Bear Family’s massive Chuck Berry box will be up for pre-order this week as Mr. Berry is awarded the Polar Music prize, so why not reveal a bit more about the contents of the set… here’s a listing of the live recordings on discs 12 – 16 which accompany the “Complete Studio Recordings”:
Camel Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party (May/June 1956): Maybeline • Roll Over Beethoven
Newport Jazz Festival (July 5, 1958): Introduction • Schooldays (School Day) • No Money Down • Sweet Little Sixteen • Johnny Be Goode
Walled Lake Casino, Detroit (October 25, 1963) FIRST SET: Introduction • Guitar Boogie • Johnny B Goode • Sweet Little Sixteen • School Day • Memphis • Maybellene • Rock And Roll Music • Dust My Broom • Instrumental Boogie • Too Much Monkey Business • Johnny B Goode
SECOND SET: Rock At The Philharmonic • Memphis • Guitar Boogie • Let It Rock • Wee Wee Hours • Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnnie B Goode/Let It Rock/ Rock & Roll Music
Walled Lake Casino, Detroit (October 26, 1963) FIRST SET: Introduction • Guitar Boogie • Let It Rock • Almost Grown • Chuck Berry Dialogue • Memphis • Johnny B Goode
SECOND SET: Introduction • Instrumental Boogie • Sweet Little Sixteen • Wee Wee Hours • Chuck Berry Dialogue • Maybellene • Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnny B Goode/Let It Rock/School Day
BBC Radio ‘Saturday Club’ (May 11, 1964): School Days • Memphis Tennessee • Sweet Little Sixteen • Interview • Nadine • Johnny B. Goode
Fillmore Auditorium (June 27, 1967): Introduction • Rockin’ At The Fillmore • Everyday I Have The Blues • C.C. Rider • Driftin’ Blues • Feelin’ It • Flying Home
Fillmore Auditorium (June 29, 1967): I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man • It Hurts Me Too • Good Morning Little Schoolgirl • Fillmore Blues • Wee Baby Blues • Bring Another Drink • Worried Life Blues • Reelin’ And Rockin’ • My Ding-A-Ling • Johnny B. Goode
Toronto Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival (September 13, 1969): Rock And Roll Music • Nadine • School Day (Long Live Rock And Roll) • (In The) Wee Wee Hours • Johnny B. Goode/Carol/Promised Land • Hoochie Coochie Man • Memphis Tennessee • Too Much Monkey Business • Reelin’ And Rockin’ • Sweet Little Sixteen • My Ding-A-Ling • Bonsoir Cherie • Johnny B. Goode • Maybelline
Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry (February 3, 1972): Introduction • Roll Over Beethoven • Nadine • Sweet Little Sixteen • Instrumental (testing) • Roll ‘Em Pete • Around And Around • It Hurts Me Too • Promised Land • Reelin’ And Rockin’ • My Ding-A-Ling • Johnny B. Goode
BBC Television Theatre, London (March 29, 1972): South Of The Border
Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles (Late 1977): Reelin’ And Rockin’ / Roll Over Beethoven