Jerry Lee Lewis Video:

		List Price: $8.98		Label: St Clair Vision Salesrank: 135257 Released: January 5, 2004
		Our Price: $11.99
		Used Price: $42.00
		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

The London Rock & Roll Show Reviews:
The Endless Music
2007-10-16 - If you need to know every musical detail of Chuck Berry's long rock and roll career give this a pass. If you need to know the history of the black contribution to the rise of rock and roll in the 1950's by such legends as Little Richard, Bo Didderly and the aforementioned give this a pass. You can find all of that and much more on the 4-disc tribute Hail, Hail Rock and Roll by Taylor Hackford in celebration of Chuck's 60th birthday. However, if you want a flat out good one hour and a half of straight rock and roll music by the legends listed above along with `bad boy' Jerry Lee Lewis and others the this is your stop.

This 1972 concert only shows it age on the question of the fashion statements made by the audience at the time. The music by Lewis, Little Richard and Bo Didderly reprises their classic hits and other tunes that go back into historic memory of the rise of rock and rock in the fifties. These guys are all middle-aged at the time and may have lost a step but they still can belt out the tunes. Special tribute should be paid to Chuck Berry's performance, despite a strange interruption by some technical snafu at the end, who pulls out all the stops musically, stylistically and just giving off good vibes.


Not What You Are Being Told it is.
2007-05-12 - This DVD (the one with the British flag as part of the picture) is not what is being claimed. It does have Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry singing. It does not have all those extras that the other reviewers talk about. Like Screaming Lord Sutch, and that Magician. It is only 50 minutes long, although all info about it, including the case it comes in claims that it is 84 minutes long. So just be aware that you are not getting what you might believe you are getting. As for the actual DVD. Not that great. Jerry Lee really seems off in this one (his voice sounds shot). Little Richard sings ok if you like screeching. He seems very hostile, and that does not endear him to me. Chuck Berry is good, but he goes on a long time. The accoustics are not great, and as the sun goes down, the lighting is not good either. All in all I would not have gotten this if I'd known what it was really like, and that I was not even getting what was promised.

No Alice Cooper As Advertised
2005-01-19 - Although this video shows great concert footage of various artists such as Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, it fails to show any footage of the advertised Alice Cooper. Just like as advertised on "Roger Daltrey: A Celebration - With Pete Townshend and Music of the Who (1994)," no Alice Cooper appears in this video either. Please see reviews for Roger Daltrey: A Celebration - With Pete Townshend and Music of the Who (1994) for further infomation:

This may not interest too many people, but since the DVD is listed under "Alice Cooper", and since he performed the song "I'm A Boy" at THIS concert, I went and bought it. BUT THEY CUT THE TRACK OUT! There's no, repeat NO, Alice Cooper track on this DVD! So buy it for any other reason than I did! Or look for a VHS copy of the whole concert or the 2-CD-set.
--Dr. Oliver Spang

DO NOT BUY if you are looking to see Alice Cooper because HE AINT IN IT!!!


The First Rock Show At Wembley Stadium
2005-01-10 - This show is apparently legendary, but I never heard of it, but picking it up from the cheapie bin was no regret after watching it. It started off pretty slow, some guy came out doing some kind of pre-Alice Cooper style horror theatrics, but even the crowds hippies and punks didn't seem to enjoy whoever he was very much. They only seemed to react when he brought out the naked dancers.

Bo Diddly - He puts on a nice blues number. Forgive me for forgetting the title of the song, I'm not a fan of his. But he preforms well.

Jerry Lee Lewis - His performance is very ... ummm, if I use my own words I'll end up censored, he preforms a couple of numbers like he has died and someone has his hand up his behind using him as a ventriloquists dummy. Great balls of fire sounded a bit off key. I skipped through most of his performance.

Bill Haley - He only performs the one song, twice, but I gotta say he preforms "Rock Around The Clock" exactly the way he recorded it! Well, singing it anyway.

Little Richard - He brings the house down, pretty much everything sounded excellent, but I think he was gasping for air or just off key during "Lucille".

Chuck Berry - The final act of the night, Chuck Berry is the show stopper. He preforms a lot of his great numbers and does them so well. I'm a hardcore AC/DC fan and when people say that Angus Young is just Chuck Berry with more volume, they aren't wrong! Chuck turns on the distortion halfway through his performance and has that much Angus like sound. Chuck rips through many numbers, some combined, some full, some extended. Chuck was "The Man" of the hour performing for over 20 minutes, going over his time he was supposed to be on for, they even pulled the plug on him because he wouldn't get off, but they turn it back on so he can finish up.

Theres no extras, no subtitles, no nothing, it's in 2.0 sound, the picture quality is decent, few specks now and then, its not digitally restored or anything, but much like it has come from a VHS. Mick Jagger is in the interviews parts in between songs, but there is no Rolling Stones performance's. A lot of fun, sex drugs and rock and roll from the rocker of the 50's who created rock and roll.

Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and Little Richard are the only reasons I will watch the DVD again. The other performances are either boring or terrible, tho if your a fan of Jerry Lee Lewis don't go by review on judgment, I've never liked him much anyway, and I pretty much ignored his performance after GBOF.

The only reason I'm giving it 2 stars is because only 3 of the acts I enjoyed, the scene selections only let you select the artists performance in total, not as each song is played, and Chuck Berry didn't do "Johnny B. Goode" :((

The everlasting show
2000-06-30 - As the same line-up is about to perform again in London in July 2000 it was fascinating to see these rock musicians playing 30 years ago. The camera work is very Seventies - handheld, close-up and all rather amateur - but the footage of London Teds jiving and having a good day out more than made up for that. Bo Diddley did a great guitar break, Screaming Lord Sutch was a bit of fun but the main stars were all on top form. Ignoring Jerry Lee's very strange pink sweater he did his customary set and also ignoring Little Richard's camping it up he showed what energy he had in that decade. But as usual Chuck Berry took the honours when closing the show. Good buy.