Track Listing

1. Little Marie - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Lafayette Leake, Unknown, Odie Payne
2. Our Little Rendezvous - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Johnnie Johnson, L.C. Davis, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Willie Dixon, Ebby Hardy
3. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Paul Williams, Unknown, Odie Payne
4. You Two - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Paul Williams, Unknown, Odie Payne
5. Promised Land - Chuck Berry, Phil Chess, Leonard Chess, Lafayette Leake, Unknown, Willie Dixon, Odie Payne
6. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry, Phil Chess, Leonard Chess, James Robinson, L.C. Davis, Johnnie Johnson, Unknown, Odie Payne
7. Go Bobby Soxer - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Lafayette Leake, Unknown, Odie Payne
8. The Things I Used To Do - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Johnnie Johnson, Unknown, Odie Payne
9. Liverpool Drive - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Paul Williams, Unknown, Odie Payne
10. Night Beat - Chuck Berry, Phil Chess, Leonard Chess, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
11. Merry Christmas Baby - Chuck Berry, Phil Chess, Leonard Chess, Johnnie Johnson, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
12. Brenda Lee - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Lafayette Leake, Unknown, Willie Dixon, Odie Payne
13. Fraulein - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
14. O Rangutang - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
15. The Little Girl From Central - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36697 in Music
• Released on: 2005-08-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Import
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 40 minutes

CD Description
The release of 1964's ST. LOUIS TO LIVERPOOL, recorded shortly after Chuck Berry's release from prison, found the seminal rock & roller riding high on a resurgence of popularity thanks to the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and other British acts who had discovered and reinterpreted Berry's music. Thedigitally remastered sound on this 2004 reissue is excellent, and the albu--which features Berry's genre-defining guitar leads, sly vocals, exceptional songwriting, and the backing of guests such as Willie Dixon and Matt Murph--is one of his finest.
Though the record was released at the tail endof Berry's streak of self-penned hits, the disc still throws out classics left and right. It's hard to imagine the rockcanon without "Little Marie", "No Particular Place to Go", and "You Never Can Tell". But even the non-hits here--"Brenda Lee" and the midtempo groove of "You Two", for example--shine, a rarity in the days of early-'60s, filler-filled LPs. Bonus tracks and exemplary Chess production make ST. LOUIS TO LIVERPOOL an essential rock & roll recording.

Customer Reviews

"Riding Along In My Automobile...My Baby Beside Me At The Wheel...I Stole A Kiss At The Turn Of A Mile..."
This 2004 Universal CD reissue gives us all 12-tracks of Chuck Berry's November 1964 stereo album "St. Louis To Liverpool" issued on Chess LP 1488 in the USA - bolstered up with 3 bonus tracks (40:23 minutes). Erick Labson of Universal has digitally remastered all 15 songs from the 1st generation Stereo and Mono master tapes - and a wonderfully warm job has been done.

The 16-page booklet exactly reproduces the lovely full-colour front sleeve on Page 1 with its rear sleeve on the last page of the inlay - in between is a new essay on the album by noted reviewer BUD SCOPPA with the original liner notes also reproduced on Page 8 and 9. There's session details, reissue credits and even the blue and white Chess label of the original LP is pictured under the see-through tray - all nice touches and great attention to detail.

But the real good stuff starts with the songs and the SOUND. Unlike the rough and ready debut "After School Session" from 1957 (also in this series), this album has the muscle of STEREO and what a punch it packs! "No Particular Place To Go" is simply fantastic - fun, in your face and rockin' - packing all the wallop you'd expect from a truly great Chuck Berry song but with that great extra muscle in the reproduction.

As with "After School Session" - it's also wonderful to hear Berry's songs again in their original inspiring form and realise what an astonishing influence for good Chuck and his music has been. When you think of every garage band, every bedroom poser, every guitar maestro on the planet and how they all cut their teeth on Chuck Berry songs at some point in their careers - his influence has been little short of World changing. The brevity, the wit and cleverness of the lyrics, the infectiousness of the beat - its all here! Catch a snippet of "You Never Can Tell" with its irresistible piano and brass fills - fabulous stuff!

A fantastic listen then and an important and timely reissue. Start your journey to the dark side here children - and remember - best not tell your parents the reason for said joy - ROCK 'n' ROLL!!

PS: It should also be noted that this issue is part of the "ROCK 'N' ROLL 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION" Series issued in 2004 by Universal in the USA. 'Rock 'N' Roll 50th Anniversary Edition' is a secondary series title and is displayed vertically on the side inlay beneath the see-through tray of each release, but unfortunately, if you try to search databases for ANY titles under this moniker, it doesn't recognize the 'name' at all. For those interested - the series includes:

1. "After School Session" by CHUCK BERRY (1958 debut LP on Chess, see REVIEW)
2. "St. Louis To Liverpool" by CHUCK BERRY (1964 STEREO LP on Chess, see REVIEW)
3. "The Chirping Crickets" by THE CRICKETS (their 1957 debut LP featuring BUDDY HOLLY, see REVIEW)
4. "Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger" by BO DIDDLEY (1960 STEREO LP on Checker, see REVIEW)
5. "Rock Around The Clock" by BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (ground-breaking 1955 LP on Decca, see REVIEW)
6. "Buddy Holly" by BUDDY HOLLY (1958 1st solo LP on Coral, see REVIEW)
7. "Rock, Rock, Rock! - From The Motion Picture" by THE MOONGLOWS, CHUCK BERRY and THE FLAMINGOS (1956 1st Chess LP - a Rock'n'Roll Soundtrack - see REVIEW)
There is also a pictorial display of all 7 in LISTMANIA (in Amazon)

I bought all 7 of these titles and I can't recommend them enough - each album remastered, colour artwork lovingly restored and each bolstered up with 3 to 5 relevant releases from the time (many previously unreleased). Fans of Haley, Holly, The Crickets, Berry, Diddley and Rock'n'Roll in general should quickly acquire all of these exemplary CDs. They make for the best basis of a collection in a minefield of lesser compilations.