PAUL SIMON - TRANSMISSION IMPOSSIBLE (3CD)
Release date 03.08.2019
This 3 x CD set celebrates the continuing longevity of Simon's quite extraordinary career, featuring as it does a selection of dazzling, previously unreleased, live appearances, all of which were recorded for FM radio broadcast between 1967 and 1980. The first disc features a superb show he performed with Art Garfunkel during the height of the pair's collaborative era at The Cousens Gymnasium, Tufts University, Medford, MA 11th March 1967, given while the duo were recording their fourth studio album, Bookends. Continuing with a Paul Simon solo show from 1978 on disc two, his gig at The Old Roman Amphitheatre, Caesarea Maritima, Israel on 7th May, remains a legendary concert, and is released on this set for the first time. The collection concludes with a 1980 broadcast recorded at the Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA on 8th October that year.
TRIPLE DISC COLLECTION FEATURING RADIO BROADCASTS FROM 1967, 1978 AND 1980 Having composed and recorded some of the most popular and successful contemporary music of the 20th Century, Paul Simon remains among the most important artists of all time. This 3 x CD set celebrates the continuing longevity of Simon s quite extraordinary career, featuring as it does a selection of dazzling, previously unreleased, live appearances, all of which were recorded for FM radio broadcast between 1967 and 1980. The first disc features a superb show he performed with Art Garfunkel during the height of the pair s collaborative era at The Cousens Gymnasium, Tufts University, Medford, MA 11th March 1967, given while the duo were recording their fourth studio album, Bookends. Continuing with a Paul Simon solo show from 1978 on disc two, his gig at The Old Roman Amphitheatre, Caesarea Maritima, Israel on 7th May, remains a legendary concert, and is released on this set for the first time. The collection concludes with a 1980 broadcast recorded at the Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA on 8th October that year.
CD1: From a live FM broadcast recorded at The Cousens Gymnasium, Tufts University, Medford, MA, US, 11th March 1967. Running time 69 minutes.
CD2: From a live FM broadcast recorded at The Old Roman Aphitheatre, Caesarea Maritima, Israel, 7th May 1978. Running time 81 minutes.
CD 3: From a live FM broadcast recorded at The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, 8th October 1980.Running time 79 minutes.
Total running time 229 minutes.
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1 The Cousens Gymnasium, Tufts University, Medford, MA, US, 11th March 1967
- 1 The Leaves That Are Green
- 2. Paul Simon Talk
- 3. Sparrow
- 4. Homeward Bound
- 5. You Don't Know Where Your Interest
- 6. A Most Peculiar Man
- 7. Red Rubber Ball
- 8. The Dangling Conversation
- 9. Paul Simon Talk
- 10. The 69th Street Bridge Song
- 11. Richard Cory
- 12. Art Garfunkel
- 13. Benedictus
- 14. Paul Simon Talk
- 15. Blessed
- 16. Art Garfunkel Talk
- 17. A Poem On The Underground Wall
- 18. I Am A Rock
- 19. Angi
- 20. The Sound Of Silence
- 21. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
- 22. A Church Is Burning
- 23. Wednesday Morning
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The Old Roman Aphitheatre, Caesarea Maritima, Israel, 7th May 1978
- 24. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
- 25. Homeward Bound
- 26. Mother And Child Reunion
- 27. I Do It For Your Love
- 28. You're Kind
- 29. Bluesette
- 30. Have A Good Time
- 31. Still Crazy After All These Years
- 32. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
- 33. Mrs. Robinson
- 34. Slip Slidin Away
- 35. Duncan
- 36. Something So Right
- 37. Loves Me Like A Rock
- 38. Some Folks Lives
- 39. Aint Got Time To Die
- 40. What Do You Call Him
- 41. Gone At Last
- 42. American Tunes
- 43. America
- 44. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
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The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, 8th October 1980
- 45. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
- 46. Still Crazy Aftern All These Years
- 47. Ace In The Hole
- 48. Something So Right
- 49. One-trick Pony
- 50. Jonah
- 51. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
- 52. Late In The Evening
- 53. American Tune
- 54. Loves Me Like A Rock
- 55. The Boxer
- 56. The Sound Of Silence
- 57. 1980 Interview