Purple Chick Presents...
CHUCK BERRY - YOU CAN'T LOSE IT -24CDs
All the (rest of the) Chuck Berry you need and more
First, buy the Bear Family 16CD box set.
Then buy the 2017 posthumous "Chuck" CD.
Without those, this set makes no sense.
In this collection you will find:
- All the studio recordings that aren't on the above releases
- All commercially bootlegged concerts, remastered where necessary
- The 60th Birthday shows complete* for the first time
- Additional, significant live recordings
- Perhaps a surprise or two
Because of these parameters, some of concerts have great sound and
great performances (i.e. the 1972 BBC and 60th birthday shows).
Others have dire sound and/or dire performances.
If you're feeling picky, try these discs first:
01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24
These are the studio recordings, plus the best sounding shows from
different decades. Others may prefer a different selection entirely!
Purple Chick collections are always fan created and NEVER FOR SALE
DISC ONE - Studio Recordings 1957-1958
024b La Jaunda (Español) [ep version]
028b Rock and Roll Music [alternate take]
033 Sweet Little Sixteen [original demo longer ending]
034c Sweet Little Sixteen [take 3]
034g Sweet Little Sixteen [take 8]
034j Sweet Little Sixteen [take 11]
034m Sweet Little Sixteen [master - original speed]
037b Night Beat [take 3] [instrumental]
038c Time Was [slow version, take 4]
039a Reelin' and Rockin' [take 1]
039f Reelin' and Rockin' [take 7]
039g Reelin' and Rockin' [take 8]
041b Johnny B. Goode [take 1]
041c Johnny B. Goode [take 2]
041d Johnny B. Goode [take 3]
042c Around and Around [overdub take 2]
042d Around and Around [overdub take 3]
043d Ingo [overdub take 3]
047d Beautiful Delilah [takes 15 and 16]
049j 21 [take 14]
055b Carol [alternate piano overdub 1]
055b Carol [alternate piano overdub 2]
063f Anthony Boy [take 6]
064e Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller [take 5]
067j Merry Christmas Baby [album version]
069b Little Queenie [take 8]
DISC TWO - Studio Recordings 1959-1995
071b Do You Love Me [alternate take]
072b Almost Grown [take 14]
072c Almost Grown [take 28]
075b Blue on Blue [take 3]
078h Betty Jean [take 14]
078k Betty Jean [take 17]
080p Childhood Sweetheart [alternate take]
082b I Just Want to Make Love to You [take 3]
083i Broken Arrow [take 21]
084c Let it Rock [alternate mix]
085e Too Pooped to Pop [take 4A]
116b Go Go Go [alternate take]
152b Nadine [stereo remix]
154c The Little Girl From Central [stereo]
163b O Rangutang [unfaded]
164b Big Ben [Blues] [stereo]
165b Promised Land [stereo remix]
167 No Particular Place to Go [stereo remix]
178 Little Marie [stereo remix]
183 I Want to be Your Driver [stereo remix]
195a Nadine [BBC Top Gear]
196a Promised Land [BBC Top Gear]
197a No Particular Place to Go [BBC Top Gear]
234a Oh Captain [original unsynched]
990 YMCA Radio Spot
991 Ridin' Along in my GTI
992 Go Shabba Go [with Shabba Ranks]
993 Independence Air Commercial
994 Independence Air Safety Briefings
DISC THREE - Live 1964-1965
T.A.M.I. Show
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
28th October, 1964
(released on DVD)
01 intro
02 Johnny B. Goode
03 Maybellene
04 Sweet Little Sixteen
05 Nadine
Face au Public - RTB-TV
Universal Studios, Waterloo, Belgium
26th February, 1965
(released on Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live!)
(alternate source used here)
06 intro
07 Maybellene
08 The Things I Used to Do
09 Roll Over Beethoven
10 Memphis, Tennessee
11 No Particular Place to Go
12 Promised Land
13 Johnny B. Goode
Music-Hall de France - ORTF 1
Salle des Fêtes, Montrouge, France
11th April, 1965
(released on Live! Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club - 1981)
(alternate source used here)
14 intro
15 Roll Over Beethoven
16 Wee Wee Hours
17 Let it Rock - Bonsoir Cherie
Bonus: Musicorama, France, 1965 and 21 February, 1967
18 intro
19 You Never Can Tell
20 Roll Over Beethoven
DISC FOUR - Live 1967 Winterland
Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
18th March, 1967
(released on Check Me Out!)
01 School Day
02 Sweet Little Sixteen
03 Memphis, Tennessee
04 Vagabond's House
05 Let it Rock
06 My Ding-a-Ling
07 Reelin' and Rockin'
08 Roll Over Beethoven
09 Bonsoir Cherie
10 Johnny B. Goode
11 Promised Land
Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
26th December, 1967
(released on Check Me Out!)
12 Let it Rock
13 banter
14 Instrumental
15 Back in the USA
16 Memphis, Tennessee
17 Nadine
18 No Particular Place to Go
19 Don't You Lie to Me
20 Sweet Little Sixteen
DISC FIVE - Winterland plus
Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
29th December, 1967
(released on Check Me Out!)
01 Around and Around
02 Rock and Roll Music
03 Sweet Little Sixteen
04 Memphis, Tennessee
05 Mean Old Wold
06 Nadine
07 Let it Rock
08 Promised Land
09 Bonsoir Cherie
10 Johnny B. Goode
11 Don't You Lie to Me
12 Johnny B. Goode (reprise)
13 My Ding-a-Ling
14 Bye Bye Johnny
The Mike Douglas Show - WBC-TV/CBS
Westinghouse TV Studio, Philadelphia, PA
16th February, 1972
(released on John Lennon Telecasts)
(alternate source used here)
15 intro
16 Memphis, Tennessee [with John Lennon]
17 interview
18 Johnny B. Goode [with John Lennon]
DISC SIX - Bremen - London plus
Radio Bremen TV Studio, Bremen, Germany
24th March, 1972
(released on The Lost Broadcasts)
01 Memphis, Tennessee
02 Let it Rock
03 Wee Wee Hours [breakdown]
04 Wee Wee Hours
05 Let it Rock [breakdown]
06 Carol
07 You Never Can Tell [rehearsal]
08 You Never Can Tell
09 School Day
10 Roll Over Beethoven
11 Johnny B. Goode
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, UK
5th August, 1972
(released on The London Rock And Roll Show)
(alternate source used here)
12 School Day
13 Memphis, Tennessee
14 Sweet Little Sixteen
15 Mean Ole Frisco - Beer Drinkin' Woman
16 Wee Wee Hours
17 Let it Rock - Carol - Little Queenie
18 Reelin' and Rockin'
19 Instrumental
Don Kirshner's "In Concert" - ABC
Hofstra Playhouse, Hempstead, NY
2nd November, 1972
(released on Check Me Out!)
20 Roll Over Beethoven
21 Carol - Little Queenie
22 Johnny B. Goode
23 My Ding-a-Ling
DISC SEVEN - at the BBC
Sounds For Saturday - BBC2
BBC Television Theatre, Shepherds Bush, London, UK
29th March, 1972
(released on Live at the BBC)
(alternate source used here)
01 Roll Over Beethoven
02 School Day
03 Sweet Little Sixteen
04 Memphis, Tennessee
05 Too Much Monkey Business
06 South of the Border
07 Beer Drinkin' Woman
08 Let it Rock
09 Mean Old World
10 Carol
11 Rock and Roll Music
12 Liverpool Drive
13 Promised Land
14 Reelin' and Rockin'
15 Nadine
16 My Ding-a-Ling
17 Bye Bye Johnny
18 Bonsoir Cherie
19 Johnny B. Goode
DISC EIGHT - Meets Matchbox
De Zandkuil Open Air Theatre, Lochem, The Netherlands
19th May, 1977
(released on Chuck Berry Meets Matchbox)
01 Liverpool Drive
02 Carol
03 Little Queenie
04 School Day
05 Sweet Little Sixteen
06 Memphis, Tennessee
07 Let it Rock
08 Everyday I Have the Blues
09 Wee Wee Hours
10 Bio
11 Promised Land
12 You Never Can Tell
13 My Ding-a-Ling
14 Johnny B. Goode
15 Reelin' and Rockin'
DISC NINE - Rock 'n' Roll Party plus
Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany
21st May, 1977
(released on Chuck Berry's Rock'n'Roll Party with The Flying Saucers LP)
01 Roll Over Beethoven
02 School Day
03 Sweet Little Sixteen
04 Let it Rock
05 Maybellene
06 Memphis, Tennessee
07 Promised Land
08 Nadine
09 Too Much Monkey Business
10 No Money Down
11 Little Queenie
12 Around and Around
13 You Never Can Tell
14 Dust my Broom
15 Reelin' and Rockin'
The Midnight Special - NBC
NBC Studios, Burbank, CA
10 December, 1973 (broadcast)
(16 and 17 released on Bee Gees: Down The Road)
(alternate source used here)
16 Reelin' and Rockin'
17 Johnny B. Goode
18 Maybellene
DISC TEN - Hail Hail Seattle
Bumbershoot Seattle Arts Festival - KISW Radio
Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA
1st September, 1980
(mostly released on Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live!)
(alternate source used here)
01 intro
02 Rock at the Philharmonic
03 School Day
04 Sweet Little Sixteen
05 Roll Over Beethoven
06 Memphis, Tennessee
07 Rock and Roll Music
08 Maybellene
09 Carol
10 Little Queenie
11 You Don't Have to Go - Louisiana Blues
12 Bio
13 Around and Around
14 Baby What You Want Me to Do
15 Promised Land
16 Johnny B. Goode
17 Reelin' and Rockin'
DISC ELEVEN - Wolf and Rissmiller's Country Club
Wolf and Rissmiller's Country Club, Reseda, CA
17th January, 1981
(released on Live! Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club - 1981)
01 Maybellene
02 Memphis, Tennessee
03 School Day
04 Roll Over Beethoven
05 Sweet Little Sixteen
06 Carol
07 Little Queenie
08 You Don't Have to Go - Louisiana Blues
09 Bio
10 Nadine
11 Johnny B. Goode
12 Reelin' and Rockin'
13 House Lights
14 Maybellene [second show]
DISC TWELVE - Tokyo Session
Shinjuku Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
27th April, 1981
(released on Chuck Berry Tokyo Session)
01 Roll Over Beethoven
02 Wee Wee Hours
03 Sweet Little Sixteen
04 Rock and Roll Music
05 Carol
06 Little Queenie
07 Bio
08 Johnny B. Goode
09 My Ding-a-Ling
10 Memphis, Tennessee
Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan
29th April, 1981
(School Day released on Chuck Berry Tokyo Session)
11 intro
12 Roll Over Beethoven
13 Rock and Roll Music
14 Sweet Sixteen
15 Let It Rock
16 School Day
17 Carol
18 Little Queenie
19 Johnny B. Goode
20 My Ding-a-Ling
21 Reelin' and Rockin'
DISC THIRTEEN - Let It Rock
The Ritz, New York, NY
21st February, 1982
(released on Let It Rock! LP)
(alternate source used here)
01 Roll Over Beethoven
02 Sweet Little Sixteen
03 School Day
04 Rock at the Philharmonic
05 Memphis, Tennessee
06 Let it Rock
07 intro
08 Baby What You Want Me to Do - Mean Old World
09 Carol
10 Little Queenie
11 Johnny B. Goode [with Ron Wood]
12 Everyday I Have the Blues [with Ron Wood]
13 Reelin' and Rockin' [with Ron Wood]
14 House Lights [with Ron Wood]
DISC FOURTEEN - Live at the Roxy plus
Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, California
Summer 1982
(released on Live!)
01 Roll Over Beethoven
02 School Day
03 Sweet Little Sixteen
04 Nadine
05 Let it Rock
06 Promised Land
07 Memphis, Tennessee
08 Johnny B. Goode
09 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
10 Too Much Monkey Business
11 Carol
12 Little Queenie
13 Rock and Roll Music [with Tina Turner]
14 Instrumental
15 Reelin' and Rockin'
Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
7th August, 1982
(released on The Day Of R&
16 Bio
17 Johnny B. Goode
DISC FIFTEEN - Live on Stage plus
Wirrina Sports Stadium, Peterborough, UK
3rd September, 1983
(released on Live on Stage)
01 School Day
02 Sweet Little Sixteen
03 Roll Over Beethoven
04 Everyday I Have the Blues
05 Bio
06 Maybellene
07 Mountain Dew
08 Let it Rock
09 Carol
10 Little Queenie
11 Key to the Highway
12 Got my Mojo Working
13 Reelin' and Rockin'
14 Johnny B. Goode
HBO TV
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
(released on Rock'n'Roll All Star Jam )
25th October, 1985
15 My Ding-a-Ling
16 Bio
17 Rock and Roll Music [with Chuck Negron]
DISC SIXTEEN - Chicago Blues Festival
3rd Annual Chicago Blues Festival, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
6th June, 1986
(11 and 12 released on Keith Richards - Bloody Red Rooster)
(alternate source used here)
01 intro
02 Roll Over Beethoven
03 School Day
04 Sweet Little Sixteen
05 Everyday I Have the Blues
06 Memphis, Tennessee
07 Baby What You Want Me to Do
08 Around and Around
09 Maybellene
10 Rock and Roll Music
11 Johnny B. Goode [with Keith Richards]
12 It Hurts Me Too [with Keith Richards]
13 Flying Home [with Keith Richards]
14 Reelin' and Rockin' [with Keith Richards]
15 House Lights [with Keith Richards]
DISC SEVENTEEN - 60th Birthday Celebrations rehearsals
Cosmopolitan Club, St. Louis
8th October, 1986
(released on Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll CD and DVD)
01 Maybellene
02 Instrumental 1
03 Instrumental 2
04 Bio
Location Unknown
05 Seeking and Searching [with Little Richard]
Berry Park, St. Louis, MO
10-14 October, 1986
06 Come On [Robert Cray and Ingrid Berry]
07 Carol [rehearsals]
08 Carol
09 Instrumental
10 It Don't Take But a Few Minutes [vocal rehearsal with Eric Clapton]
11 It Don't Take But a Few Minutes [with Eric Clapton]
12 Guitar Jam
13 Hoochie Coochie Girl [Etta James]
14 Mean Old World
15 I'm Through With Love
16 Heart and Soul Medley
17 House of Blue Lights
18 Frim-Fram Sauce
19 a Cottage for Sale
20 Blues for Hawaiians
Robbie Robertson's House
21 The King's Ring [with Robbie Robertson]
22 The Day is Done
23 Vagabond's House
Alternate Versions
Music recorded 17th October, 1986
Vocal overdubs recorded later
24 Maybellene [CD vocal overdub]
25 Roll Over Beethoven [CD vocal overdub]
26 Roll Over Beethoven [Movie vocal overdub]
DISC EIGHTEEN - 60th Birthday Celebrations early show
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
16th October, 1986
(released on Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll CD and DVD; and
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Rehearsals)
01 Around and Around [with later vocal overdub]
02 No Money Down
03 Back in the USA [with Linda Ronstadt]
04 Sweet Little Sixteen
05 Memphis, Tennessee
06 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man [with Robert Cray]
07 Nadine
08 Too Much Monkey Business
09 Almost Grown
10 Little Queenie
11 Wee Wee Hours [with Eric Clapton]
12 No Particular Place to Go
13 Jam
14 Jo Jo Gunne
15 Havana Moon [rehearsal]
16 Havana Moon
17 One of these Days [with Eric Clapton]
18 Rock and Roll Music
19 Reelin' and Rockin'
DISC NINETEEN - 60th Birthday Celebrations late show
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
16th October, 1986
(released on Wolfgang's Concert Vault;
Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll CD and DVD; and
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Rehearsals)
01 intro
02 Maybellene
03 Around and Around
04 No Money Down
05 Sweet Little Sixteen
06 Roll Over Beethoven
07 Jam 1
08 Jam 2
09 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man [with Robert Cray]
10 Nadine
11 Too Much Monkey Business
12 Johnny B. Goode [with Julian Lennon]
13 Jam 3
14 Almost Grown
15 Little Queenie
16 Wee Wee Hours [with Eric Clapton]
17 No Particular Place to Go
18 Jam 4
19 Jam 5
20 Havana Moon 1
21 Havana Moon 2
22 Jo Jo Gunne
23 Everyday I Have the Blues [with Robert Cray]
24 Rock and Roll Music [with Etta James]
25 Hoochie Coochie Man [with Etta James]
26 Jam 6
27 School Day
DISC TWENTY - Sweet, Sweet Rock And Roll
Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland
(with Johnnie Johnson]
24th July, 1987
(released on Sweet, Sweet Rock And Roll)
01 Roll Over Beethoven
02 School Day
03 Sweet Little Sixteen
04 Wee Wee Hours
05 Let it Rock
06 Nadine
07 Dust my Broom
08 Rock and Roll Music
09 Memphis, Tennessee
10 Caravan
11 Johnny B. Goode
12 Reelin' and Rockin'
DISC TWENTY ONE - Bramlea
Live at Chinguacousy Park, Bramlea, Ontario
7th August, 1987
(Chuck turned up in a bad mood, the airline lost his
bag, clothes and guitar, and ended up firing his band.)
01 intro
02 Roll Over Beethoven
03 Sweet Little Sixteen
04 Everyday I Have the Blues
05 School Day [Chuck fires the band]
06 Beer Drinkin' Woman [solo]
07 Carol [solo]
08 Little Queenie [solo]
09 Nadine [solo]
10 Memphis, Tennessee [solo]
11 Let it Rock [solo]
12 Around and Around [the band returns]
13 Rock and Roll Music
14 Wee Wee Hours
15 Mean Old World
16 Johnny B. Goode
Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan
12th August, 1989
(released on New Gigs '89)
17 Roll Over Beethoven
18 Let it Rock
19 You Don't Have to Go
20 Johnny B. Goode
DISC TWENTY TWO - Tha Palladium New York plus
Palladium Theater, New York, NY
31st December, 1989
(released on Live The Palladium New York '88)
01 intro
02 Instrumental
03 Roll Over Beethoven
04 School Day
05 Sweet Little Sixteen
06 Mean Old World
07 Let it Rock
08 Memphis, Tennessee
09 Rock and Roll Music
10 Key to the Highway
11 Got my Mojo Working
12 Johnny B. Goode
13 Honest I Do
14 Nadine
15 Around and Around
16 Wee Wee Hours
17 Carol
18 Little Queenie
19 Reelin' and Rockin'
20 House Lights
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
The Grand Ballroom, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York ,NY
19th January, 1994
(22 released on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Vol. 2: 1992-1994)
21 Roll Over Beethoven
22 Wang Dang Doodle [with Bob Weir]
DISC TWENTY THREE - Tramps plus
Tramps, New York, NY
17th September, 1994
(released at Wolfgang's Concert Vault)
01 intro
02 Instrumental
03 Roll Over Beethovenl
04 School Day
05 Sweet Little Sixteen
06 Wee Wee Hours
07 Let it Rock
08 Mean Old World
09 Nadine
10 South of the Border
11 Memphis, Tennessee
12 Carol
13 Little Queenie
14 Honest I Do
15 3-4 Time
16 Bio
17 Johnny B. Goode
18 My Ding-a-Ling
19 Reelin' and Rockin'
Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH
2nd September, 1995
(released on The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame)
(20 released on Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Volume 3: 1995)
20 Johnny B. Goode [with Bruce Springsteen]
21 Rock and Roll Music
DISC TWENTY FOUR - AVO Session plus
AVO Session, Basel, Switzerland
13th November, 2007
01 Wee Wee Hours
02 Let it Rock
03 Memphis, Tennessee
04 Everyday I Have the Blues
05 You Never Can Tell
06 Carol
07 Little Queenie
08 My Ding-a-Ling
09 Around and Around
10 You Never Can Tell
11 Johnny B. Goode
12 House Lights
12 Reelin' and Rockin'
Mabee Center, Tulsa, OK
14th June, 2008
(released on Dover Soul)
13 Johnny B. Goode
14 House Lights