Fresh Berry's Explained

Fresh Berry's
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chuck Berry
Cover:	Chuck Berry - Fresh Berry's.jpg
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	September 1–2, 1965
Studio:	Ter Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois^[2]
Genre:	Rock and roll
Length:	29:21
Label:	Chess
Producer:	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Prev Title:	Chuck Berry In London
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
Next Year:	1967

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 as an LP record in mono and stereo formats.^[3] 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.

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

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

Personnel

• Chuck Berry – guitar, vocals
• Chuck Bernhard – bass
• Mike Bloomfield – guitar
• Paul Butterfield – harmonica
• Johnnie Johnson – piano
• Jaspar Thomas – drums

Technical

• Ron Malo - engineer
• Don S. Bronstein - cover

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955–1966) . Rudolph . Dietmar . March 13, 2011.
2. Fresh Berry's . Chuck Berry . LP sleeve notes . . LP-1498 . United States.
3. Web site: Chess Album Discography, Part 1 (1956–1965) . Edwards, David . Callahan, Mike . Watts, Randy . Both Sides Now Publications . March 13, 2011.