CBID Updates - 7

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: a couple of interesting soundalikes to be added to the chapter on Chuck Berry soundalikes in Volume 4:

PETTER BAARLI (Norway)

See Backstreet Girls, Volume 3, page 1054, and Volume 4, page 1766 for biographical info.

Go Jimmy Go (Petter Baarli-Bjørn Nilsen) 2014

CD: You Petter B. Goode [Voices of Wonder VOW-175CD] ? Norway, 2014

Just the title of this album is reason enough to be included. However, the song itself is Berry on high speed. Among the thank you’s on the sleeve are Chuck and AC/DC. It should give you an idea of the content on the 15 tracks album.

POWDER BLUES (USA/Canada)

See Volume 3, page 1423 for biographical info.

Thirsty Ears (3:18) (Jack Lavin) 1979

45: Liberty/Capitol-EMI LT-1423 ? Canada, 1981
LP: Thirsty Ears [Liberty/Capitol-EMI LT-1105 ] ? Canada, 1981
CD: First Decade/Greatest Hits [WEA CD-71359] ? Canada, 1990

The song starts with that typical Johnny B. opening riff and almost sounds like a Berry song you haven’t heard before, except there’s a horn section in there.
The album reached platinum (200.000 copies) in the Summer of ‘81.
Note Their debut album ‘Uncut’ (1979) features the studio version of ‘What Have I Been Drinkin’’ but it doesn’t have that Berry feeling to it which the live version from 1983 has (Volume 4, page 1866).

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: To be added to the chapter on Chuck Berry covers in Volume 3, two Austrian releases:

DE ICCO & The Stoolgang (Austria)

Singer Stefan De Icco led this funny named 50's revival Rock n' Roll band, also known as "De Icco & the Jailgang". Band members at that time were Dieter Libuda (gtr, who also produced and mixed this single), Peter Pansky (bs), Christian Deix (dms), Charlie Furthner (pno), and/or Oliver Jung (pno). Interestingly all of them became well-know Austrian musicians (see the links). Many thanks to studio owner Martin Unterweger for details about this group.

Nadine (3:27) 1991

45: STP Records STP-9111 ? Austria, 1991 (picture sleeve)

This is actually a very goode rockin’ version following the same beat as the original, but has accordion instead of sax and a slide-guitar solo. B-side is a country-rock performance of ‘Route 66’, with a little bit of Berry/Stones.

MONALISA TWINS (Austria)

Twin sisters Mona and Lisa Wagner, 20 years of age, from Vienna, Austria, who have always been influenced by the ‘60s beat music and in the Beatles particularly. They are now living in Liverpool(!), England. They sing, play guitar and write much of their own stuff, in the ‘60s style.

Johnny B. Goode (3:01) 2013

CD: Play Beatles & More [Woolgoose Records 81004] ? Austria, 2013

They have beautiful voices and sing good but rock’n’roll is not their style.

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: Four additional cover versions, three of them quite recent, to be added to the chapter on Chuck Berry covers in Volume 3.

Correction over post dated March 5th, 2014: Biographical details about Kelly Clarkson

KELLY CLARKSON (USA)

Kelly Brianne Clarkson, born 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas. She’s an American singer-songwriter who in 2002 won the first season of American Idol. Her debut single ‘A Moment Like This’ topped the Billboard Hot 100, and her album ‘Thankful’ in 2003 was certified double platinum. Her manager is Narvel Blackstock who is the husband of Reba McEntire, and Kelly is married to Brandon Blackstock, son of Narvel. It’s all the family (!)

Run Rudolph Run (2:27) 2013

CD: Wrapped In Red [RCA 77623-2] ? USA, 2013

Not my favourite version, far from it actually. It does not rock and roll, it’s too staccato in the rhythm which leaves us at the stamp of rock music without a beat.

NEW DANGERS (Italy)

Beat quintet.

Maybellene [‘Piantala’] ( : ) 1966

45: Robinson Records RR-17 ? Italy, 1966 (picture sleeve)

WILD ANGELS (UK)

See Volume 3, page 1603 for biographical info.

Little Queenie ( : ) 2013

CD: The Wild Angels Ride Again [Foot Tapping FT-141] ? UK, 2013

The guy who started the band back in 1967, Mitch Mitchell, has gathered some former members and relaunching the band: Keith Read, Rusty Lupton and Wild Bob Burgos.

WHITNEY WOLANIN (USA)

She’s a pop singer/songwriter, born 1990 in Albany, New York, growing up in Florida. Released her debut album ‘Funkology XIII’ in 2005.

Run Rudolph Run (3:01) 2013

CD EP: Run, Run Rudolph [Top Notch Records, unk. cat no] ? USA, 2013

5 song EP. Now this a better version which has some rock & roll feeling and beat to it. On this special EP it comes in three different mixes, Up-Tech, Sing Along and Country. The song reached #2 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, December 2013. Whitney and her sister Victoria operate the Top Notch Record label.

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: Two additional entries to the country-specific discographies published in Volume 1:

SPAIN

ROCKIN’ AT THE HOPS

Zafiro [Charly] 301 12367 ? 1988

Same cover and contents as the reissue UK Charly (Green Line) LP GCH-8041 (1986).

BELGIUM

I think we can now assume that all the Rock Revival singles with picture sleeves which came out in France in 1968/69 also were released in Belgium, prefix BE (same pictures but different colours), although so far I have only seen two: the one listed here on February 24, 2014 and the one below.

ROCK REVIVAL (VOLUME 6)

Nadine / Carol

Chess BE-169528 ? 1969

Picture sleeve. This sleeve is red compared to the French one on page 294 (in CBID Vol. 1) which is orange.

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: Here’s a 78 from South Africa. Finally we have a record by Chuck from this country released in the ‘50s.

SOUTH AFRICA

Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin’ And Rockin’

London PD. 8182 ? 1958 (78 rpm)

Black label,with silver print. It says on the label: …by arrangement with the Decca Record Co. Ltd. England.

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: a new cover version which is quite interesting in the way of the name of the band in the first place:

STUCK HERRY (Netherlands)

Rock’n’roll quartet led by Peter de Haan (guitar-vocals), Ep Oosting (vocals-guitar), Martin Tuinte (bass), Theo Dijkstra (drums-vocals). Their influences are Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran and the Kinks. However, no doubt about it that they got their name from Chuck Berry’s.

Back In The USA (1:39) 2013

EP: Rock And Roll E.P. Volume 1 [Primrose Prod. EKS-0290] ? Netherlands, 2013

They are pictured on the cover with acoustic instruments, but the Berry track has an el. guitar solo. I had to look at my stop-watch twice to check if the time was right. It was! The music is ok but I don’t fancy the vocals, especially not the oh yeahs. They also cover Cochran/John D. Loudermilk’s ‘Sittin’ In The Balcony’ (not good) and Cochran’s ‘Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie’ (better), plus ‘Justine’ from Don & Dewey.

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Today: Two 2013 CDs. which you can easily do without:

Netherlands

LET IT ROCK – Just About As Good As It Gets [2 CD]

Smith & Co. SCCD-2492 ? 2013

CD 1: Let It Rock / Johnny B. Goode / Thirty Days / Maybellene / Sweet Little Rock And Roller / Rock And Roll Music / Carol / Sweet Little Sixteen (original speed) /You Can’t Catch Me /Little Queenie /Back In The USA / Rock At The Philarmonic (instr) / Almost Grown / Roll Over Beethoven / I Got To Find My Baby+ / Around And Around /No Money Down / House Of Blue Lights+ / Do You Love Me / Mad Lad (instr) / Too Much Monkey Business / Don’t You Lie To Me+ / Come On / Childhood Sweetheart / Too Pooped To Pop+ / Oh Baby Doll / Rock And Roll Music (demo) /County Line / Wee Wee Hours / Rip It Up+.
CD 2: Down The Road A Piece+ (faded) / Reelin’ And Rockin’ / School Day / Go Go Go / 21 Blues (Vacation Time) / I’m Talking About You / Memphis, Tennessee / Bye Bye Johnny (stereo) / Guitar Boogie (instr) / Jaguar And The Thunderbird / Run Rudolph Run+ / Confessin’ My Blues+ / Betty Jean / Johnny B. Goode (alt. take) / In-Go (instr) / Brown Eyed Handsoime Man / Run Around / Come On (alt. take stereo) / Route 66+ (alt. take stereo) / Beautiful Delilah / Say You’ll Be Mine+ -The Equadors / Worried Life Blues+ / One O’Clock Jump+ (instr) / Let Me Sleep Woman+ -The Equadors / Merry Christmas Baby+ / Sweet Little Sixteen (alt. take) / Reelin’ And Rockin’ (alt, take) / Down Bound Train / Sweet Sixteen+ / Down The Road A Piece (stereo).

Don’t know what it is, but I don’t approve of this CD release. The sound is not good enough as of todays standard. And why include both ‘County Line’ and ‘Jaguar And The Thunderbird’ as they are almost the same songs. And both versions of ‘Come On’? And ‘Down The Road A Piece’ twice? ‘Rip It Up’? Give me a break. The text says ‘Vacation Time’ but it is ’21 Blues’. There is enough material to choose from his ‘50s and early ‘60s stuff so this 2 CD set is a waste of money. The liner notes in the booklet written by Dave Travis are straight forward and quite okay.

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USA

SAN FRANCISCO DUES

Geffen [Chess] GET-54058-CD ? 2013

This digipack is the same as original US album Chess (GRT) CH-50008 from 1971. No extra tracks, BUT they (who?) have used the slow version of ‘Lonely Schooldays’ instead of the rockin version that’s on the original album. Always something!

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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: The missing Dutch - For some reason, this 45 from 1975 missed to make it into Volume 1. So here it is:

NETHERLANDS

Shake Rattle And Roll / Baby What You Want Me To Do

Chess CH-2169 ? 1975 (picture sleeve)

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: We found a Spanish album not listed in Volume 1 - and then we didn't:

Spain

CHUCK BERRY : ÉXITOS

Movie Play S-26.103 ? Spain, 1972

This one (listed on page 451) has a fold-out cover which was not mentioned. The cover also has the following printed on the back: Fabricado distribuido por discos movieplay, S.A. Bajo licencia de GRT – Chess Records, USA. Which differs from the book-club issue below.

CHUCK BERRY : ÉXITOS

Movie Play S-26.103 ? Spain, 1972 (Book-club issue)

Same as US LP Chess 1485 ‘Greatest Hits’. Different cover. However, the album title, label and cat no are exactly the same as the one mentioned on page 451 in Vol.1 (see above) but different cover, front and back. And it’s a single cover, and not fold-out as the one on page 451. Has the following printed on the back cover: Produccion especial para Discolibro 7525. Which points to that this issue is an album released by a book club ('Discolibro') and therefore pressed for their members with a new cover. Both albums have the same liner notes in Spanish.

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: Two additional entries to the country-specific discographies published in Volume 1:

USA

Johnny B. Goode / Rock And Roll Music

Mercury ‘Celebrity Series’ C-30146 ? 1972

This has a special yellow and red color cardboard cover (one-sided). It has the number 3260 which should indicate more issues, however, I have never seen any others. Dark blue label color.

BELGIUM

ROCK REVIVAL (VOLUME 4)

Roll Over Beethoven / School Day

Chess BE-169515 ? 1969

Picture sleeve. This sleeve is green compared to the French one on page 293 (in CBID Vol. 1) which is red.

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: Two additional cover versions, one new and one not so new, to be added to the chapter on Chuck Berry covers in Volume 3.

LA FEMME (FRANCE)

Sextet (one girl, five guys), classified as a smooth, tropical, surf, cold wave band from Paris. They first recorded in 2010.

Oh Baby Doll [‘Baby Doll’] (3:06) 2013

CD single: Disque Pointu, (no cat.no) ? France, 2013

Techno (as I would call it) version by a young modern popular French group. Interesting to notice the wish to cover an obscure Berry song, in 2013! This was also used as a TV ad for the Yves Saint Laurent Babydoll Mascara. Check it out on YouTube.

BRUCE CHANNEL (USA)

Born in 1940 in Jacksonville, Texas. Famous for the hit version of ‘Hey Baby’ in 1962, featuring Delbert McClinton on harmonica.

Maybellene [Mabellene] (2:15) 1968

45: Charay C-33-A ? USA, 1968

Record label out of Fort Worth, Texas. This is in stereo and very white soul. Unusual. The B-side ‘One Letter At A Time’ is more country oriented. The Charay label had 2 other 45 issues using the cat.no. 33 but this one has the letter A to separate it from the others. Strange policy though.