Name: Paul Simon: The Concert in Hyde Park (2CD/DVD)
Brand: Sony Music Entertainment
SKU: 143909426
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Paul Simon [2 Discs] [Region 4]

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Album: Paul Simon: The Concert in Hyde Park /DVD)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Kodachrome	More Info...	0:03
2)	Gone at Last	More Info...	0:03
3)	Dazzling Blue	More Info...	0:05
4)	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	More Info...	0:04
5)	Vietnam	More Info...	0:03
6)	Mother and Child Reunion	More Info...	0:03
7)	That Was Your Mother	More Info...	0:04
8)	Hearts and Bones/Mystery Train/Wheels	More Info...	0:10
9)	Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard	More Info...	0:02
10)	Slip Slidin' Away	More Info...	0:05
11)	The Obvious Child	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Sound of Silence	More Info...	0:04
13)	The Boxer (With Jerry Douglas)	More Info...	0:06
14)	Late in the Evening	More Info...	0:04
15)	Paul Introduces Band & Thank You	More Info...	0:01
16)	Still Crazy After All These Years	More Info...	0:04
17)	The Boxer (With Jerry Douglas)	More Info...	0:06
18)	Crazy Love, Vol. II	More Info...	0:06
19)	Applause Out/Credits	More Info...	0:01
20)	Homeless (With Ladysmith Black Mambazo)	More Info...	0:05
21)	Still Crazy After All These Years	More Info...	0:05
22)	The Boy in the Bubble	More Info...	0:05
23)	The Harder They Come (With Jimmy Cliff)	More Info...	0:04
24)	The Obvious Child	More Info...	0:04
25)	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	More Info...	0:04

Album: Paul Simon: The Concert in Hyde Park /DVD)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Kodachrome	More Info...	0:03
2)	Gone at Last	More Info...	0:03
3)	Dazzling Blue	More Info...	0:05
4)	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	More Info...	0:04
5)	Vietnam	More Info...	0:03
6)	Mother and Child Reunion	More Info...	0:03
7)	That Was Your Mother	More Info...	0:04
8)	Hearts and Bones/Mystery Train/Wheels	More Info...	0:10
9)	Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard	More Info...	0:02
10)	Slip Slidin' Away	More Info...	0:05
11)	The Obvious Child	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Sound of Silence	More Info...	0:04
13)	The Boxer (With Jerry Douglas)	More Info...	0:06
14)	Late in the Evening	More Info...	0:04
15)	Paul Introduces Band & Thank You	More Info...	0:01
16)	Still Crazy After All These Years	More Info...	0:04
17)	The Boxer (With Jerry Douglas)	More Info...	0:06
18)	Crazy Love, Vol. II	More Info...	0:06
19)	Applause Out/Credits	More Info...	0:01
20)	Homeless (With Ladysmith Black Mambazo)	More Info...	0:05
21)	Still Crazy After All These Years	More Info...	0:05
22)	The Boy in the Bubble	More Info...	0:05
23)	The Harder They Come (With Jimmy Cliff)	More Info...	0:04
24)	The Obvious Child	More Info...	0:04
25)	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Personnel: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Sonti Mndebele, Bongi Mabaso, Sweety Mhlanga (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Guy Massey.
Recording information: Hyde Park (07/15/2012).
Director: Matthew Amos.
Editor: Rick Broat.
Photographer: Jessica Gilbert.
Legacy's 2017 double-CD/single-DVD/single-Blu-ray set The Concert in Hyde Park captures a celebratory concert Paul Simon gave in London's Hyde Park on July 15, 2012. For that show, he reconvened many of the musicians who played on 1986's Graceland, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Hugh Masekela, and invited Jimmy Cliff to play an extended mini-set early in the show, while bringing Jerry Douglas on-stage to play on "The Boxer" near the close. Simon runs through almost all of Graceland but not in order ("All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" is MIA). He punctuates the album with lively versions of his classic hits -- mainly from his solo career, although "The Sound of Silence" is here -- but the focus remains on the elasticity of Graceland, since this band plays lively, somewhat unpredictable arrangements of these familiar numbers. More than the Graceland material itself, these versions show how the album continues to inspire Simon, pushing him to try new things even on old tunes. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine