The Chess Box

Songs

The songs "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" and "Time Was" were previously unreleased. "Cryin' Steel" was first released as "Surfin' Steel" on Chuck Berry on Stage. "Ramona Say Yes" did not have saxophones.

Another song of interest is "Chuck's Beat", from the album Two Great Guitars, by Berry and Bo Diddley.

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry except as noted

Disc 1

1. "Maybellene" (2:18)
2. "Wee Wee Hours" (2:02)
3. "Thirty Days" (2:21)
4. "You Can't Catch Me" (2:42)
5. "No Money Down" (2:56)
6. "Downbound Train" (2:49)
7. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (2:15)
8. "Drifting Heart" (2:47)
9. "Roll Over Beethoven" (2:22)
10. "Too Much Monkey Business" (2:53)
11. "Havana Moon" (3:06)
12. "School Days" (2:40)
13. "Rock and Roll Music" (2:30)
14. "Oh Baby Doll" (2:36)
15. "I've Changed" (3:04)
16. "Reelin' and Rockin'" (3:15)
17. "Rockin' at the Philharmonic" (3:21)
18. "Sweet Little Sixteen" (3:10)
19. "Johnny B. Goode" (2:37)
20. "Time Was" (Gabriel Luna, Miguel Prado, Bob Russell) (1:56)
21. "Around and Around" (2:38)
22. "Beautiful Delilah" (2:13)
23. "House of Blue Lights" (Don Raye, Freddie Slack) (2:24)
24. "Carol" (2:46)

Disc 2

1. "Memphis, Tennessee" (2:10)
2. "Anthony Boy" (1:52)
3. "Jo Jo Gunne" (2:45)
4. "Sweet Little Rock N' Roller" (2:20)
5. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) (3:11)
6. "Run Rudolph Run" (Marvin Brodie, Johnny Marks) (2:43)
7. "Little Queenie" (2:40)
8. "Almost Grown" (2:18)
9. "Back in the U.S.A." (2:27)
10. "Betty Jean" (2:29)
11. "Childhood Sweetheart" (2:42)
12. "Let It Rock" (1:45)
13. "Too Pooped to Pop" (Billie Davis) (2:33)
14. "Bye Bye Johnny" (2:03)
15. "Jaguar and Thunderbird" (1:50)
16. "Down the Road a Piece" (Raye) (2:13)
17. "Confessin' the Blues" (Walter Brown, Jay McShann) (2:07)
18. "Thirteen Question Method" (2:12)
19. "Crying Steel" (2:32)
20. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) (2:50)
21. "I'm Talking About You" (1:48)
22. "Come On" (1:48)
23. "Nadine (Is It You?)" (Berry, Alan Freed) (2:35)
24. "Crazy Arms" (Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals) (2:12)
25. "You Never Can Tell" (2:40)
26. "The Things I Used To Do" (Guitar Slim) (2:40)
27. "Promised Land" (2:20)

Disc 3

1. "No Particular Place to Go" (2:41)
2. "Liverpool Drive" (2:53)
3. "You Two" (2:08)
4. "Chuck's Beat" (Berry, Bo Diddley) (10:35)
5. "Little Marie" (2:34)
6. "Dear Dad" (1:48)
7. "Sad Day Long Night" (2:42)
8. "It's My Own Business" (2:10)
9. "It Wasn't Me" (2:32)
10. "Ramona Say Yes" (2:40)
11. "Viva Viva Rock N' Roll" (2:00)
12. "Tulane" (2:36)
13. "Have Mercy Judge" (2:38)
14. "My Dream" (5:56)
15. "Reelin' and Rockin'", live recording (7:02)
16. "My Ding-a-Ling", live single-edit (4:16)
17. "Johnny B. Goode", live recording (3:13)
18. "A Deuce" (2:32)
19. "Woodpecker" (3:33)
20. "Bio" (4:22)

Personnel

According to Allmusic

Performers

Production