Chuck BerryBerry Is On Top

Label:

MCA Records – CH-9256

Series:

The Original Chess Masters

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Mono , Pinckneyville Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Rock & Roll

Tracklist

A1 Almost Grown
Guitar [2nd]Bo Diddley
2:18
A2 Carol
BassGeorge Smith (9)
DrumsEddie Hardy*
PercussionUnknown*
2:44
A3 Maybellene
DrumsJasper Thomas
MaracasJerome Green
2:18
A4 Sweet Little Rock & Roller 2:18
A5 Anthony Boy
Guitar [2nd]Bo Diddley
1:50
A6 Johnny B. Goode
PianoLafayette Leake
2:38
B1 Little Queenie
Guitar [2nd]Bo Diddley
2:40
B2 Jo Jo Gun
Guitar [2nd]Bo Diddley
2:44
B3 Roll Over Beethoven 2:20
B4 Around And Around
Piano, Bass, DrumsUnknown*
2:20
B5 Hey Pedro
BassGeorge Smith (9)
DrumsEddie Hardy*
PercussionUnknown*
1:54
B6 Blues For Hawaiians
Piano, Bass, DrumsUnknown Artist
3:22

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanySugar Hill Records Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗MCA Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©MCA Records, Inc.
  • Manufactured ByMCA Records, Inc.
  • Manufactured ByMCA Distributing Corporation
  • Distributed ByMCA Distributing Corporation
  • Lacquer Cut AtArtisan Sound Recorders
  • Pressed ByMCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
  • Published ByArc Music Corp.
  • Published ByIsalee Music Co.

Credits

  • Art Direction [Repackage]Vartan (4)
  • BassWillie Dixon (tracks: A1, A3 to B3)
  • Design [Repackage]DZN, The Design Group
  • DrumsFred Below (tracks: A1, A4 to B3)
  • GuitarChuck Berry
  • Liner NotesDon Kamerer
  • Liner Notes [Original Album]John Sippel
  • Photography ByDon Bronstein
  • PianoJohnny Johnson* (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Research, CoordinatorBob Schneiders
  • VocalsChuck Berry (tracks: A1 to B5)
  • Written-ByChuck Berry

Notes

Label variant to MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville, pressing denoted by "◈-P-◈" stamped in runouts.

Part of the "Original Chess Masters" reissue series in 1987. The release includes the original liner notes, along with an additional introduction by Don Kamerer. Each track is accompanied by the master number with additional recording information.

The musicians on several of the songs are not known and are listed in the credits as "unknown." Bo Diddley's credits are noted as "probably" in the credits. It is also noted that Chuck Berry plays both guitar parts on track B6, the second guitar overdubbed.

©1959, 1987 MCA Records, Inc. ℗1987 MCA Records, Inc.
MCA-Chess Records on spine.

Title on spine, front cover: Chuck Berry Is On Top

Track publishers:
A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4, B6: Arc Music Corp.-BMI
A3, B3, B5: Isalee Music Co.-BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 076732925614
  • Barcode (Text): 0 7673-29256-1 4
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MCA6565
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MCA6566
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): MCA 6565-ASR2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): MCA 6566-ASR2

Other Versions (5 of 47)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
Berry Is On Top (LP, Album, Mono) Chess LP 1435 US 1959
New Submission
Berry Is On Top (LP, Album, Mono) Quality LP 1435, V-1641 Canada 1959
New Submission
Berry Is On Top (LP, Album, Mono) Chess LP 1435, LP-1435, 1435 US 1959
New Submission
Berry Is On Top (LP, Album, Mono) Chess LP 1435 US 1959
New Submission
Berry Is On Top (LP, Album, Mono) Chess LP 1435 US 1959

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    radicalsalsa
    This is a rock and roll masterpiece, this pressing is great if you can’t procure an og!

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