Reelin and Rockin

Rating

Album: Reelin and Rockin: The Very Best Of
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Guitar Boogie	More Info...
2)	Johnny B Goode	More Info...
3)	Bye Bye Johnny	More Info...
4)	Go Go Go (Studio Take Without Overdubbed Applause)	More Info...
5)	Bio	More Info...
6)	Maybellene	More Info...
7)	You Can't Catch Me	More Info...
8)	Beautiful Delilah	More Info...
9)	School Day	More Info...
10)	I'm Talkin' 'Bout You	More Info...
11)	I Got to Find My Baby	More Info...
12)	Memphis, Tennessee	More Info...
13)	No Money Down	More Info...
14)	Jaguar & Thunderbird	More Info...
15)	Down the Road Apiece	More Info...
16)	Run Rudolph Run	More Info...
17)	I Want to Be Your Driver	More Info...
18)	Promised Land	More Info...
19)	Back in the USA	More Info...
20)	Thirty Days	More Info...
21)	Havana Moon	More Info...
22)	Rock & Roll Music	More Info...
23)	Too Pooped to Pop	More Info...
24)	Come on	More Info...
25)	Viva Viva Rock & Roll	More Info...
26)	I'm a Rocker	More Info...
27)	Back to Memphis (1967 Mercury Single)	More Info...
28)	Check Me Out (1966 Mercury Single)	More Info...
29)	Deep Feelin'	More Info...
30)	Liverpool Drive	More Info...
31)	Roll Over Beethoven	More Info...
32)	Let It Rock	More Info...
33)	Sweet Little Sixteen	More Info...
34)	Nadine	More Info...
35)	It Wasn't Me (1965 Single Version with Harmonica)	More Info...
36)	Confessin' the Blues	More Info...
37)	Too Much Monkey Business	More Info...
38)	Around & Around	More Info...
39)	Almost Grown	More Info...
40)	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	More Info...
41)	You Never Can Tell	More Info...
42)	Wee Wee Hours	More Info...
43)	Little Marie	More Info...
44)	Little Queenie	More Info...
45)	Carol	More Info...
46)	Oh Baby Doll	More Info...
47)	Jo Jo Gunne	More Info...
48)	No Particular Place to Go	More Info...
49)	Dear Dad	More Info...
50)	Sweet Little Rock'n'roller (1966 Mercury Version from Golden Hits LP)	More Info...
51)	Ramona Say Yes (1966 Single Version, with Horn Section)	More Info...
52)	Tulane	More Info...
53)	Festival	More Info...
54)	Flying Home (Studio Version, from Back Home LP)	More Info...
55)	Reelin & Rockin (1972 Single Edit)	More Info...
56)	My Ding-A-Ling (1972 Single Edit)	More Info...
2)	Johnny B. Goode	More Info...	0:02
3)	Bye Bye Johnny	More Info...	0:02
4)	Go Go Go	More Info...	0:02
5)	Bio	More Info...	0:04
6)	Maybellene	More Info...	0:02
7)	You Can't Catch Me	More Info...	0:02
8)	Beautiful Delilah	More Info...	0:02
9)	School Days	More Info...	0:02
10)	I'm Talking About You	More Info...	0:01
11)	I Got to Find My Baby	More Info...	0:02
12)	Memphis Tennessee	More Info...	0:02
13)	No Money Down	More Info...	0:03
14)	Jaguar and Thunderbird	More Info...	0:02
15)	Down the Road Apiece	More Info...	0:02
16)	Run Rudolph Run	More Info...	0:02
17)	I Want to Be Your Driver	More Info...	0:02
18)	Promised Land	More Info...	0:02
19)	Back in the U.S.A.	More Info...	0:02
20)	Thirty Days	More Info...	0:02
21)	Havana Moon	More Info...	0:03
22)	Rock and Roll Music	More Info...	0:02
23)	Too Pooped to Pop	More Info...	0:02
24)	Come On	More Info...	0:02
25)	Viva Viva Rock 'N' Roll	More Info...	0:02
26)	I'm a Rocker	More Info...	0:04
27)	Back to Memphis	More Info...	0:02
28)	Check Me Out	More Info...	0:02
29)	Deep Feelin'	More Info...	0:02

Album: Reelin and Rockin: The Very Best Of
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Guitar Boogie	More Info...
2)	Johnny B Goode	More Info...
3)	Bye Bye Johnny	More Info...
4)	Go Go Go (Studio Take Without Overdubbed Applause)	More Info...
5)	Bio	More Info...
6)	Maybellene	More Info...
7)	You Can't Catch Me	More Info...
8)	Beautiful Delilah	More Info...
9)	School Day	More Info...
10)	I'm Talkin' 'Bout You	More Info...
11)	I Got to Find My Baby	More Info...
12)	Memphis, Tennessee	More Info...
13)	No Money Down	More Info...
14)	Jaguar & Thunderbird	More Info...
15)	Down the Road Apiece	More Info...
16)	Run Rudolph Run	More Info...
17)	I Want to Be Your Driver	More Info...
18)	Promised Land	More Info...
19)	Back in the USA	More Info...
20)	Thirty Days	More Info...
21)	Havana Moon	More Info...
22)	Rock & Roll Music	More Info...
23)	Too Pooped to Pop	More Info...
24)	Come on	More Info...
25)	Viva Viva Rock & Roll	More Info...
26)	I'm a Rocker	More Info...
27)	Back to Memphis (1967 Mercury Single)	More Info...
28)	Check Me Out (1966 Mercury Single)	More Info...
29)	Deep Feelin'	More Info...
30)	Liverpool Drive	More Info...
31)	Roll Over Beethoven	More Info...
32)	Let It Rock	More Info...
33)	Sweet Little Sixteen	More Info...
34)	Nadine	More Info...
35)	It Wasn't Me (1965 Single Version with Harmonica)	More Info...
36)	Confessin' the Blues	More Info...
37)	Too Much Monkey Business	More Info...
38)	Around & Around	More Info...
39)	Almost Grown	More Info...
40)	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	More Info...
41)	You Never Can Tell	More Info...
42)	Wee Wee Hours	More Info...
43)	Little Marie	More Info...
44)	Little Queenie	More Info...
45)	Carol	More Info...
46)	Oh Baby Doll	More Info...
47)	Jo Jo Gunne	More Info...
48)	No Particular Place to Go	More Info...
49)	Dear Dad	More Info...
50)	Sweet Little Rock'n'roller (1966 Mercury Version from Golden Hits LP)	More Info...
51)	Ramona Say Yes (1966 Single Version, with Horn Section)	More Info...
52)	Tulane	More Info...
53)	Festival	More Info...
54)	Flying Home (Studio Version, from Back Home LP)	More Info...
55)	Reelin & Rockin (1972 Single Edit)	More Info...
56)	My Ding-A-Ling (1972 Single Edit)	More Info...
2)	Johnny B. Goode	More Info...	0:02
3)	Bye Bye Johnny	More Info...	0:02
4)	Go Go Go	More Info...	0:02
5)	Bio	More Info...	0:04
6)	Maybellene	More Info...	0:02
7)	You Can't Catch Me	More Info...	0:02
8)	Beautiful Delilah	More Info...	0:02
9)	School Days	More Info...	0:02
10)	I'm Talking About You	More Info...	0:01
11)	I Got to Find My Baby	More Info...	0:02
12)	Memphis Tennessee	More Info...	0:02
13)	No Money Down	More Info...	0:03
14)	Jaguar and Thunderbird	More Info...	0:02
15)	Down the Road Apiece	More Info...	0:02
16)	Run Rudolph Run	More Info...	0:02
17)	I Want to Be Your Driver	More Info...	0:02
18)	Promised Land	More Info...	0:02
19)	Back in the U.S.A.	More Info...	0:02
20)	Thirty Days	More Info...	0:02
21)	Havana Moon	More Info...	0:03
22)	Rock and Roll Music	More Info...	0:02
23)	Too Pooped to Pop	More Info...	0:02
24)	Come On	More Info...	0:02
25)	Viva Viva Rock 'N' Roll	More Info...	0:02
26)	I'm a Rocker	More Info...	0:04
27)	Back to Memphis	More Info...	0:02
28)	Check Me Out	More Info...	0:02
29)	Deep Feelin'	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Peter Doggett.
Photographer: Phil Smee.
This European compilation is the longest double-CD set collection of the highlights of Chuck Berry's recording career yet released, containing 56 tracks in more than two-and-half-hours of music, which makes it more extensive than its American counterpart, the 50-track 2000 release The Anthology (reissued in 2005 under the title Gold). There isn't a great deal of disagreement about what constitutes Berry's best -- the two albums share 43 of the same recordings, with only seven tracks appearing on The Anthology that are not on Reelin' and Rockin', while 13 of those on the European release are not on the U.S. one, and the disagreements are over relatively minor songs. One major reason that American consumers might prefer The Anthology or Gold over Reelin' and Rockin' is price; Gold is discount-priced, while Reelin' and Rockin' is a pricey import. Another reason, however, concerns sequencing. The American release is chronologically sequenced, which is a good way to present Berry's music, not only to show his musical development, but also because recording technology changes over the period of his recording career. In contrast, compiler Peter Doggett writes of Reelin' and Rockin' in his liner notes, "Unlike previous anthologies, it's been sequenced for listening pleasure rather than as a chronological history lesson." One may ponder what on earth that's supposed to mean, but it may be that Doggett was concerned, especially because his collection contained a lot of minor material, that there might be a sense of declining quality as the set went on if he sequenced it chronologically, as Berry began to repeat himself on later records. In fact, a subjectively chosen sequence does nothing to obviate such a problem; it just mixes up the great stuff with the merely good. And, contrary to "listening pleasure," it also creates an album in which mono and stereo tracks are interspersed oddly. Strangely enough, after making a point of not using a chronological sequence as a compiler, Doggett the annotator then proceeds to slavishly follow Berry's recording sessions in chronological order in his essay. As the listener reads, there is a natural desire to want to hear the music in the order that it's being described. Instead, the last recorded track to be included, "Bio" (1973), turns up fifth on the first disc, followed immediately by the first recorded track, "Maybellene" (1955). If that's listening pleasure, it is pleasure of a somewhat perverse sort. Nevertheless, no double-disc Berry compilation is as packed as this one. ~ William Ruhlmann

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