Klaatu

1. Sub-Rosa Subway
2. A Routine Day
3. Juicy Lucy
4. Dear Christine
5. All Good Things
6. Knee Deep In Love
7. Blue Smoke
8. I Don't Wanna Go Home
9. December Dream
10. The Love Of A Woman
11. True Life Hero
12. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
13. Anus of Uranus
14. California Jam

Klaatu was a Canadian band from the late 70s. Their biggest claim to fame here in the US was that they were rumored to be the Beatles reunited under a new name. Like the "Paul is dead" theories there were many clues that supposedly pointed to their secret identity. Mostly, they kinda sounded like them. Similar voices and styles but never a direct copy. For me, after the second album (which is more of a concept album that I didn't care for) each album was better than the last but unfortunately they just could not shake the Beatles comparisons and they never took off beyond a cult following here. The picture above was the cover I made for my tape of favorites that I put together in the mid 80s.

Chuck Berry

1. Move It
2. Maybellene
3. Memphis Tennessee
4. Little Marie
5. No Particular Way To Go
6. Wee Wee Hours
7. Thirty Days
8. Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
9. You Can't Catch Me
10. Let It Rock
11. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
12. It's My Own Business
13. Back In The USA
14. Roll Over Beethoven
15. Too Much Monkey Business
16. Viva Viva Rock 'n' Roll
17. School Day
18. Oh Baby Doll
19. Down The Road Apiece
20. Reelin' and Rockin'
21. Johnny B. Goode
22. Bye Bye Johnny
23. Lady B. Goode
24. Around and Around
25. I'm Talking About You
26. Nadine (Is That You?)
27. Carol
28. Promised Land
29. Big Boys
30. My Dream

Here's a challenge for me and my first failure at keeping to my premise but this might still fit on one CD. I'm a huge Chuck fan and when I put him on, I find it hard to turn him off. My favorite way to listen to Chuck is to just put everything on shuffle and let it play. Even on my smaller iPod where I can only keep my favorites, Chuck's list is 40 songs long and I always feel I'm missing one or two. This list started with 25 songs and I struggled to cut it down to 15 so I added five to make it 30. I probably would have made a second post anyway. If you're unfamiliar with Chuck start with any best of package. Most focus on his work with Chess Records but he made some fine albums for Mercury in the 60s and released one album for Atlantic in 1979 which I highly recommend. His last album finished just before he passed is worth every penny as well. Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll!