Chuck Berry / new year live NY 88 Palladium Theater (1CDR)

Setlist:
01. Intro
02. Instrumental
03. Roll Over Beethoven
04. School Days
05. Sweet Little Sixteen
06. Mean Old World
07. Let It Rock
08. Memphis
09. Rock and Roll Music
10. Key To The Highway *
11. Mojo Hand *
12. Johnny B. Goode
13. Tell Me You Love Me
14. Nadine
15. Around and Around
16. Wee Wee Hours
17. Carol > Little Queenie >
18. Reelin' and Rockin'

* Lead vocals by Ingrid Berry (Chuck's daughter)

This is a recording of a New Year's Eve concert held at the Palladium Theater in New York on December 31, 1988. Notably, Chuck performs alongside his beloved daughter, Ingrid Berry; the father-daughter collaboration makes for a truly dynamic and engaging recording. Welcoming the new year with Chuck Berry's finest rock 'n' roll is a quintessential New York experience, and the sound quality allows you to fully enjoy a performance that makes you truly envious of those who were there. The set is packed with rock classics; the show kicks off briskly with "Roll Over Beethoven," immediately energizing the crowd and putting Chuck in a great groove. He performs numbers like the Beatles-covered "Rock and Roll Music," and the father-daughter duo delivers a superb blues performance on "Key To The Highway." It is the kind of recording that naturally makes your body move to the rhythm. The highlight is "Johnny B. Goode," which sends the venue into a frenzy of excitement; the infectious energy—Chuck Berry's trademark—is so palpable that you might even feel as though you are right there in the audience. The sound quality is superb—likely derived from a digital transfer of a broadcast—offering top-notch fidelity. It is truly enviable to have welcomed the new year at a concert like this.