travisw Store CHUCK BERRY - PLATINUM COLLECTION + BIOGRAPHY & LYRICS BOOKLET with HDCD MASTERING in SPECIAL BOXChuck Berry is the forerunner of rock & roll, and his music will come down forever. Because when it comes to his music, perhaps John Lennon said it best: If you were going to give rock & roll another name, you might call it “Chuck Berry”!Packed with 28 tracks & in a hard slipcase box with booklet containing full lyrics, biodata, writeups, photos etc. What is HDCD?HDCD stands for "High Definition Compatible Digital". It is a family of sophisticated technologies that improve the quality of all forms of digital recording and playback. By maximising resolution and minimizing distortion during analog-to-digital conversion, you can be sure that your CD recordings contain the full richness and detail of the original music source.HDCD-encoded CDs sound better because they are encoded with 20 bits of real musical information. Regular CDs have only 16 bits. HDCD overcomes the limitation of the 16-bit CD format, encoding the additional 4 bits onto the CD, while remaining absolutely compatible with the existing CD format.HDCD gives you more dynamic range; a more focused 3-D soundstage and an extremely natural vocal and musical quality. With HDCD, you get the body, depth and emotion of the original performance, not a flat digital imitation. HDCD-encoded CDs simply sound better, even in a regular CD player.In lay man terms, HDCD-encoded CDs give you better sound quality and it can be play on all CD player.ArtistChuck BerryProfileCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is considered one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene","Roll Over Beethoven", "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B. Goode", Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.Born into a middle class family in St. Louis, Missouri, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student he served a prison sentence for armed robbery between 1944 and 1947. On his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, influenced by the guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of blues player T-Bone Walker, he was performing in the evenings with the Johnnie Johnson Trio.His break came when he traveled to Chicago in May 1955, and met Muddy Waters, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess of Chess Records. With Chess he recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of the country song "Ida Red"which sold over a million copies, reaching no.1 on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues chart. By the end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star with several hit records and film appearances to his name, as well as a lucrative touring career. He had also established his own St. Louis-based nightclub, called Berry's Club Bandstand. But in January 1962 Berry was sentenced to three years in prison for offenses under the Mann Act he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines.After his release in 1963 Berry had several more hits, including "No Particular Place To Go", "You Never Can Tell", and "Nadine", but these did not achieve the same success, or lasting impact, of his 1950s songs, and by the 1970s he was more in demand as a nostalgic live performer, playing his past hits with local backup bands of variable quality. His insistence on being paid cash led to a jail sentence in 1979, four months and community service for tax evasion.Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986, with the comment that he "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance." Berry is included in several Rolling Stone "Greatest of All Time" lists, including being ranked fifth on their 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll included three of Chuck Berry's songs: "Johnny B. Goode", "Maybellene", and "Rock and Roll Music".FormatCDGenreOldies / RockPlaying Time76 minutesYear of Release2008Record LabelSwissteo Music InternationalUPC8887686122224ConditionMint / Factory. What is shown above is my personal copy, that's why you get to view what's inside. But rest be assured that you will be getting a brand new copy. Some album may come with price sticker & Malaysia government approved hologram sticker on front cover.  01Roll Over Beethoven02Johnny B. Goode03No Particular Place To Go04Maybellene05You Never Can Tell06Sweet Little Sixteen07Nadine08School Days (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)09You Can't Catch Me10Let It Rock11Rock And Roll Music12Promised Land13Memphis, Tennessee14Back In The USA15Thirty Days16Reelin' And Rockin'17No Money Down18Brown Eyed Handsome Man19Carol20Around And Around21Little Queenie22Sweet Little Rock And Roller23Almost Grown24Too Much Monkey Business25Merry Christmas Baby26Run Rudolph Run27Route 66 (Live Recording)28My Ding-A-Ling (Live Recording) This item is posted and managed courtesy of Bonanza.com