13th Floor New Song Of The Day: The Rolling Stones – Roll Over Beethoven

Here’s a previously unreleased live version of Chuck Berry’s Roll Over Beethoven performed by The Rolling Stones on October 26th, 1963 for the BBC’s Saturday Club programme.

The track is taken from the upcoming Rolling Stones collection: On Air, due out on December 1st.

Here’s the record company blurb:

The Rolling Stones unveil the next track from On Air, a collection of rarely heard radio recordings from their formative years. This previously unreleased recording of the Chuck Berry classic Roll Over Beethoven was broadcast on Saturday Club in 1963 and is available now.

The Rolling Stones – On Air offers a glimpse into the early days of The Rolling Stones a few years before ‘The Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band in the World’ became a reality this was a band playing the music they loved so much – Blues, R&B, Soul and even the odd country song. The songs, including eight the band have never recorded or released commercially, were originally broadcast on bygone UK BBC shows such as Saturday Club, Top Gear, Rhythm and Blues and The Joe Loss Pop Show between 1963 and 1965.

Released via Polydor Records on CD, double CD deluxe edition, heavy-weight vinyl and special limited-edition coloured vinyl, The Rolling Stones – On Air is released on 1 December and available to pre-order.

The Rolling Stones ON AIR 1963-65 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman