CBID - a 2016 Chuck Berry single

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 singles I have just got hold of. One is a new release from England and the other is something I have just bought on eBay.

UK

Too Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Mabel’s Record Co. 45-M 103 • 2016

Interesting to see a new vinyl release in 2016 of this classic 1956 Berry single. The only negative thing about this is the small centre hole as the use in jukeboxes will be minimal. The sound quality is goode.

IRAN

Too Much Monkey Business - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders / (Sibony - Xavier Cuqat / La Paloma - Freddy / Tom Cat - The Rooftop Singers)

Iranian Record Distr.Co. 1493/1494 • 1965

Record label out of Teheran. This is NOT a Chuck Berry record so you probably wonder why this is included here. The thing is that I bought it on eBay for believing it was actually Chuck Berry himself on there. But it turned out not to be. It was a cover version by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders from 1964. All the four songs are really cover versions, so it’s not Xavier Cugat, Freddy or Rooftop Singers performing either. As you will see there’s nothing on the label saying these are cover versions. The record did cost me around $22.00 so it was an expensive expierence.