Chuck Berry International Directory: Volume 1 - Softcover

"I have hardly put the book down since I got it. Just how far you go with succeeding volumes will depend on your personal level of interest in such esoterica - but I defy anyone remotely interested in Berry, or even rock n roll discography, not to be swept along by this first slab." -- Blues & Rhythm April 2009 'Chuck Berry International Directory' won an Excellence Award from the ARSC - the Association for Recorded Sound Collections - in 2010. The Award for for the 'Best Discography in Recorded Blues, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul Music'. Begun in 1991, the awards are presented to authors and publishers of books, articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize outstanding published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high standards, and promotes awareness of superior works.

For the heavyweight Berry fan. Everything you ever wanted to know about Chuck Berry, in four enormous volumes compiled by the world-renowned Norwegian Berry collector and authority, Morten Reff. Comprehensively annotated, with dozens of illustrations of rare record labels and sleeves, previously unpublished photos, etc. This volume contains: 1 - USA Discography; 2 - UK Discography; 3 - International Discographies (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, East Germany, Finland, France, (West) Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Yugoslavia).