The Chess Box
| The Chess Box | ||||
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| Box set by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | May 21, 1955 – 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 198:17 | |||
| Label | Chess | |||
| Producer | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Chuck Berry, Esmond Edwards | |||
| Compiler | Andy McKaie | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A |
| MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Rolling Stone | |
The Chess Box is a compact disc box set compilation by Chuck Berry. It is one in a series of box sets issued by MCA/Chess in the late 1980s (the other sets were by Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Etta James). The Chuck Berry set is the most prominent of these, having won a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 1989. Berry's Chess Box was reissued on vinyl in 1990.
This collection was also issued on audio cassette.