Chuck On Stage…

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

What’s Cookin’

The fabulous “Calypso Craze” box from Bear Family will be in the shops in a couple of days – the set includes a big, fat and colorful book with mondo Calypso: lots of rare photos, even rarer record sleeves and curious magazine articles.

 

 

We’ve been busy the last couple of months with the “Complete Chuck Berry” box; this is now being manufactured and will be released in October. More details to follow soon… and here’s a pack shot:

Cover illustrations were created by Reinhard Kleist, who (you may remember) also did a series of beautiful drawings for Bear Family’s Hank Snow CDs.

 

We also finished two books for a November release – it’s the return of Bear Family Books!

 

And finally, a wonderful foreword for the Chuck Wagon Gang landed on our wooden desk, written by the Zelig of Country Music, Mr. Marty Stuart. Thanks Marty!