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Chuck Berry - Is On Top (1959)

Track listing:
  1. Almost Grown 2:21
  2. Carol 2:49
  3. Maybellene 2:22
  4. Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller (Take 11) 2:23
  5. Anthony Boy 1:54
  6. Johnny B Goode 2:41
  7. Little Queenie 2:43
  8. Jo Jo Gune 2:47
  9. Roll Over Beethoven 2:24
  10. Around And Around 2:43
  11. Hey Pedro 1:57
  12. Blues For Hawaiians (Instrumental) 3:25
  13. Oh Yeah [Bonus] 2:36
  14. Time Was (Fast Version) [Bonus] 2:29
  15. House Of Blue Light [Bonus] 2:28
  16. Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller (Take 5) [Bonus] 2:29
  17. Long Fast Jam (Instrumental) [Bonus] 11:35
  18. Long Fast Jam (Instrumental) [Bonus] 11:14
  19. Run Rudolph Run [Bonus] 2:45
  20. Little Queenie (Take 8) [Bonus] 2:31
  21. That's My Desire [Bonus] 2:19
  22. Do You Love Me (Alternate) [Bonus] 2:24
  23. Do You Love Me [Bonus] 2:35

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Size: 149 MB
Bitrate: 256
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Ripped by: ChrisGoesRock
Artwork Included
Source: Japan SHM-CD Remaster

If you had to sweat all of Chuck Berry's early albums on Chess (and some, but not all, of his subsequent greatest-hits packages), this would be the one to own. The song lineup is exemplary, cobbling together classics like "Maybellene," "Carol," "Sweet Little Rock & Roller," "Little Queenie," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Around and Around," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Almost Grown." With the addition of the Latin-flavored "Hey Pedro," the steel guitar workout "Blues for Hawaiians," "Anthony Boy," and "Jo Jo Gunne," this serves as almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself. While this may be merely a collection of singles and album ballast (as were most rock & roll LPs of the 1950s and early '60s), it ends up being the most perfectly realized of Chuck Berry's career.

01. Almost Grown Berry 2:18
02. Carol Berry 2:44
03. Maybellene Berry, Fratto, Freed 2:18
04. Sweet Little Rock & Roller Berry 2:18
05. Anthony Boy Berry 1:50
06. Johnny B. Goode Berry 2:38
07. Little Queenie Berry 2:40
08. Jo Jo Gunne Berry 2:44
09. Roll over Beethoven Berry 2:20
10. Around and Around Berry 2:20
11. Hey Pedro Berry 1:54
12. Blues for Hawaiians Berry 3:22
+ 11 Bonus