One Dozen Berrys

One Dozen Berrys was Chuck Berry's second LP, and - like its predecessor, After School Session (1957) - contained a mixture of songs which had already been released on singles and EPs, mixed in with new material. Its tracks were drawn from recordings laid down at four one-day sessions, from
January and May 1957, and January and February 1958 - the latter being only weeks before the album release. Five out of the twelve songs were previously unreleased - or rather, four of them, since Low Feeling is the master from Blue Feeling, slowed down. The album appeared in March 1958, just as Chuck's new single Johnny B Goode / Around & Around was
climbing the charts, but those songs would have to wait till the July 1959 release of his next album to appear in the long playing format. Most artists would think it insanity to leave off such all-time classics from their new record, but Chuck was red-hot that year, and One Dozen Berrys rode in fresh on the heels of his previous double-sided smash 45, Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin' and Rockin', which kicked off each side of the album.