One, two - one, two, three, four ...
If you are following this site, you will have waited just like me to finally see the fourth and final volume of Morten Reff's
The Chuck Berry International Directory.
With now over 2.000 pages, this is by far the most comprehensive and the most complete reference work for any serious Chuck Berry collector.
The earlier
Volumes 1 and 2 of 2008 have 1,000 pages describing each and every Chuck Berry record issued in the U.S., in the U.K., or in any other country. The combined 19 chapters also covered bootlegs, movies, TV shows, books and much much more. Last year's Volume 3 presenting chapter 20 has 600 pages which list and describe all those records where some other artist recorded their own version of a Chuck Berry song.
Now we can get
Volume 4. It completes chapter 20 with an index over song titles so one could look up those who recorded
Beautiful Delilah, for instance - which are 27 besides the Kinks.
Seven other chapters discuss cover versions which became hits on their own, recordings which are said to be cover versions, but aren't, and Soundalikes. Plus there are such obscure items as Karaoke CDs and games.
Even if you aren't that much interested in cover versions, you may want to buy Volume 4 as an addition to Volumes 1 and 2 which you surely have. Since the original release in 2008 there have been additional important releases of Berry material (as you've read here). Also some older records have surfaced which did not make it into the first versions. Due to this, 200 extra pages in Volume 4 contain additions and corrections to the earlier volumes. Also included is cross-referencing information which allows you to easily find a certain record or release on these 2.000+ pages.
No need to repeat my recommendation: The whole series is a MUST-HAVE!