Chuck Berry

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This quintessential release includes Chuck’s third LP, Berry Is on Top, originally released in July 1957 by Chess Records and long unavailable on vinyl. The album features 12 sensational numbers and was akin to a greatest hits sampler.

PERSONNEL:

CHUCK BERRY, vocals and guitar, plus:

SIDE 1 (1,4 & 5) / SIDE 2 (1): probably Willie Dixon (b), Johnnie Johnson (p),
Fred Below (d), Chuck Berry (overdubbed second guitar).
Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois. September 28, 1958.

SIDE 1 (2): G. Smith (b), Johnnie Johnson (p), Ebby Hardy (d), unknown percussion. Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois. May 2, 1958.

SIDE 1 (3) / SIDE 2 (7): Willie Dixon (b), Johnnie Johnson (p), Jasper Thomas or Ebby Hardy (d), Jerome Green (perc), unknown background vocals on side 2, track 7.
Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois. May 21, 1955.

SIDE 1 (6): Willie Dixon (b), Lafayette Leake (p), Fred Below (d).
Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois. December 29 & 30, 1957.

SIDE 1 (7): Willie Dixon (b), Otis Spann (p), Ebby Hardy (d).
Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois. December 20, 1955.

SIDE 2 (2): Fred Below (d), probably Chuck Berry (second guitar, overdubbed). Recorded in St. Louis, overdubbed in Chicago, September 1958.

SIDE 2 (3): Willie Dixon (b), Johnnie Johnson (p), Fred Below (d)
Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois. April 16, 1956.

Side 2 (4-6): Overdubbed second guitar, piano and drums by Chuck Berry.
Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, Illinois. February 28, 1958.


SIDE 1

01 ALMOST GROWN
02 CAROL
03 MAYBELLENE
04 SWEET LITTLE ROCK & ROLLER
05 ANTHONY BOY
06 JOHNNY B. GOODE
07 THE DOWNBOUND TRAIN (*)

SIDE 2

01 LITTLE QUEENIE
02 JO JO GUNNE
03 ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
04 AROUND AND AROUND
05 HEY PEDRO
06 BLUES FOR HAWAIIANS
07 RUN RUDOLPH RUN (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS