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Chuck Berry in Memphis was the artist's first effort to record an album of new material under his contract with Mercury Records -- it followed a blatant cash-in attempt, Golden Hits, on which Berry had cut new versions of his classic Chess Records hits. Recorded over a three-day period in Memphis in March of 1967, the record features Berry mixing blues and pop with rock & roll. None of it is bad, though his version of the Nat King Cole hit "Ramblin' Rose" raised a few eyebrows. Much more encouraging were the bluesy "It Hurts Me Too" and "Back to Memphis," and the recut "Sweet Little Rock and Roller." The main problem with the record, however, was that it was too slick-sounding, especially when compared to Berry's classic Chess Records sides -- backed by the Memphis Horns and a contingent of the city's top session musicians, the resulting sides also lacked the inherent "dirtiness" of those earlier sides, as well as a measure of excitement. Still, it's not a bad album, and shows that as late as 1967, Berry was still serious about making records.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Chuck Berry, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chuck Berry, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Noel Sherman, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berry, MainArtist - Joseph Daniel Sherman, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bobby Emmons, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Love, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Cogbill, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Young, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berry, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Mitchell, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer - Satch Arnold, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chuck Berry, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chuck Berry, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chuck Berry, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Melvin London, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berry, MainArtist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chuck Berry, MainArtist - Bob Bell, ComposerLyricist - Roy Branker, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Irving Melsher, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berry, MainArtist - RUSS MORGAN, ComposerLyricist - Remus Harris, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Calvin Carter, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berry, MainArtist - James Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chuck Berry, MainArtist - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, ComposerLyricist - Sydney Robin, ComposerLyricist - Roy Dea, Producer - Boo Frazier, Producer
℗ 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Chuck Berry in Memphis was the artist's first effort to record an album of new material under his contract with Mercury Records -- it followed a blatant cash-in attempt, Golden Hits, on which Berry had cut new versions of his classic Chess Records hits. Recorded over a three-day period in Memphis in March of 1967, the record features Berry mixing blues and pop with rock & roll. None of it is bad, though his version of the Nat King Cole hit "Ramblin' Rose" raised a few eyebrows. Much more encouraging were the bluesy "It Hurts Me Too" and "Back to Memphis," and the recut "Sweet Little Rock and Roller." The main problem with the record, however, was that it was too slick-sounding, especially when compared to Berry's classic Chess Records sides -- backed by the Memphis Horns and a contingent of the city's top session musicians, the resulting sides also lacked the inherent "dirtiness" of those earlier sides, as well as a measure of excitement. Still, it's not a bad album, and shows that as late as 1967, Berry was still serious about making records.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:30:32
- Main artists: Chuck Berry
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Mercury
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1967 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 1989 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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