CBID - Cover versions on DVD

CBID is never complete as new records and CDs appear and some old rarities are discovered. This section presents interesting additions and corrections to CBID.

Today: You can add this release to both the DVD and the Cover Versions sections of CBID.

DVD

BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN
Liberation Hall LIB-4057 • Germany, 2020
(Black & white/Colour 54 minutes + 26 minutes)

Carol – Chuck Berry, “Hail, Hail Rock & Roll” movie 1986 / Maybellene – Chuck Berry, Chess 1955 / Wee Wee Hours – Chuck Berry, Chess 1955 / You Can’t Catch Me – Chuck Berry, “Rock, Rock, Rock” movie 1956 / Around And Around – The Rolling Stones, “The T.A.M.I Show” (“Gather No Moss” UK) 1964 / Roll Over Beethoven – The Beatles, Washington Coliseum concert 1964 / Johnny B. Goode – Jimi Hendrix, “Jimi Plays Berkeley” 1971 / Back In The USA – Linda Ronstadt, “Hail, Hail Rock & Roll” movie 1986 / Nadine – Chuck Berry, “Hail, Hail Rock & Roll” movie 1986 / Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry, BBC TV show “Sounds For Saturday” 1972 / (Johnny B. Goode – Paul Shaffer & His Band, “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame” induction 1986) see below / Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry & Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame” Grand Opening concert 1995 / Roll Over Beethoven – Jeff Lynn & Electric Light Orchestra, “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame” induction 2017 / Carol – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “Soundstage” 2003 / Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Paul McCartney, “Live at the Cavern Club” 1999 / Let It Rock – Chuck Berry, BBC TV show “Sounds For Saturday” 1972 / Memphis, Tennessee - Chuck Berry, BBC TV show “Sounds For Saturday” 1972

Bonus: 26 minute interview with Chuck from the German TV show “Beat Club, 24 March 1972. (See page 2037 “The Lost Broadcasts” in Vol. 4.)

This could be a bootleg but who cares(?) Good picture and sound quality. This documentary has been transmitted on various TV stations but so far very few have seen it, therefore this DVD is a welcome addition. The best performance is by all means Tom Petty’s version of “Carol” !!! What a drive and what a band. This documentary is more like a musical tribute to Berry than the other documentaries coming out lately. All performances are complete with no interruptions.

Note: The Paul Shaffer performance from the induction in 1986 is not featured although it’s printed on the back cover. I have tried to find it on You Tube but it’s not there either.

When Jeff Lynne starts off with “Roll Over Beethoven” there’s a big screen behind showing a picture of Chuck Berry. This song was ELO’s first hit in the USA in 1973. Also he was inducteed in 2017 not 2016 as printed on the back cover.

I have searched for Liberation Hall (printed on the back cover) to see what turned up and they actually have a website and there seems to be some other releases like The Blasters, The Flamin’ Groovies, Commander Cody and more according to discogs. So maybe it’s not a bootleg after all (?)