Concert in Central Park

Performer: Simon & Garfunkel
Engineer: Roy Halee
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Art Garfunkel (vocals); David Brown, Pete Carr (guitar); John Gatchell, John Eckert (trumpet); Dave Tofani, Gerry Niewood (saxophone); Rob Mounsey (synthesizer); Richard Tee (keyboards); Anthony Jackson (bass); Steve Gadd, Grady Tate (drums). Producers: Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Phil Ramone, Roy Halee. Recorded live in Central Park, New York, New York on September 19, 1981. Years after they both inaugurated successful solo careers, the archetypal folk-rock duo reunited for a concert in their hometown. The performance, in New York City's Central Park, was a major media event, and there's an undeniable air of pageantry to the proceedings. Bringing together several generations of listeners, THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK, as captured on this compelling aural document, delighted longtime Simon and Garfunkel fans and undoubtedly made many new ones. The album functions as a comprehensive live best-of, as the two stroll through immaculate, slightly revamped versions of their classics as well as some solo Simon hits. There's the fragile folk poetry of "April, Come She Will," the Latin spice of Simon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," the generational anthem "Mrs. Robinson." Things close out on an appropriately unsettling note with a poignant version of the band's breakthrough hit "Sounds of Silence."

New Yorkers Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel began as a late-1950s doo-wop group called Tom & Jerry. In the '60s, they turned to folk, with an extended stay in London bringing a heavy British folk influence into Simon's work. When a rock band was overdubbed onto the original acoustic version of their single "The Sounds of Silence," a hit resulted and helped further the then-nascent folk-rock movement. The pair's subsequent albums produced a long stream of catchy-but-brainy hit singles and also explored various musical styles, foreshadowing the eclecticism of Simon's solo career. Although the duo split after 1970's BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER, they have reunited for performances on a few occasions, including a tour in 2003.

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