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TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 3.5/5 Sonics in the November 2008 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
After the laborious but rewarding work put into their Little Richard hits package (SACD 2028) in 2006, MoFi turned its sights on finalizing the production on two classic albums by the legendary Chuck Berry. Nearly two years and fifteen analog reels of tape later, we are truly excited about the exclusive pairing of ..Berry Is On Top (1959) with St. Louis To Liverpool (1964). Like the Richard albums, both Berry titles originally were compilations that Chess Records had actually assembled from singles and various sessions for their 12” debuts. While lucky with St. Louis to Liverpool, whose reels had been retained intact, the real fun was ..Berry Is On Top, where the majority of songs were each on separate spools which had to be hunted down, identified and auditioned. The result: a miniature jukebox containing over a dozen of some of the biggest hits in music, including five top ten charters by another one of the true architects of rock and roll!
"Sonically, the tone, presence, and resonance of Berry's Gibson guitar and dimensions and echoes of Chess' fabled Michigan Avenue studios are astonishingly natural and lifelike. For those still wondering why/how an electric guitar played through an amplifier constitutes an acoustic source, here is your answer. Quintessential." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound, November 2008
Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• 24 Karat Gold - Ultradisc II
Selections:
1. Almost Grown
2. Carol
3. Maybellene
4. Sweet Little Roack & Roller
5. Anthony Boy
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. Little Queenie
8. Jo Jo Gunne
9. Roll OVer Beethoven
10. Around and Around
11. Hey Pedro
12. Blues for Hawaiians
13. Little Marie
14. Our Little Renezvous
15. No Particular Place to Go
16. You Two
17. Promised Land
18. You Never Can Tell
19. Go Bobby Soxer
20. The Things I Used to Do
21. Liverpool Drive
22. Night Beat
23. Merry Christmas Baby
24. Brenda Lee
25. Faulein
26. O'rangutang
27. The Little Girl from Central
TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 3.5/5 Sonics in the November 2008 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
After the laborious but rewarding work put into their Little Richard hits package (SACD 2028) in 2006, MoFi turned its sights on finalizing the production on two classic albums by the legendary Chuck Berry. Nearly two years and fifteen analog reels of tape later, we are truly excited about the exclusive pairing of ..Berry Is On Top (1959) with St. Louis To Liverpool (1964). Like the Richard albums, both Berry titles originally were compilations that Chess Records had actually assembled from singles and various sessions for their 12” debuts. While lucky with St. Louis to Liverpool, whose reels had been retained intact, the real fun was ..Berry Is On Top, where the majority of songs were each on separate spools which had to be hunted down, identified and auditioned. The result: a miniature jukebox containing over a dozen of some of the biggest hits in music, including five top ten charters by another one of the true architects of rock and roll!
"Sonically, the tone, presence, and resonance of Berry's Gibson guitar and dimensions and echoes of Chess' fabled Michigan Avenue studios are astonishingly natural and lifelike. For those still wondering why/how an electric guitar played through an amplifier constitutes an acoustic source, here is your answer. Quintessential." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound, November 2008
Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• 24 Karat Gold - Ultradisc II
Selections:
1. Almost Grown
2. Carol
3. Maybellene
4. Sweet Little Roack & Roller
5. Anthony Boy
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. Little Queenie
8. Jo Jo Gunne
9. Roll OVer Beethoven
10. Around and Around
11. Hey Pedro
12. Blues for Hawaiians
13. Little Marie
14. Our Little Renezvous
15. No Particular Place to Go
16. You Two
17. Promised Land
18. You Never Can Tell
19. Go Bobby Soxer
20. The Things I Used to Do
21. Liverpool Drive
22. Night Beat
23. Merry Christmas Baby
24. Brenda Lee
25. Faulein
26. O'rangutang
27. The Little Girl from Central
