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Super Deluxe Edition 4LP & 1 EP Box Set!

Hailed (Hail! Hail!) As The Greatest 'Greatest Hits' Album Of All Time, Now Greater!

Original 2LP Collection + Additional Hits, B-Sides, Rare Comeback Album, Rudolph-Red Vinyl Christmas EP & More!

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 51/500!

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Johnny B. Goode" - Rated 7/500, "Maybellene" - Rated 18/500, "Roll Over Beethoven" - Rated 97/500, "Rock And Roll Music" - Rated 128/500, "Sweet Little Sixteen" - Rated 272500, "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" - Rated 374/500!

In a consistently innovative recording career that spanned more than 60 years, the iconic singer /songwriter / guitarist, laid much of the groundwork for modern rock 'n' roll, while creating some of rock's most distinctive & enduring anthems, from "Johnny B. Goode" to "Roll Over Beethoven," to "Rock and Roll Music" & many more. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the immortal spirit of Chuck Berry, UMe presents the ultimate vinyl version of his landmark greatest hits compilation.

The collection is packed with hits & classic B-sides including Maybellene, Rock & Roll Music, Sweet Little Sixteen, School Day, Johnny B. Goode & more, from the Grammy(R) Hall of Fame that�s launched a thousand careers, Roll Over Beethoven to Wee Wee Hours, Little Queenie & Let It Rock. Also included are the original liner notes by author & rock historian Michael Lydon.

The Great Twenty-Eight: Super Deluxe Edition is housed in a textured box, with the original two-LP compilation augmented by two additional albums and an EP. More Great Chuck Berry features 14 further hits, rarities and B-sides by the great man, while a rare live release, Oh Yeah! Live In Detroit, recorded in 1963, will be making its vinyl debut.

The collection is completed by the newly-created ten-inch EP, Berry Christmas, featuring four of his festive songs on "Rudolph-Red" vinyl. 'Run Rudolph Run,' 'Merry Christmas Baby' and 'Christmas' are joined on the disc by 'Spending Christmas,' also making its first appearance on vinyl.

The super deluxe edition also includes a handsome 12" x 12" book, with an introductory essay by Keith Richards and a new essay by bestselling author and SiriusXM host Alan Light, to complement Michael Lydon's liner notes from the original version of the retrospective. There are also reminiscences from DJ Lee Alan, plus Berry's complete US single, album and EP discographies, reproductions of Berry's original LP cover art and rarely-seen photographs.

Features:

� Super Deluxe Edition

� 4LP & 1 EP Box Set

� Housed in a textured box with Chuck's name in debossed lettering on top and sides

� The Great Twenty-Eight Original 2LP collection

� More Great Chuck Berry, with additional hits & B-sides

� Oh Yeah! Live In Detroit, a rare comeback album that sat unreleased for 46 years (first time on vinyl)

� Berry Christmas, a newly-created holiday EP on Rudolph-red vinyl

� 12x12 booklet with introductory essay by Keith Richards, new liner notes by rock authority Alan Light, archival photos, a Chuck discography and more

Selections:

LP 1 & 2: The Great Twenty-Eight (The Original 2-LP compilation)

Side One:

1. Maybellene

2. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)

3. You Can't Catch Me

4. Too Much Monkey Business

5. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

6. Roll Over Beethoven

7. Havana Moon

Side Two:

1. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)

2. Rock And Roll Music

3. Oh Baby Doll

4. Reelin' And Rockin'

5. Sweet Little Sixteen

6. Johnny B. Goode

7. Around And Around

Side Three:

1. Carol

2. Beautiful Delilah

3. Memphis, Tennessee

4. Sweet Little Rock And Roller

5. Little Queenie

6. Almost Grown

7. Back In The U.S.A.

Side Four:

1. Let It Rock

2. Bye Bye Johnny

3. I'm Talking About You

4. Come On

5. Nadine (Is It You?)

6. No Particular Place To Go

7. I Want To Be Your Driver

LP 3: More Great Chuck Berry

Side One:

1. Wee Wee Hours

2. No Money Down

3. Drifting Heart

4. LaJaunda (Espanol)

5. Blue Feeling

6. Vacation Time

7. Joe Joe Gun

Side Two:

1. Too Pooped To Pop "Casey"

2. Our Little Rendezvous

3. You Never Can Tell

4. Promised Land

5. Little Marie

6. Dear Dada

7. My Ding-A-Ling (Live Single Version)

LP 4: Oh Yeah! Live in Detroit (Recorded at the Walled Lake Casino, October 25 & 26, 1963)

First Time On Vinyl

(*First U.S. Release)

Side One:

1. Guitar Boogie

2. Let It Rock

3. Almost Grown

4. Chuck Berry Dialogue 1

5. Too Much Monkey Business*

6. Johnny B. Goode

7. Introduction / Instrumental

8. Sweet Little Sixteen

Side Two:

1. Wee Wee Hours

2. Chuck Berry Dialogue 2

3. Maybellene

4. Medley: Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite / Johnny B. Goode / Let It Rock / School Day

EP Bonus: Berry Christmas

(*First Time On Vinyl)

Side One:

1. Run Rudolph Run

2. Merry Christmas Baby

Side Two:

1. Spending Christmas*

2. Christmas