摇滚乐真正的先行者Chuck Berry在1955－1965年间最脍炙人口的28首金曲的精选，他的歌曲带有明显的由乡村民谣向摇滚乐过渡的特征，曲风清新质朴，欢快洒脱，作为一个杰出的吉他手、创作人和歌手，Chuck Berry影响了后世无数的摇滚大师，有人说，如果没有Chuck Berry，Beatles和Bob Dylan等人的出现全都是不可想像的。
这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第21位。
This is the place to start listening to Chuck Berry. The Great Twenty-Eight was a two-LP, single CD compilation that emerged during the early '80s, amid a brief period in which the Chess catalog was in the hands of the Sugar Hill label, a disco-oriented outfit that later lost the catalog to MCA. It has proved to be one of the most enduring of all compilations of Berry's work. Up until the release of this disc, every attempt at a compilation had either been too sketchy (the 1964 Greatest Hits album on Chess) or too demanding for the casual listener (the three Golden Decade double-LP sets), and this was the first set to find a happy medium between convenience and thoroughness. Veteran listeners will love this CD even if they learn little from it, while neophytes will want to play it to death. All of the cuts come from Berry's first nine years in music, including all of the major singles as well as relatively minor hits such as "Come On" (which was more significant in the history of rock & roll in its cover version performed by the Rolling Stones as their debut release). The sound is decent throughout (surprisingly, except for "Come On," which has some considerable noise), although it is considerably outclassed by the most recent round of remasterings. In the decades since its release, there have been more comprehensive collections of Berry's work, but this is the best single disc, if one can overlook the relatively lo-fi digital sound.

Texas Flood是SRV在1983年发行的第一张专辑，也是一张有着重大历史意义的唱片。八○年代初期，蓝调的市场不断萎缩，年轻人沈浸在Punk、New Wave和Disco的节奏里，蓝调被视为气数将尽的雕零乐种。然而这位28岁德州青年的处女作改变了一切，Texas Flood大卖数十万张，把蓝调重新送进了无数年轻人的床头音响，也开启了八○年代的蓝调复兴风潮。Stevie的故乡奥斯汀（Austin），也一跃成为新起的蓝调重镇。Stevie并不是石头里蹦出来的天才。在这张专辑出版之前，他已经玩了十几年的团，在老家奥斯汀附近转战无数酒吧与俱乐部，却一直没有被唱片公司发掘。1982年，他参加在瑞士Montreux举办的蓝调音乐节，受到台下的Jackson Browne和David Bowie大力赏识，Bowie邀请他替自己的Let's Dance专辑伴奏，并担任巡回演唱的暖场；Browne则愿意免费提供自己在洛杉矶的录音间给Stevie使用。有了Browne的慷慨相助，Stevie带着团员在巡回演唱的空档赶赴洛杉矶，他们只能在Jackson Browne的录音间停留三天，原本想录几首歌听听看效果如何，完全没有做一张专辑的打算。头两天他们只录了两首歌，到第三天，一切都出奇顺利，他们一口气录了八首歌，整张Texas Flood专辑就这样完成了。这卷母带后来被流行音乐史著名的星探John Hammond Sr.听见（他曾经发掘的艺人包括Billie Holiday，Bob Dylan，和BruceSpringsteen），Stevie才有了和大公司签约的机会。这张专辑在1983年由Columbia的子厂牌Epic发行，一位超级新星就此诞生。这张专辑是一场丰富的听觉飨宴，和Jimi Hendrix一样，Stevie的三件式乐队只有鼓、贝斯和他自己的吉他，并没有节奏吉他的编制。他在每一首歌里都同时弹节奏和主奏吉他，听起来简直像四只手同时在弹。从热火朝天的摇滚曲Love Struck Baby、Pride and Joy，到每个音符都浸满了怨忿情绪的慢板蓝调Texas Flood，乃至于充满爵士风情的抒情演奏曲Lenny，Stevie不仅在传统蓝调的领域里游刃有余，也勇于脱离十二小节蓝调的束缚，尝试各种音乐上的可能性。摇滚史上很少听到这么成熟、这么挥洒自得的处女作。Sony/Legacy重新发行经典艺人的作品，品质早有公论。这批重发SRV的历年作品，不仅音质比旧版精良，更多附了好几首新出土的珍贵录音，内页除了深入的专文介绍，还有许多首度曝光的照片，替这张经典专辑锦上添花。