A Collector's Dream: Chuck Berry Vinyl Rarities for sale

[UPDATE: All records listed here have found new homes at fellow collectors. Enjoy!]

Dear Chuck Berry collectors!

A friend of mine and fellow collector asked me to offer a selection of his Chuck Berry Vinyl records to the readers of this site. He says that he ran out of space and decided to stick with digital copies of these. So here is a stack of records most of us had only dreamed of a couple of years ago. These are some of the most sought-after records in every Chuck Berry collection. And here is a unique chance to get those you are missing.

All records below are very rare. They are in extremely nice condition, some even look unplayed. If you are interested in one or more of these, contact me at cbguide@crlf.de. The records are at my location, so I may be able to answer all your remaining questions. Shipping is from Germany to wherever you live. Records are sold for any reasonable amount as the seller asked me to find collectors by heart first before the remainder of the stack will show up on eBay during the upcoming months. If you need one of these, hurry up!

Now here's the list of records for sale - a collector's dream:

1. Trade Mark Of Quality S-206 (single LP)
   John Lennon (featuring Yoko Ono & Chuck Berry) - Telecasts
   the very first Chuck Berry bootleg was initially produced in the early 1970s. The copy for sale is a later pressing using the original JL-517 matrix number. It has completely unrelated labels. [sold]


2. Driving Wheel LP 1001 (single LP)
   Six Two Five
   The legendary concert for the BBC is probably one of Berry's best live performances ever. This is the early version of this rare bootleg. [sold]


3. reelin' 001 (single LP)
   America's Hottest Wax
   probably the most interesting of all Berry bootlegs, this record had 14 studio recordings from the Chess vaults, most of which had not been released at the time this bootleg became known. For sale is the later version of this bootleg having the printed blue cover. [sold]


4. Radiola MR-1087 (single LP)
   Rock 'n' Roll Radio
   this was the earliest record which contained the 1956 live performance from the Camel Rock'n'Roll Dance Party. Read more about this concert and record here.


5. A&M Records AMLM 66500 (2-LP set)
   American Hot Wax
   Dutch Pressing with German-language promo print "Unverkäufliches Muster"
   This record contains Berry's rare 1977 live performance for the Paramount film about Alan Freed.


6. East World WTP-90072 (single LP)
   Chuck Berry Tokyo Session
   this Japan-only album contains a live concert from 1981 for which no official CD version exists. A true Chuck Berry rarity. [sold]


7. Barca London L28N-1005 (single LP)
   The Day Of R&B
   the second Japan-only album containing a Japanese live concert this time from 1982 and only in excerpts. In addition the record has Sam Moore of Sam & Dave as well as the Japanese band RC Succession. [sold]


8. Vinyl Gang Productions (2-LP set)
   Chuck Berry / Keith Richards / The Rolling Stones - Let It Rock!
   recorded in 1982 at the Ritz in New York, three of the four album sides contain a typical Berry show. During the last numbers Ron Wood (not Keith Richards) steps in to help. The fourth side has eight Berry covers sung by the Stones. This concert is available on this bootleg Vinyl only. [sold]


9. Papa Records DS011 / Diamond Sounds LC1187 (single LP)
   Keith Richards - Still On The Road
   one of a thousand Keith Richards bootlegs, but a special one for the Berry collector as it contains two lengthy tracks from the 1986 birthday concert which did not make it to the film and soundtrack album. In addition there are two tracks of Keith jamming with Eric Clapton, another two with Lonnie Mack and a demo recording. The bootleg is numbered and on multicolor Vinyl. [sold]


10. Driving Wheel C7788 (single LP)
    Chuck Berry's Rock 'n' Roll Party with The Flying Saucers
    I haven't seen this bootleg offered for years, but here is one! This show was recorded in 1977 in Hamburg, Germany and has never made it to a CD release. [sold]


11. Checkmate 1955 (single LP)
    Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
    another Vinyl bootleg full of Berry material. With twenty tracks in total this combines several of the unreleased versions from America's Hottest Wax with some other rare recordings which were hard to get at that time. Also included is the Dutch "My name is Carlos Berrino" interview. Also of interest is the eight-page booklet which came with this record. [sold]


12. Radio Station Record (single LP)
    Retro Rock - Chuck Berry
    Airdate: week of June 21, 1982
    This Clayton Webster production is one of the earliest Chuck Berry radio show records. The music, nine Berry titles in total, are taken from the Toronto concert.


13. Radio Station Record (single LP)
    Dick Bartley's Solid Gold Scrapbook: Profile: Chuck Berry!
    Airdate: October 17, 1986
    close to Berry's 60th birthday, Dick Bartley produced this Chuck Berry special in which he combined twelve Berry recordings, one of which is the rare Oh Yeah, with Berry covers recorded by the Beatles, Buddy Holly, the Stones, the Beach Boys, and Elvis.


14. Radio Station Record (single LP)
    Solid Gold Scrapbook: Profile: Chuck Berry!
    Airdate: October 19, 1987
    a year later, Dick Bartley created another Chuck Berry special containing again twelve Berry classics and covers recorded by the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, Johnny Rivers, and Elvis.


15. Radio Station Record (single LP)
    Solid Gold Scrapbook: A Chuck Berry Birthday Salute
    Airdate: October 18, 1988
    in 1988 Unistar added an interview to their annual Chuck Berry birthday shows. This is the first show which contains four interview segments plus 15 Berry hits.


16. Radio Station Record (4-LP set)
    Dick Clark's Rock Roll & Remember
    Show: 352, airdate: November 5-6, 1988
    a Chuck Berry special containing 16 Berry classics, several Berry-related songs plus 12 interview segments, eight of which are talk by Chuck Berry, the remaining contain talk from Frankie Avalon, Toni Tennille, Ray Charles, and James Taylor. The Berry interview snippets are from the Unistar interview. This is the show which contains most parts of this interview. [sold]


17. Radio Station Record (single LP)
    Solid Gold Scrapbook: A Chuck Berry Birthday Salute
    Airdate: October 18, 1990
    a full hour of Chuck Berry consisting of 16 Berry recordings plus three interview segments which are from the Unistar interview as well.


18. Radio Station Record (3-LP set)
    Cruisin' America with Cousin Brucie
    Airdate: April 22-24, 1988
    contains a ten-minute Chuck Berry In Concert segment edited from the On Stage and London Sessions albums


19. Reel 'n Rock JN 5705
    Go, Johnny Go!
    Australian reprint of the classic and ultra-rare promotional record containing the soundtrack of the Hal Roach film. There are two Berry songs and two by the Cadillacs, one each by Eddie Cochran, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Harvey of the Moonglows, the Flamingoes, and Jo Ann Campbell plus various unreleased songs from the movie sung by Jimmy Clanton and Sandy Stewart.