Still Crazy: Paul Simon’s “Concert in Hyde Park” Coming in June

May 11, 2017 By Joe Marchese — 1 Comment
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As Paul Simon is launching a summer tour on June 1 in St. Petersburg, Florida, Legacy Recordings is looking back to one of the famed troubadour’s recent performances from across the pond.  The Concert in Hyde Park will arrive from the label on Friday, June 9, in 2CD/DVD or Blu-ray packages, as well as via digital audio and video downloads and streaming.

Simon’s July 15, 2012 Hyde Park concert, closing night of the Hard Rock Calling Festival, spanned the entirety of Simon’s career through his 2011 album So Beautiful or So What.  He welcomed to the stage original Graceland musicians including Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, as well as special guests Jimmy Cliff and Jerry Douglas.  The troubadour’s setlist featured many of his solo classics (“Kodachrome,” “Graceland,” “Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard,” “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”), a pair of Simon and Garfunkel favorites (“The Boxer” with Douglas, “The Sound of Silence”), plus a mini-set with reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, who performed his original songs “The Harder They Come” and “Many Rivers to Cross”, and duetted with his host on “Vietnam” and “Mother and Child Reunion.”  (Note that Cliff’s two originals are only included on the DVD/BD, not the CD.)

To coincide with Legacy’s release of The Concert in Hyde Park, a broadcast version will air on PBS during the June 2017 pledge drive.  Taking its place alongside such past Simon releases as Live Rhymin’ (1974), Paul Simon’s Concert in Central Park (1991), and Live in New York City (2012), this set from one of America’s most enduring artists and songwriters arrives on June 9.  You can pre-order at the links below.

Paul Simon, The Concert in Hyde Park (Legacy Recordings, 2017)

2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD
2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD

  1. Kodachrome
  2. Gone at Last
  3. Dazzling Blue
  4. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
  5. The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff) *
  6. Many Rivers to Cross (Jimmy Cliff) *
  7. Vietnam (with Jimmy Cliff)
  8. Mother and Child Reunion (with Jimmy Cliff)
  9. That Was Your Mother
  10. Hearts and Bones / Mystery Train / Wheels
  11. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
  12. Slip Slidin’ Away
  13. The Obvious Child
  14. Homeless (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  15. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  16. I Know What I Know
  17. The Boy in the Bubble
  18. Crazy Love, Vol. II
  19. Gumboots
  20. Under African Skies (with Thandiswa Mazwai)
  21. Graceland
  22. You Can Call Me Al
  23. The Sound of Silence
  24. The Boxer (with Jerry Douglas)
  25. Late in the Evening
  26. Still Crazy After All These Years

*appears on DVD only

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Joe Marchese
Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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1 thought on “Still Crazy: Paul Simon’s “Concert in Hyde Park” Coming in June”

  1. Shaun

    Nice, although leaving the Jimmy Cliff songs off of the CD really sucks. Is it a consideration of available space, or is it not having to pay Cliff royalties? If it’s not a case of Simon being cheap, how about offering a download code for the missing tracks?

    Also, while it’s nice to see this coming out on DVD/BD, why the HELL hasn’t Simon’s Central Park show (the 90s one) ever come out on DVD?

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