Existe uma certa divisão entre aqueles que pesquisam a história do rock e querem achar um pai para ele: uns atribuem ao Bill Haley e outros ao Chuck Berry. O Haley veio do country, sua banda tinha a estrutura parecida com a das big bands e ainda que ele tenha gravado o primeiro Rock and Roll, a música Rockett 88, o fêz puxando para o country. Então eu, pessoalmente, entregaria a guarda da criança ao Berry que veio das igrejas, dos spirituals e do blues, sendo ele próprio meio marginal, tendo passado por reformatório e prisão.
Enfim, quem é o pai não tem importância nenhuma, o que se precisa é saber do que a coisa é feita e ouvir suas origens com atenção e respeito porque do jeito que estão fazendo hoje em dia, ao invés de um pai vai aparecer uma mãe e logo vão dizer que o rock é filho da puta.
Disco 1
01 Maybellene
02 Wee Wee Hours
03 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
04 Together (We Will Always Be)
05 You Can't Catch Me
06 Rolli Polli (instrumental)
07 Down Bound Train
08 Berry Pickin' (instrumental)
09 No Money Down
10 I've Changed
11 Drifting Heart )
12 Brown Eyed Handsome Man
13 Roll Over Beethoven
14 Too Much Monkey Business
15 Maybellene (live)
16 Roll Over Beethoven (live)
17 Havana Moon
18 Rock And Roll Music (demo)
19 Untitled Instrumental
20 Deep Feeling (instrumental)
21 School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)
22 Low Feeling (instrumental)
23 La Jaunda (Espanol)
24 Blue Feeling (instrumental)
25 How You've Changed
26 Oh Baby Doll
Disco 2
01 Rock And Roll Music (alternate)
02 Rock And Roll Music
03 13 Question Method (early version)
04 How High The Moon (instrumental)
05 Sweet Little Sixteen (demo)
06 Sweet Little Sixteen (take 3)
07 Sweet Little Sixteen (take 11)
08 Sweet Little Sixteen (original master)
09 Sweet Little Sixteen (sped up originally released version)
10 Rock At The Philharmonic (instrumental)
11 Guitar Boogie (instrumental)
12 Night Beat (take 3) (instrumental)
13 Night Beat (instrumental)
14 Time Was (slow version, take 4)
15 Time Was (slow version)
16 Reelin' And Rockin' (take 1)
17 Reelin' And Rockin' (takes 7/8)
18 Reelin' And Rockin'
19 Chuckwalk (instrumental)
20 Johnny B. Goode (alt. take 2/3)
21 Johnny B. Goode
22 Around And Around (overdub take 2)
23 Around And Around (overdub take 3)
24 Around And Around
25 Ingo (overdub take 3) (instrumental)
26 Ingo (instrumental)
Disco 3
01 It Don't Take But A Few Minutes
02 Blues For Hawaiians (instrumental)
03 Beautiful Delilah (alternate takes 15/16)
04 Beautiful Delilah (take 6)
05 21 Blues
06 21
07 21 (take 14)
08 Vacation Time
09 Oh Yeah
10 Hey Pedro
11 Time Was (fast version)
12 House Of Blue Lights
13 Carol
14 Jo Jo Gunne
15 Memphis Tennessee
16 Anthony Boy
17 Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller (alternate take 5)
18 Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller (take 11A)
19 Long Fast Jam (instrumental)
20 Long Slow Jam (instrumental)
21 Merry Christmas Baby
22 Merry Christmas Baby (alternate)
23 Run Rudolph Run
Disco 4
01 Little Queenie (take 8)
02 Little Queenie
03 That's My Desire
04 Do You Love Me (alternate)
05 Do You Love Me
06 Almost Grown (take 14)
07 Almost Grown (take 28)
08 Almost Grown
09 Back In The U.S.A.
10 Blue On Blue (alternate a/k/a Upchuck) (instrumental)
11 Blue On Blue (instrumental)
12 Betty Jean (alternate take 14)
13 Betty Jean (alternate take 17)
14 Betty Jean
15 County Line
16 Childhood Sweetheart (alternate)
17 Childhood Sweetheart
18 One O'clock Jump (instrumental)
19 I Just Want To Make Love To You
20 I Just Want To Make Love To You
21 Broken Arrow (take 21)
22 Broken Arrow
23 Let It Rock (alternate mix)
24 Let It Rock
25 Too Pooped To Pop (take 4A)
26 Too Pooped To Pop
27 Ecuadors - Say You'll Be Mine
28 Ecuadors - Let Me Sleep Woman
