Summary: Enjoy the Central Park reunion with half a million fans as Simon and Garfunkel perform together for the first time in 11 years. Filmed on 19 September 1981, the beautiful performance bespeaks the emotional intensity of the occasion. Songs include career-making hits such as 'Mrs. Robinson', 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 'Homeward Bound', 'Sound of Silence', 'America', and many more Simon and Garfunkel classics.

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What started as a suggestion for Paul Simon to play a concert in New York's Central Park blossomed, on September 19, 1981, into a full-blown Simon and Garfunkel reunion after an 11-year hiatus, and now proves a priceless snapshot of two of America's greatest folk-rock performers. (It's also the rightful bookend to Simon and Garfunkel's acoustic Live from New York City, 1967.) Performed with a who's-who of East Coast session aces before a record-setting crowd of half-a-million fans, the Concert in Central Park finds its stars just shy of their 40th birthdays and very much in their primes, their voices sweet and pure and their playing relaxed, perfectly in tune and in synch.

The show features a mix of S&G and solo Simon tunes, including all the songs that appear on the CD, with the addition of a reprise of "Late in the Evening" and the first live performance of Simon's "The Late Great Johnny Ace". This is classic material from start to finish, 87 minutes of unmitigated beauty. --Michael Mikesell

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Year:	1981
Release Date:	March 31, 2008
Runtime:	86 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	88697286319
Keywords:	Music, Rock, Park, Simon, Concert, Pop, Central, Garfunkel, Performing, Arts, Popular
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts