CHUCK BERRY - Berry Is On Top (Number One Essentials Reissue w/ 6 Bonus tracks) - LP - 180g Vinyl [MAY 9]

LP - Limited 180g Black Vinyl. Number One Essentials Edition featuring the complete album + 6 bonus tracks. 

Presented here is Chuck Berry's third LP, 'Berry Is On Top', originally released in July 1957 by Chess Records. Featuring twelve sensational numbers, together with the six bonus tracks, it constitutes a true Chuck Berry greatest hits release. It includes such perennial songs as 'Maybellene', 'Roll Over Beethoven', 'Almost Grown', 'Carol', 'Sweet Little Rock and Roller' and 'Johnny B. Goode.

"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."
- John Lennon

"Chuck is the granddaddy of us all. Even if you're a rock guitarist who wouldn't name him as your main influence, your main influence is probably still influenced by Chuck Berry. He is rock & roll in its pure essence."- Keith Richards

"If you had to sweat all of Chuck Berry's early albums on Chess, this would be the one LP to own. While this may be merely a collection of singles and album ballast, it ends up being the most perfectly realized of Chuck Berry's career."
- Quote by Cub Koda in his 5- star AllMusic review.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Almost Grown
2. Carol
3. Maybellene
4. Sweet Little Rock & Roller
5. Anthony Boy
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. The Downbound Train

Side B
1. Little Queenie
2. Jo Jo Gunne
3. Roll Over Beethoven
4. Around And Around
5. Hey Pedro
6. Blues For Hawaiians
7. Run Rudolph Run

CHUCK BERRY vocals and guitar, plus:Willie Dixon (bass), Johnnie Johnson (piano), Fred Below (drums), G. Smith (bass), Johnnie Johnson (piano), Ebby Hardy (drums), Jasper Thomas
or Ebby Hardy (drums), Otis Spann (piano),Produced by Leonard and Phil Chess.

Sessions recorded between 1955 and 1958 at Chess Studio, Chicago.