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CHUCK BERRY 1:

In one of Roger Poh's recent postings, he has a classic picture of a 'man of the forest' or 'orang utan' (literal translation in the Malay Language). Then a few days ago a wonderful lady friend came home from England and presented blogger with Chuck Berry's The Latest And The Greatest, not a CD but the original vinyl. And one of the instrumentals he recorded was, O Rangutang. 'O' is probably an endearment and 'rangutang' the English equivalent.

Flying under the PYE International R & B Series banner, Chuck Berry has most of his greatest recordings from his earlier days on this vinyl. Fraulein, with Berry's unique flavour is one of them. Another hit, No Particular Place To Go, is a favourite amongst our own Singapore 60s band members. It is their anthem during the long bus rides to Malaya when they tour up North.

The others include Things I Used To Do, Don't You Lie To Me, Driftin' Blues, Lonely All The Time, Jaguar And The Thunderbird, You Two and Bye Bye Johnny. They are all Berry classics.

The instrumentals are, Guitar Boogie, Liverpool Drive, Deep Feeling and O Rangutang. Oh the guitar rang and twang. Really great and it didn't cost $2.00.

Image from: http://www.footlooseinasia.blogspot.com/

Vinyl No: NPL 28031/Monaural

Original article: Andy Lim Collection.