CBID is the Chuck Berry International Directory, a 2.200 page pile of Chuck Berry records information published in four volumes between 2008 and 2013. For details
see the bibliography section of this site.CBID is never complete as new records and CDs appear and some old rarities are discovered. This section presents interesting additions and corrections to CBID.
Today: Thierry Chanu about a new 10" LP which claims to repeat original EPs.
THE ORIGINAL EP COLLECTION - NO.1
REEL TO REEL Music company chuckep1 • 2018
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) / Wee Wee Hours / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Too Much Monkey Business / Rock And Roll Music / Blue Feeling (instr) / Oh Baby Doll* / La Jaunda (Espanol)
Part of the "Original EP Collection" (other artists are: Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, ...)
It comes in a 10" cover and pressed on white vinyl. The sleeve has a round cut letting appear both sides of the label, similar design to the old 78rpm record jackets (it would have been nice to shown the original EP covers). Sound is in mono, digitally remastered.
The original idea here is to reissue the first two EPs released in the US by Chess records.
On Side A1 we have the "After School Session" EP, originally released as Chess EP 5118 in May 1957: School Day / Wee Wee Hours / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Too Much Monkey Business.
On Side A2 we have the "Rock & Roll Music" EP, originally released as Chess EP 5119 in Nov/Dec 1957 (not 1958 as said on this sleeve and label): Rock And Roll Music / Blue Feeling (instr) / Oh Baby Doll / La Jaunda (español). BUT: instead of "Oh Baby Doll" the record plays "Deep Feeling" (instr) ... strange! This reminds us of a mistake on the back cover of the original US EP: It says "Deep Feeling" and the record plays "Blue Feeling" as said on the label (see CBID Vol. 1, page 52).