Bad bass on Chuck Berry record

[hublocker]

I was just listening to this old Chuck Berry record the other night, one where he re-recorded his old hits for Mercury in the mid 1960s.

My God! I don't know who the bass player was or who he was trying to impress, but he was all over the neck, playing everywhere but in the pocket, not supporting the song or the singing at all, but trying to demonstrate flash playing all the way through.

I was going to use this record to show a friend of mine what bass on old R&R sounds like, but I think I'll go back to my George Thorogood records for that.

[hublocker]

This record:

After Chuck left, Mercury re-used his recordings on many budget albums. Only two of these low-cost albums were of special interest to the Chuck Berry collector: Johnny B. Goode (Pickwick SPC-3327) was released in 1972, just at the time when Chuck back on CHESS was successfull with the London Sessions album and the My Ding-A-Ling and Reelin' and Rockin' live singles. Mercury had not published a re-recording of Reelin' and Rockin' yet, although they cut one during the sessions which led to the Chuck Berry's Golden Hits album. Thus in addition to some well-known re-recordings of Chuck Berry classics, this Pickwick album also came with a Mercury version of Reelin' and Rockin' prominently displayed on the cover.

Anyone know who the musicians are?