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The Great Twenty-Eight

Chuck BerryAudio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: MCA
  • ASIN: B000002Q61
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,183 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Chuck Berry Biography Chuck Berry's vast contribution to the music world is reflected in the plaudits he has won from many of the most well known artists who followed him. As a songwriter, guitarist and performer, he shaped rock and roll and has more than earned his place in the Top 5 of the Rolling Stone list of The Immortals. In 2004 six of his songs found their way onto the magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs... Chuck Berry is still alive. Sixty years ago, he invented rock 'n' roll. He all but vanished. He still plays, though. Even records new material. But not for us. . . . He was maybe six, maybe seven when he found his father's perpetual-motion machine Friction. It didn't work. But the son chuck Berry made something that's still going. You still hear it today, One of the first records he made was tucked away inside the Voyager spacecraft, chosen to represent humanity itself to the cosmos, and that spacecraft is now somewhere way out there, on the edge of the solar system, barreling through the frictionless vacuum. So he succeeded where his father failed. He created something that will go on forever. Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. Okay, nobody invented rock 'n' roll. It's a patchwork of blues and country and folk, and it's more than that, too. Chuck Berry's music wasn't totally anything. His first single, "Maybellene," was built out of an old white hillbilly country song, then fed through the blender of Berry's guitar and Willie Dixon's bass until something entirely new poured out. And whatever that was, that new sound, that white-black hybrid, Berry ran with it, and the rest of the world did, too. There's no arguing that the songs that Berry wrote in the mid-1950s - songs like "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet Little Sixteen," and "Roll Over Beethoven" - are the bedrock substrates underlying pretty much everything we now call rock 'n' roll. "If you tried to give rock 'n' roll another name," he said, "you might call it Chuck Berry."

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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4.8 out of 5 stars
He is a genius that put various musical influences together and changed the face of modern music! Damian P. Gadal  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
28 great songs on one CD. Josh P.  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Single Disc Chuck Berry Compilation September 9, 2004
Format:Audio CD
For someone on a budget who is interested in the music of this legendary artist, look no further than this single disc album. The sound and track selection here are excellent. Anyone interested in early Rock 'N Roll needs to have at least one Chuck Berry album in their collection and you can't go wrong here. For those of you have a few extra dollars around, I strongly suggest 2 disc set, "Anthology 2"; or upgrade even further to the 3 disc "The Chess Box" set. "The Box Set" can easily be considered one of the foundations of rock n roll & the Mt Olympus of Chuck Berry collections.
****July 2006 Update. The release of the "Definitive Collection" now puts "Great Twenty-Eight" in the #2 slot. "Definitive Collection" has every track included here (in basically the same order), but includes two more tracks: "Promised Land" & "My Ding-A-Ling". So if you're budget dictates a single disc album purchase, "Definitive Collection" should be your choice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Let me hear some of that rock and roll music October 19, 2004
Format:Audio CD
This is the definitive single disc Chuck Berry compilation. The title says it all. It contains 28 great songs. Not necessarily Chuck's "greatest" songs, but great nonetheless. "You Never Can Tell" is unquestionably one of Chuck's greatest songs, and it's not here. But, c'est la vie. The songs that they do include are great, so I won't complain. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Chuck Berry January 28, 2002
Format:Audio CD
Some of the newer "remastered" packages have better sound quality, but if you are looking for a restrospective sampling of some of the best "roots of rock n roll" music ever, this might well be it. 28 songs on one cd, I mean you will feel like you have died and gone to Chuck Berry heaven. The full staple of hits is here, including some gems little heard. My favorites next to the ones everyone knows would be "30 Days"...a real cookin classic and "Nadine". This version of "Roll Over Beethoven" is simply the best ever done...not many songs will give a person goose bumps or send a shiver down the spine, but this is one of those....absolutely fantastic! It is no wonder so many of the world's greatest rock n roll groups were influenced by Mr. Berry...he had the soul to make rock n roll great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Buy
If you are interested in the early days of rock and roll then you have to listen to Chuck Berry. His influence on this genre of music can be heard in this CD of his music.
Published 1 month ago by kevin carrabine
5.0 out of 5 stars Rock & Roll defined
Required listening for anybody interested in Rock & Roll. This defines the sound and spirit of the genre in the later half of the fifties. Read more
Published 3 months ago by chris hansen
5.0 out of 5 stars A CLASSIC
In the latter half of the 50's, Chuck Berry released a string of singles that defined the sound and spirit of rock & roll. This CD has them all
Published 11 months ago by socalbiga
5.0 out of 5 stars Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry's best. Everybody knows it. He's the real King of Rock n' Roll, you know. Roll Over Bethoven! Another great party play.
Published 12 months ago by Leslie D. White
5.0 out of 5 stars BERRY PICKIN'
CHUCK BERRY-THE GREAT 28: It would be easier to list the artists who HAVEN'T covered a CHUCK BERRY chestnut either in the recording studio or on the stage over the past six... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jukebox Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars The King Of Rock And Roll - Roll Over Elvis
This title certainly sums up its contents. Chuck Berry brought two ingenius ideas to Rock 'n' Roll: to apply the guitar riff in a song's intro and to incorporate fables that had... Read more
Published on August 15, 2010 by Dave "Fever Tree" Sigmon
5.0 out of 5 stars Music Man
Classic Chuck Berry CD's are hard to find if you desire to have these old tunes on CD you should rush to pick them up before the MP3 world takes over completely!
Published on July 29, 2010 by M. Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Berry Treats
What an incredible collection from a cornerstone of rock. Chuck Berry's catalog of songs, rhythms, and licks has to rate among the all time Top 10. Read more
Published on January 6, 2009 by michael macdonald
5.0 out of 5 stars Roll Over Beethoven!
I first heard Chuck Berry in 1955 when his record "Maybelline" came out. It was totally unlike any song I'd previously heard and I just had to have it. I've been a fan ever since. Read more
Published on December 18, 2008 by Gary Peterson
4.0 out of 5 stars Once Again, On Chuck
Long ago, in the mists of time, I was listening to my radio when Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode came thundering across the airways. Read more
Published on December 7, 2008 by Alfred Johnson
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