Chuck Berry - Berry Is On Top

Styles: Vocal And Guitar 
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:00
Size: 69,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:19)  1. Almost Grown
(2:46)  2. Carol
(2:19)  3. Maybelline
(2:19)  4. Sweet Little Rock & Roller
(1:49)  5. Anthony Boy
(2:39)  6. Johnny B. Goode
(2:40)  7. Little Queenie
(2:45)  8. Jo Jo Gun
(2:22)  9. Roll Over Beethoven
(2:39) 10. Around And Around
(1:55) 11. Hey Pedro
(3:23) 12. Blues For Hawaiians

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. ~ Cub Koda https://www.allmusic.com/album/chuck-berry-is-on-top-mw0000198378

Personnel:  Chuck Berry – vocals, guitars;  Bo Diddley – electric guitar;  Johnnie Johnson, Lafayette Leake – piano;  Willie Dixon – double bass;  George Smith – bass;  Fred Below, Ebbie Hardy, Jaspar Thomas – drums;  Jerome Green – maracas;  The Moonglows – backing vocals

Berry Is On Top

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Various - American Graffiti (Highlights)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:43
Size: 109.3 MB
Styles: Oldies
Year: 1973/1998
Art: Front

[2:09] 1. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
[2:16] 2. Del Shannon - Runaway
[2:17] 3. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
[2:14] 4. Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day
[2:18] 5. Chuck Berry - Almost Grown
[2:37] 6. The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
[2:06] 7. The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
[2:07] 8. The Regents - Barbara Ann
[2:00] 9. The Crickets - Maybe Baby
[2:24] 10. Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame
[2:38] 11. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
[3:20] 12. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
[2:42] 13. The Five Satins - To The Aisle
[2:39] 14. The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
[1:55] 15. Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen
[1:50] 16. The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9
[2:35] 17. The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
[2:39] 18. The Platters - Only You (And You Alone)
[2:42] 19. The Spaniels - Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
[2:05] 20. The Beach Boys - All Summer Long

In 1998, the original two-album set gets reduced to a single compact-disc selection to coincide with the 25th anniversary re-release of the original motion picture American Graffiti -- hence this best-of compilation, a curious release in and of itself. Still utilizing voice-overs from the late disc jockey Wolfman Jack, who had a memorable cameo in the movie, American Graffiti Highlights: 25th Anniversary Edition pares the original two-disc set down to highlights from Chuck Berry ("Johnny B. Goode," "Almost Grown"), Buddy Holly ("That'll Be the Day," "Maybe Baby"), the Platters ("Only You," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"), great rocking one-shots from Fats Domino, Del Shannon, Johnny Burnette, Bill Haley, and the Beach Boys, and plenty of great doo wop from the Spaniels, the Skyliners, the Clovers, Dell Vikings, the Five Satins, the Flamingos, the Regents, and the Diamonds. Even in this truncated 20-track form, this is still one great little oldies compilation to add to the collection. ~Cub Koda

American Graffiti (Highlights)

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