Fresh Berry's

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Fresh Berry's
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1965 (1965-11) [1]
RecordedSeptember 1–2, 1965
StudioTer Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois [2]
Genre Rock and roll
Length29:21
Label Chess
Producer Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry chronology
Chuck Berry In London
(1965)
Fresh Berry's
(1965)
Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
(1967)
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Fresh Berry's [sic] is the ninth studio album by Chuck Berry, released by Chess Records in the United Kingdom in November 1965 and in the United States in April 1966 [1] as an LP record in mono and stereo formats. [5] The US and UK versions of the album have different track listings, "Welcome Back Pretty Baby" is replaced by "Sad Day – Long Night".

Contents

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry except as noted

Side one

  1. "It Wasn't Me" - (2:32)
  2. "Run Joe" (Louis Jordan, Walter Merrick, Joe Willoughby) - (2:16)
  3. "Everyday We Rock & Roll" – 2:11
  4. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - (2:43)
  5. "Welcome Back Pretty Baby" - (2:35)
  6. "It's My Own Business" - (2:11)

Side two

  1. "Right Off Rampart Street" - (2:22)
  2. "Vaya Con Dios" (Buddy Pepper, Carl Hoff, Inez James, Larry Russell) - (2:36)
  3. "Merrily We Rock & Roll" - (2:11)
  4. "My Mustang Ford" - (2:17)
  5. "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore) - (2:13)
  6. "Wee Hour Blues" - (3:14)

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. 1 2 Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955–1966)" . Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  2. Fresh Berry's (LP sleeve notes). Chuck Berry. United States: Chess Records. LP-1498.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Allmusic review
  4. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 November 1965). "Chuck Berry: Fresh Berry's" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 246. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. Edwards, David; Callahan, Mike; Watts, Randy. "Chess Album Discography, Part 1 (1956–1965)". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved March 13, 2011.