago, January 10 or 19, 1961.

• SIDE 1 [2-4] & [6] / SIDE 2 [1], [3] & [5]:
• Matt “Guitar” Murphy (g), Willie Dixon (b), Johnnie Johnson (p),
• Jaspar Thomas (d),Leroy C. Davis (ts). Unidentified backing vocals.
• Recorded in Chicago, February 15 and/or April 12, 1960.

• SIDE 1 [5] / SIDE 2 [4]
• Matt “Guitar” Murphy (g), Willie Dixon (bs), Johnnie Johnson (p),
• Jaspar Thomas (d), Leroy C.Davis (ts. Chuck Berry also plays
• steel guitar on SIDE 2 [4].
• Recorded in Chicago, February 12 and/or March 29, 1960.

• SIDE 1 [7] / SIDE 2 [7]:
• Reggie Boyd (b), Johnnie Johnson (p), Phil Thomas (d),
• Leroy C. Davis (ts), Martha Berry (voc).
• Recorded in Chicago, July 29, 1961.

• SIDE 1 [8]:
• Willie Dixon (b), Johnnie Johnson (p), Fred Below (d).
• Recorded in Chicago, July 1959.

• SIDE 2 [8]:
• Willie Dixon (b), Johnnie Johnson (p), Fred Below (d),
• Etta James (voc), Harvey & The Moonglows (voc).
• Recorded in Chicago, February 17, 1959.

TRACKS:

• SIDE 1:
• 01 I’M TALKING ABOUT YOU
• 02 DIPLOMA FOR TWO
• 03 THIRTEEN QUESTION METHOD
• 04 AWAY FROM YOU
• 05 DON’T YOU LIE TO ME
• 06 THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE
• 07 COME ON (*)
• 08 COUNTY LINE (*)

• SIDE A:
• 01 LITTLE STAR
• 02 ROUTE 66
• 03 SWEET SIXTEEN
• 04 RUN AROUND
• 05 STOP AND LISTEN
• 06 RIP IT UP
• 07 GO-GO-GO (*)
• 08 BACK IN THE U.S.A. (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACKS