Box Sets

1988
The Chess Box
Box Set
MCA CH6/CHC6/CHD3-80001
The Chess Box - 1988
Box set:
    Record One (1955-1956)
    Record Two (1957-May, 1958)
    Record Three (September 1958 - 1959)
    Record Four (1960 - February 1964)
    Record Five (March 1964 - 1966)
    Record Six (1969-1973)
Record One:
  1. Maybellene
  2. Wee Wee Hours
  3. Thirty Days
  4. You Can't Catch Me
  5. No Money Down
  6. Downbound Train
  7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  8. Drifting Heart
  9. Roll Over Beethoven
  10. Too Much Monkey Business
  11. Havana Moon
  12. School Day
Record Four:
  1. Bye Bye Johnny
  2. Jaguar And Thunderbird
  3. Down The Road Apiece
  4. Confessin' The Blues
  5. Thirteen Question Method
  6. Crying Steel (previously unreleased)
  7. I'm Just A Lucky So And So (previously unreleased)
  8. I'm Talking About You
  9. Come On/Nadine (Is It You?)
  10. Crazy Arms
  11. You Never Can Tell
  12. The Things I Used To Do/Promised Land
Record Two:
  1. Rock And Roll Music
  2. Oh Baby Doll
  3. I've Changed
  4. Reelin' And Rockin'
  5. Rockin' At The Philharmonic
  6. Sweet Little Sixteen
  7. Johnny B. Goode
  8. Time Was (unreleased slow version)
  9. Around And Around
  10. Beautiful Delilah
  11. House Of Blue Light
  12. Carol
Record Five:
  1. No Particular Place To Go
  2. Liverpool Drive
  3. You Two
  4. Chuck's Beat
  5. Little Marie
  6. Dear Dad
  7. Sad Day, Long Night
  8. It's My Own Business
  9. It Wasn't Me
  10. Ramona Say Yes
  11. Viva Viva Rock And Roll
Record Three:
  1. Memphis
  2. Anthony Boy
  3. Jo Jo Gunne
  4. Sweet Little Rock And Roller
  5. Merry Christmas Baby
  6. Run Rudolph Run
  7. Little Queenie
  8. Almost Grown
  9. Back In The USA
  10. Betty Jean
  11. Childhood Sweetheart
  12. Let It Rock
  13. Too Pooped To Pop
Record Six:
  1. Tulane
  2. Have Mercy Judge
  3. My Dream
  4. Reelin' And Rockin' (live)
  5. My Ding-A-Ling (single edit, live)
  6. Johnny B.Goode
  7. A Deuce
  8. Woodpecker
  9. Bio

1991

The Chess Years
Charly CD RED BOX 2
(9 Disc) 
The Chess Box 9CD - 1991
Disc 1:
The Chess Box CD1 - 1991
  1. Maybellene
  2. Wee Wee Hours
  3. Thirty Days
  4. Together (We Will Always Be)
  5. You Can't Catch Me
  6. Roly Poly
  7. Berry Pickin'
  8. Down Bound Train
  9. No Money Down
  10. Drifting Heart
  11. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
  12. Roll Over Beethoven
  13. Too Much Monkey Business
  14. Havana Moon
  15. Rock And Roll Music (Demo)
  16. Deep Feelin'
  17. School Day
  18. La Juanda
  19. Blue Feeling
  20. Low Feeling
  21. Wee Wee Hours (Blues) (Alternate)
  22. How You've Changed
  23. Rock And Roll Music
  24. Oh Baby Doll
  25. Sweet Little Sixteen
Disc 2:
The Chess Box CD2 - 1991
  1. Thirteen Question Method (Alternate)
  2. How High The Moon
  3. I've Changed
  4. Sweet Little Sixteen
  5. Rockin' At The Philharmonic
  6. Guitar Boogie
  7. Night Beat
  8. Time Was (Slow Version)
  9. Reelin' And Rockin'
  10. Johnny B. Goode
  11. Around And Around
  12. In-Go
  13. It Don't Take But A Few Minutes
  14. Blues For Hawaiians
  15. Beautiful Delilah
  16. Vacation Time
  17. 21
  18. 22 Blues
  19. Carol
  20. Oh Yeah
  21. Hey Pedro
  22. Time Was
  23. House Of Blue Lights
  24. Anthony Boy
  25. Jo Jo Gunne
  26. Sweet Little Rock And Roller
  27. Memphis
  28. Merry Christmas Baby
  29. Run Rudolph Run
  30. Little Queenie
Disc 3:
The Chess Box CD3 - 1991
  1. That's My Desire
  2. Little Queenie (Alternate)
  3. Do You Love Me
  4. Almost Grown
  5. Back In The Usa
  6. Blue On Blue
  7. Betty Jean
  8. County Line
  9. Childhood Sweetheart
  10. One O'clock Jump
  11. I Just Want To Make Love To You
  12. Broken Arrow
  13. Let It Rock
  14. Too Pooped To Pop
  15. Say You'll Be Mine
  16. Let Me Sleep Woman
  17. Childhood Sweetheart (Alternate)
  18. Drifting Blues
  19. I Got To Find My Baby
  20. Don't You Lie To Me
  21. Worried Life Blues
  22. Our Little Rendezvous
  23. Bye Bye Johnny
  24. Run Around
  25. Jaguar And The Thunderbird
  26. Diploma For Two
  27. Little Star
  28. The Way It Was Before
  29. Away From You
  30. Down The Road Apiece
Disc 4:
The Chess Box CD4 - 1991
  1. Confessin' The Blues
  2. Sweet Sixteen
  3. Thirteen Question Method
  4. Stop And Listen
  5. Still Got The Blues
  6. Lucky So And So
  7. Mad Lad
  8. Cryin' Steel
  9. Surfin' Steel
  10. Route 66
  11. I'm Taking About You
  12. Rip It Up
  13. Come On
  14. Man And The Donkey
  15. Go Go Go
  16. Trick Or Treat
  17. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
  18. All Aboard
  19. How High The Moon #2
  20. Nadine
  21. You Never Can Tell
  22. Girl From Central High
  23. Things I Used To Do
  24. Fraulein
  25. Crazy Arms
  26. Orangutang
  27. Big Ben Blues
  28. Promised Land
  29. Brenda Lee
Disc 5:
The Chess Box CD5 - 1991
  1. No Particular Place To Go
  2. Liverpool Drive
  3. You Two
  4. Chuck's Beat (Edit)
  5. Bo's Beat (Edit)
  6. Little Marie
  7. Go Bobby Soxer
  8. Lonely School Days
  9. His Daughter Caroline
  10. Dear Dad
  11. I Want To Be Your Driver
  12. Song Of My Love
  13. Butterscotch
  14. After It's Over
  15. Why Should We End This Way
  16. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
  17. She Once Was Mine
  18. Jamaica Farewell
  19. My Little Lovelight
  20. I Got A Booking
  21. St. Louis Blues
  22. Run Joe
  23. It's My Own Business
  24. One For My Baby
  25. Everyday We Rock & Roll
Disc 6:
The Chess Box CD6 - 1991
  1. My Mustang Ford
  2. Merrily We Rock And Roll
  3. Vaya Con Dios
  4. Wee Hours Blues
  5. It Wasn´t Me
  6. Ain´t That Just Like A Woman
  7. Right Off Rampart Street
  8. Welcome Back Pretty Baby
  9. Sad Day Long Night
  10. Ramona Say Yes
  11. Viva Viva Rock And Roll
  12. Lonely School Days #2
  13. Tulane
  14. Have Mercy Judge
  15. Instrumental
  16. Christmas
  17. Gun
  18. I´m A Rocker
  19. Flyin´home
  20. Fish And Chips
  21. Some People
  22. Oh Louisiana
  23. Festival
  24. Let´s Do Our Thing Together
  25. Your Lick
  26. Bound To Lose
  27. Bordeaux In My Pirough
Disc 7:
The Chess Box CD7 - 1991
  1. San Francisco Dues
  2. My Dream
  3. My Ding A Ling (Live)
  4. Johnny B. Goode (Live)
  5. Reelin' And Rockin' (Live)
  6. Let's Boogie
  7. Mean Old World
  8. I Love You
  9. I Will Not Let You Go
  10. London Berry Blues
  11. Rain Eyes
  12. Sue Answer
  13. Got It And Gone
  14. A Deuce
Disc 8:
The Chess Box CD8 - 1991
  1. Talkin' About My Buddy
  2. Hello Little Girl Goodbye
  3. Aimlessly Driftin'
  4. Woodpecker
  5. Bio
  6. I'm Just A Name
  7. Too Late
  8. Hi Heeled Sneakers
  9. South Of The Border
  10. Swanee River
  11. You Are My Sunshine
  12. Don't Lie To Me (197X Version)
  13. My Babe
  14. I Just Want To Make Love To You (197X Version)
  15. Shake Rattle & Roll
  16. Baby What You Want Me To Do
Disc 9:
The Chess Box CD9 - 1991
  1. Rock And Roll Music (Alternate)
  2. Sweet Little Sixteen (Alternate)
  3. Reelin' And Rockin' (Alternate)
  4. Johnny B. Goode (Alternate)
  5. Beautiful Delilah (Alternate)
  6. Sweet Little Rock & Roller (Alternate)
  7. Betty Jean (Alternate)
  8. I Got To Find My Baby (Alternate)
  9. Bye Bye Johnny (Alternate)
  10. Down The Road Apiece (Alternate)
  11. Route 66 (Alternate)
  12. I'm Talking About You (Alternate)
  13. Come On (Alternate)
  14. Go Go Go (Alternate)
  15. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Alternate)
  16. Nadine (Alternate)
  17. You Never Can Tell (Alternate)
  18. Promised Land (Alternate)
  19. No Particular Place To Go (Alternate)
  20. Little Marie (Alternate)
  21. I Want To Be Your Driver (Alternate)
  22. My Mustang Ford (Alternate)
  23. It Wadn't Me (Undubbed)
  24. Ain't That Just Like A Woman (Undubbed)

1995  

Poet of Rock'n'roll - 4 CDs

Charly CDDIG

This import box set packs 105 original Chess recordings spanning the years 1955-1974 in an attractive hardbound book. The 55-page booklet includes a biographical essay, many photos, and detailed track-by-track notes. Besides the familiar hits, the box offers many fascinating album tracks, obscurities, and oddities. This expanded view of Berry's career allows a more in-depth look at the talents of one of rock & roll's greatest composers and lyricists, and reveals some of his less-commercial artistic efforts. The semi-controversial CEDAR noise reduction process was used on this package, which may influence some listeners with audiophile tendencies to choose the similar (but shorter) domestic three-disc Chess box.

Poet of Rock'n'roll - 1995
Disc 1 - Rockin' Rollin' Blues Man:
Disc 2 - Still Rockin':
  1. Johnny B Goode - 2:40
  2. Maybellene - 2:22
  3. Roll Over Beethoven - 2:25
  4. Rock and Roll Music - 2:33
  5. School Day - 2:43
  6. Sweet Little Sixteen - 3:16
  7. Carol - 2:49
  8. Almost Grown - 2:23
  9. Back In The USA - 2:29
  10. Nadine - 2:37
  11. Too Much Monkey Business - 2:56
  12. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - 2:18
  13. Oh Baby Doll - 2:39
  14. Promised Land - 2:25
  15. Things I Used To Do - 2:43
  16. Worried Life Blues - 2:11
  17. Run Around - 2:34
  18. Childhood Sweetheart - 3:15
  19. In-Go - 2:26
  20. Drifting Blues - 2:21
  21. Confessin' The Blues - 2:10
  22. Sweet Sixteen - 2:46
  23. Deep Feelin' - 2:19
  24. Bio - 4:25
  25. Lucky So and So - 2:53
  26. Wee Wee Hours - 3:05
  27. After It's Over - 2:20
  1. No Particular Place To Go - 2:45
  2. Reelin' and Rockin' - 3:18
  3. You Never Can Tell - 2:43
  4. Thirty Days - 2:24
  5. No Money Down - 2:59
  6. Little Queenie - 2:42
  7. Memphis Tennessee - 2:12
  8. Sweet Little Rock and Roller - 2:22
  9. Let It Rock - 1:46
  10. Come On - 1:50
  11. Go Bobby Soxer - 3:00
  12. Go Go Go - 2:50
  13. Beautiful Delilah - 2:29
  14. Hello Little Girl Goodbye - 3:57
  15. Blue Feeling - 3:03
  16. Why Should We End This Way? - 2:57
  17. Welcome Back Pretty Baby - 2:37
  18. I've Changed - 3:08
  19. Blue On Blue - 2:58
  20. She Once Was Mine - 2:28
  21. Right Off Rampart Street - 2:23
  22. Mean Old World - 5:50
  23. Instrumental - 2:48
  24. I Got A Booking - 2:58
  25. San Francisco Dues - 3:25
  26. I Want To Be Your Driver - 2:17
  27. Merry Christmas Baby - 3:13
Disc 3 - Still Rollin':
Disc 4 - All American Boy:
 
  1. You Can't Catch Me - 2:46
  2. I Got To Find My baby - 2:17
  3. Jo Jo Gunne - 2:47
  4. Betty Jean - 2:31
  5. Butterscotch - 2:45
  6. Rip It Up - 1:59
  7. Bye Bye Johnny - 2:07
  8. Don't You Lie To Me - 2:00
  9. Roly Poly - 2:52
  10. Jaguar and The Thunderbird - 1:52
  11. Down The Road Apiece - 2:28
  12. Ain't That Just Like A Woman - 2:14
  13. Around and Around - 2:40
  14. It Wasn't Me - 2:37
  15. Ramona Say Yes - 2:44
  16. My Mustang Ford - 2:53
  17. Orangutang - 2:20
  18. Sue Answer - 2:33
  19. Tulane - 2:38
  20. Have Mercy Judge - 2:41
  21. Gun - 2:48
  22. I Love You - 3:23
  23. I'm Talking About You - 1:52
  24. Oh Yeah - 2:30
  25. Liverpool Drive - 2:56
  26. Little Marie - 2:35
  1. Berry Pickin' - 2:33
  2. Havana Moon - 3:09
  3. La Juanda - 3:12
  4. Vaya Con Dios - 2:39
  5. I'm Just A Name - 3:42
  6. Crazy Arms (Lonely All The Time) - 2:13
  7. You Two - 2:11
  8. Fraulein - 2:54
  9. Too Late - 2:49
  10. Bound To Lose - 3:07
  11. Lonely School Days - 3:03
  12. Bordeaux In My Pirogh - 2:37
  13. Oh Louisiana - 4:31
  14. Got It and Gone - 4:20
  15. Guitar Boogie - 2:20
  16. Down Bound Train - 2:52
  17. Route 66 - 2:53
  18. Rockin' At The Philharmonic - 3:25
  19. One For My Baby - 2:47
  20. Away From You - 2:42
  21. Do You Love Me? - 2:22
  22. My Dream - 5:59
  23. Wee Hours Blues - 3:17
  24. Anthony Boy - 1:54
  25. Too Pooped To Pop - 2:33
 

2009
You Never Can Tell: 
His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966 
4CD 

Geffen Records B001U0HB9C
Hip-O Select
Released March 31 2009

The tracks recorded by Chuck Berry in the Chess studios from 1960 thru 1966 is presented in four disc box set, which is entitled after one of his 1964 singles, "You Never Can Tell" which peaked at number 14 on Billboard in September of that year.
As with the first boxed set "Johnny B. Goode" His Complete 50s Chess Recordings, which was released in 2007, this set contains a total of 108 sides in the exact order in which they were recorded. Whether you are a casual listener of Chuck Berry or a devout fan like myself, this collection of music should come as a very enjoyable listening experience. During the early and mid 1960s Chuck Berry recorded some of the most powerful combinations of Rock and Roll and R&B which graced the air waves and record racks around the world. Tracks such as "I Got To Find My Baby", "Bye Bye Johnny," "Down The Road Apiece" and the fantastic "Confessin' The Blues" along with "Come On," "Nadine," "Big Ben (Blues)," "Promised Land" and of course "No Particular Place To Go" influenced an entire generation of artists including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones just to name a few.

You Never Can Tell: Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966 (2009)

CD 1:
CD 2:
  1. Drifting Blues
  2. I Got To Find My Baby
  3. I Got To Find My Baby (Stereo remix)
  4. Don't You Lie To Me
  5. Worried Life Blues
  6. Our Little Rendezvous
  7. Bye Bye Johnny
  8. Bye Bye Johnny (Stereo remix)
  9. Run Around
  10. Run Around (Stereo remix)
  11. Jaguar And Thunderbird
  12. Diploma For Two
  13. Little Star
  14. The Way It Was Before
  15. Away From You
  16. Down The Road Apiece
  17. Down The Road Apiece (Stereo remix)
  18. Confessin' The Blues
  19. Sweet Sixteen
  20. Thirteen Question Method
  21. Stop And Listen
  22. I Still Got The Blues
  23. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
  24. Mad Lad
  25. Surfin' Steel (Cryin' Steel)
  26. Route 66 (Take 10)
  27. Route 66 (Alternate Take 11)
  28. I'm Talking About You
  29. Rip It Up
  30. Come On
  31. Come On (Alternate - Stereo)
  32. Adulteen
  33. The Man And The Donkey
  1. Go Gogo (alternate take)
  2. Go Go Go
  3. Trick Or Treat
  4. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Instrumental)
  5. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  6. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Stereo remix)
  7. All Aboard
  8. Guitar Boogie (Live)
  9. Let It Rock (Live)
  10. Almost Grown (Live)
  11. Chuck Berry Dialog
  12. Johhny B. Goode (Live)
  13. Introduction / Instrumental (Live)
  14. Sweet Little Sixteen (Live)
  15. Wee Wee Hours (Live)
  16. Chuck Berry Dialog 2
  17. Maybellene (Live)
  18. Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnny B. Goode/Let It Rock
  19. Nadine (Is It You?)
  20. You Never Can Tell
  21. The Little Girl From Central
  22. (The) Things I Used To Do
  23. I'm In The Danger Zone
CD 3:
CD 4:
  1. Fraulein
  2. Lonely All The Time (Crazy Arms)
  3. O Rangutang
  4. Big Ben (Blues)
  5. Promised Land
  6. Brenda Lee
  7. No Particular Place To Go
  8. You Two
  9. Liverpool Drive
  10. Chuck's Beat
  11. Bo's Beat
  12. Little Marie
  13. Go, Bobby Soxer
  14. Lonely School Days
  15. His Daughter Caroline
  16. Dear Dad
  17. Want To Be Your Driver
  18. Spending Christmas
  19. The Song Of My Love
  20. Butterscotch
  21. After It's Over
  22. Why Should We End This Way
  1. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
  2. She Once Was Mine
  3. Jamaica Farewell
  4. My Little Love Light
  5. I Got A Booking
  6. St. Louis Blues
  7. Shake Rattle & Roll (Take 23)
  8. Wee Wee Hours (Instrumental)
  9. Honey Hush (Take 3)
  10. Run Joe
  11. It's My Own Business
  12. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
  13. Every Day We Rock And Roll
  14. My Mustang Ford (Instrumental)
  15. My Mustang Ford
  16. My Mustang Ford (Stereo Remix)
  17. Merrily We Rock And Roll
  18. Vaya Con Dios
  19. Wee Hour Blues
  20. It Wasn't Me
  21. It Wasn't Me (Stereo Remix)
  22. Ain't That Just Like A Woman
  23. Right Off Rampart Street
  24. Welcome Back Pretty Baby
  25. Sad Day, Long Night (Instrumental)
  26. Ramona Say Yes
  27. Ramona Say Yes (Alternate Mix)
  28. Viva Viva Rock 'n' Roll
  29. His Daughter Caroline (Fast Version)
  30. Lonely School Days (Fast Version)