''Fresh Berry's''
icis the ninth studio album by
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and de ...
, released by
Chess Records
Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. It expanded into soul music, gospel music, early rock an ...
in the
United Kingdom
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in November 1965 and in the United States in April 1966
as an
LP record
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in
mono and
stereo
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formats.
The US and UK versions of the album have different track listings, "Welcome Back Pretty Baby" is replaced by "Sad Day – Long Night".
It was Berry's last album of new material for Chess Records until ''
Back Home'', in 1970. After this album, he recorded his next several releases for
Mercury Records
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.
Track listing
All songs written by Chuck Berry except as noted
Side one
# "It Wasn't Me" - (2:32)
# "Run Joe" (
Louis Jordan
Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, the King ...
, Walter Merrick, Joe Willoughby) - (2:16)
# "Everyday We Rock & Roll" – 2:11
# "
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ' ...
,
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music Cit ...
) - (2:43)
# "Welcome Back Pretty Baby" - (2:35)
# "It's My Own Business" - (2:11)
Side two
#
"Right Off Rampart Street" - (2:22)
# " Vaya Con Dios" ( Buddy Pepper, Carl Hoff, Inez James, Larry Russell) - (2:36)
# "Merrily We Rock & Roll" - (2:11)
# "My Mustang Ford" - (2:17)
# "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" ( Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore) - (2:13)
# "Wee Hour Blues" - (3:14)
Personnel
*Chuck Berry – guitar
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, vocals
*Chuck Bernhard – bass
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* Mike Bloomfield – guitar
*Paul Butterfield
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– harmonica
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* Johnnie Johnson – piano
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*Jaspar Thomas – drums
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;Technical
* Ron Malo – engineer
* Don S. Bronstein – cover
References
External links
*
Chuck Berry albums
1965 albums
Chess Records albums
Albums produced by Leonard Chess
Albums produced by Phil Chess
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