Chuck BerryBerry Is On Top

Label:

Chess – GCH 8043

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Reissue

Country:

Italy

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Rock & Roll

Tracklist

A1 Almost Grown
Guitar [2nd]Bo Diddley
2:18
A2 Carol
BassGeorge Smith (9)
DrumsEddie Hardy*
PercussionUnknown Artist
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 Gunne
Guitar [2nd]Bo Diddley
2:44
B3 Roll Over Beethoven 2:20
B4 Around And Around
Piano, Bass, DrumsUnknown Artist
2:20
B5 Hey Pedro
BassGeorge Smith (9)
DrumsEddie Hardy*
PercussionUnknown Artist
1:54
B6 Blues For Hawaiians
Piano, Bass, DrumsUnknown Artist
3:22

Credits

  • Artwork By [Repackage Art Direction]Vartan
  • Artwork By [Repackage Design]Design Group, The
  • BassWillie Dixon (tracks: A1, A3 to B3)
  • DrumsFred Below (tracks: A1, A4 to B3)
  • Other [Research And Coordination]Bob Schneiders
  • PianoJohnny Johnson* (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Vocals, GuitarChuck Berry

Notes

"Esclusività per l'Italia / Licensed by Sugarhill Records Ltd".
Italian release of the "Original Chess Masters" reissue series -then after 1987- with same sleeve as the US one. 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 uncertain as well and are noted as "probably" in the credits. It is also noted that Chuck Berry plays both guitar parts on "Blues For Hawaiians."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 84815 00721 8
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): GCH 8043 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): GCH 8043 B

Other Versions (5 of 47)

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

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