Chuck Berry Berry Is on Top (Chess 75 Series) 180g LP (Mono) 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Chess
Size: 12"
Format: 33RPM,

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Chuck Berry Berry Is on Top (Chess 75 Series) 180g LP (Mono)

Chuck Berry

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SKU:
CHESLP54903
UPC:
602478549038
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Coming January 16, 2026 pre-order your copy today!

Mono 180g Vinyl LP Pressed at QRP!
Chess Records 75 Series!
Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab!

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Chuck Berry didn't just play rock 'n' roll; he invented its swagger. Released in 1959 on Chess Records, Berry Is on Top is where Berry slammed his flag into the musical mountaintop and declared, "This land is rock 'n' roll, and I own the real estate." This album and its anthems that built rock — "Johnny B. Goode," "Roll Over Beethoven" — was a starter kit for everything that came after. The riffs? Every garage band you've ever heard learned them here. The attitude? Let's just say Elvis may have swiveled his hips but Chuck wrote the manual.

Chess Records was the beating heart of American music in the 1950s — the place where blues went electric, soul started to simmer, and rock 'n' roll took its first wild steps. With Berry, and others, Chess didn't just join the rock 'n' roll revolution, they launched it. Berry Is on Top showed that blues roots and a country twang could collide and create something explosive!

Berry Is on Top is a cornerstone of rock, where swagger met swing, and a guitar god was born.

Bring home the sound of America's greatest blues label in high fidelity with the Chess Records 75th Anniversary Series. These audiophile reissues of classic albums and compilations from the Chess discography are remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Quality Record Pressings (QRP). Each disc is packaged in tip-on gatefold sleeves printed on high-grade board.

Features

  • Chess 75 Series
  • 180g Vinyl LP
  • Mono
  • Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes & Cut to Lacquer by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab at Blue Heaven Studios
  • Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
  • Archival Quality Tip-On Gatefold Jacket

Selections

Side 1:

  1. Almost Grown
  2. Carol
  3. Maybellene
  4. Sweet Little Rock & Roller
  5. Anthony Boy
  6. Johnny B. Goode

Side 2:

  1. Little Queenie
  2. Jo Jo Gunne
  3. Roll Over Beethoven
  4. Around and Around
  5. Hey Pedro
  6. Blues for Hawaiians

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