The Chess Box

The Chess Box
Box set by
Chuck Berry
Released1988
RecordedMay 21, 1955 – 1973[1]
GenreRock and roll
Length198:17[1]
LabelChess
ProducerLeonard Chess, Phil Chess, Chuck Berry, Esmond Edwards[2]
CompilerAndy McKaie
Chuck Berry chronology
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
(1987) 		The Chess Box
(1988) 		On the Blues Side
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA[3]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Rolling Stone[5]

The Chess Box is a compact disc box set compilation by Chuck Berry. It is one in a series of box sets issued by MCA/Chess in the late 1980s (the other sets were by Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Etta James). The Chuck Berry set is the most prominent of these, having won a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 1989.[7] Berry's Chess Box was reissued on vinyl in 1990.[1]

This collection was also issued on audio cassette.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d Eder, Bruce. "The Chess Box – Chuck Berry: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Chess Box – Chuck Berry: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (August 3, 2012). "Chuck Berry". MSN Music. Microsoft. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  5. ^ Fricke, David. "Chuck Berry: The Chess Box: Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. ^ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  8. ^ "Chuck Berry – The Chess Box (1988, Cassette)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.