Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park

Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park

1982
1h 30m
8.0

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Overview

The Concert in Central Park is a live album by Simon & Garfunkel. On September 19, 1981 the folk-rock duo reunited for a free concert on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park attended by more than 500,000 people. They released a live album from the concert the following March (Warner Brothers LP 2BSK 3654; CD 3654). It was arranged by Paul Simon and Dave Grusin, and produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Phil Ramone and Roy Halee. The concert was also shot on videotape, televised by HBO in 1982, and subsequently released on various home video formats. The VHS and DVD contain two songs that were omitted from the live album: "The Late Great Johnny Ace" and "Late in the Evening (Reprise)". "Johnny Ace" was disrupted by a fan rushing the stage who came very close to attacking Paul. This incident was both frightening and coincidental, as the song is an elegy upon the murder of John Lennon just one year earlier.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sony Music Entertainment HBO Columbia Music Video Broadway Video Above Average Productions Peregrine Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date February 21, 1982
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0218896

Cast

Paul Simon
Paul Simon

Self

Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel

Self

David Brown
David Brown

Musician

Pete Carr
Pete Carr

Musician

John Eckert
John Eckert

Musician

Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd

Musician

John Gatchell
John Gatchell

Musician

Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson

Musician

Ed Koch
Ed Koch

Self - Mayor of New York

David Matthews
David Matthews

Orchestration

David Tofani
David Tofani

Musician

Richard Tee
Richard Tee

Musician

Key Crew

Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director
James Signorelli
Producer
Lorne Michaels
Executive Producer