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Fresh Berry's is a studio album
Studio album
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 by American
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 rock and roll
Rock and roll
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 icon Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...

. The album was first released by Chess Records
Chess Records
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....

 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 in November 1965. It was later released in the United States in April 1966 as an LP record
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 in both mono
Monaural
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 and stereo
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 formats. The US and UK versions of the album have a slightly different track listings.

The album would be Chuck Berry's last album of new material for Chess Records until the release of Back Home
Back Home (Chuck Berry album)
Back Home was released in 1970 by Chess Records. The album title refers to Chuck Berry 'coming home' back to Chess Records after several years with Mercury Records.- Track listing :# "Tulane"# "Have Mercy Judge"# "Instrumental"# "Christmas"# "Gun"...

in 1970. After this album Chuck Berry recorded his next several releases for Mercury Records
Mercury Records
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.

Track listing

  1. "It Wasn't Me"
  2. "Run Joe"
  3. "Every Day We Rock and Roll"
  4. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
    One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
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    " (Harold Arlen
    Harold Arlen
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    , Johnny Mercer
    Johnny Mercer
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    )
  5. "Welcome Back Pretty Baby"
  6. "It's My Own Business"
  7. "Right Off Rampart Street"
  8. "Vaya con Dios"
  9. "Merrily We Rock And Roll"
  10. "My Mustang Ford"
  11. "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (Claude Demetrius
    Claude Demetrius
    Claude Demetrius was an African American songwriter.Born in Bath, Maine, by his early twenties he was in New York City writing music for and/or with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Witherspoon and B.B. King. Demetrius wrote the 1945 musical comedy short film Open the Door, Richard...

    , Fleecie Moore)
  12. "Wee Hour Blues"

Personnel

  • Chuck Berry - Guitar
    Guitar
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    , Vocals
  • Chuck Bernhard - Bass
    Bass guitar
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  • Mike Bloomfield
    Mike Bloomfield
    Michael Bernard "Mike" Bloomfield was an American musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969–70...

     - Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Paul Butterfield
    Paul Butterfield
    Paul Butterfield was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player, who founded the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the early 1960s and performed at the original Woodstock Festival...

     - Harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

  • Johnnie Johnson
    Johnnie Johnson (musician)
    Johnnie Johnson was an American pianist and blues musician. His work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.-Career:...

     - Piano
    Piano
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  • Jaspar Thomas - drums
    Drum kit
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