PAUL SIMON : THE CONCERT IN HYDE PARK

1. Kodachrome
2. Gone At Last
3. Dazzling Blue
4. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
5. The Harder They Come (Jimmy Clliff)
6. Many Rivers To Cross (Jimmy Cliff)
7. Vietnam (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

Label : Legacy Records

Released : June 19th, 2017

Venue : Hyde Park, London, UK

Recording Date : July 15th, 2012

Length : 01:58:46

Aspect Ratio : 16:9

Review (AllMusic) : 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.