R.I.P. CHUCK BERRY!!!

[Richard Harvey]

Chuck Berry's album covers have often looked cheap to me. For this one, I'd have liked to have seen some professional 80's or 90's studio pictures, there are some floating around. The cover they're using is rubbish. Shame, if it's coming out on vinyl.

After School Session was the best Berry LP cover. Utter class.



There's a re-issue of Rock It that looks to be a more modern publicity shot. Something like this would be much more suitable.

[wolfgangguhl]

I agree this publicity shot would be more suitable for "Chuck", but not for "Rock It".

Sometimes you have to wonder, who picks the cover shots or even the songs that appear on an album. There are also several instances where the outtakes are far superior to the album tracks.

[Richard Harvey]

I agree this publicity shot would be more suitable for "Chuck", but not for "Rock It".

That's right. Putting a picture of Chuck when he's older than the recording, is worse than putting a younger picture on!

I'll be getting the vinyl of 'Chuck', but it's a shame the cover looks like something a school-kid could have knocked up in five minutes with a free photo-edit kit, (of course, it may be it's not the proper cover, fingers crossed!)

[PeterC]

Here's one of my favourite Chuck Berry album covers (and with a photo from around the same time as the contents!):

[Perk]

Great cover Peter, my favourite as well! I looked for the album a long time. Just to be able to hang it on the wall. It´s very rare i belivie.

[martin bates]

Big Boys was played on Co-op radio today ☺

[Richard Harvey]

I heard it on radio 2 at my parent's the other day. I wonder if it'll get any chart action?

Amazing, "here's the new single from Chuck Berry" - in 2017!

[wolfgangguhl]

The album is now going to be released on June 9th, so one week earlier than originally planned.

[Dirk B.]

There are even worse Chuck Berry album covers. Can you imagine how disappointed I was when I finally found out that the "Sweet little rock'n'roller" looked like this????

[PeterC]

There are even worse Chuck Berry album covers. Can you imagine how disappointed I was when I finally found out that the "Sweet little rock'n'roller" looked like this????

I think even that is better than 'Chuck Berry Is On Top'...

[Dirk B.]

In this case I'd prefer the cover of the reissue (even though this picture has also been used several times before).