Paul Simon in Concert
Paul Simon in Concert | |
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Video by Paul Simon | |
Recorded | October 8, 1980 |
Venue | Tower Theater (Pennsylvania) |
Paul Simon in Concert (also released under the titles "Live at the Tower Theatre" and "Live from Philadelphia") is a live concert video recording by Paul Simon and his touring band, recorded in Philadelphia during his 1980 tour in support of his One-Trick Pony album.
Concert and release details
Paul Simon in Concert dates from October 8, 1980, when singer-songwriter Paul Simon performed a concert at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia as part of his "One-Trick Pony" tour which played in Europe and the United States in support of the recently released film and album of that name. Accompanying Simon on that tour and this concert (and also seen in the film) was a band of top U.S. backing musicians including Steve Gadd on drums, Tony Levin on bass, Richard Tee on keyboards and Eric Gale on lead electric guitar. Simon performs with an electric guitar for much of the concert, which features songs from his previous solo albums (plus "The Boxer" and "The Sound of Silence" from Simon and Garfunkel days), plus "Ace in the Hole", "One-Trick Pony", "Jonah" and "Late in the Evening" from One-Trick Pony. The concert was recorded and originally released as a VHS video and a LaserDisc under this title.[1] This concert had been widely bootlegged on CD due to the quality of the performances of classic Simon songs as well as now-rare live recordings of songs from One-Trick Pony.
In November 2003, the recording was released on DVD with the title Live at the Tower Theatre.[2] The original recording was reproduced in surround sound and the DVD's extra features include biographies of the band members from the One-Trick Pony film and soundtrack including Richard Tee and Eric Gale. It was subsequently released again in 2008 by Eagle Rock Entertainment[3] under the title Live from Philadelphia (on some versions with the additional wording "Greatest Hits Live"), receiving 7/10 ratings from PopMatters' Guy Crucianelli[4] and Modern Drummer's Jeff Potter.[3]
Track listing
- "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"
- "Still Crazy After All These Years"
- "Ace in the Hole"
- "Something So Right"
- "One-Trick Pony"
- "Jonah"
- "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
- "Late in the Evening"
- "American Tune"
- "The Boxer"
- "The Sound of Silence"
References
- ^ Amazon.com: Paul Simon - In Concert VHS. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Amazon.com: Paul Simon - Live at the Tower Theatre. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ a b Potter, Jeff (2009). "Paul Simon - Live from Philadelphia". Modern Drummer. p. 117. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ PopMatters Reviews: Paul Simon: Live from Philadelphia. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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- The Paul Simon Songbook (1966)
- Paul Simon (1972)
- There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
- Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
- One-Trick Pony (1980)
- Hearts and Bones (1983)
- Graceland (1986)
- The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
- Songs from The Capeman (1997)
- You're the One (2000)
- Surprise (2006)
- So Beautiful or So What (2011)
- Stranger to Stranger (2016)
- In the Blue Light (2018)
- Seven Psalms (2023)
- Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
- Paul Simon's Concert in the Park
- Greatest Hits, Etc.
- Negotiations and Love Songs
- The Paul Simon Anthology
- Paul Simon 1964/1993
- Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar
- Recorded as Jerry Landis
- The Essential Paul Simon
- This Better Be Good
- Over the Bridge of Time
- The Ultimate Collection
- The Paul Simon Special (1977)
- One-Trick Pony (1980)
- Paul Simon in Concert (1981)
- The All-Star Gospel Session (1987)
- Graceland: The African Concert (1987)
- Paul Simon's Concert in the Park (1991)
- Born at the Right Time (1992)
- Classic Albums: Graceland (1997)
- The Capeman (theater, 1998)
- You're The One - In Concert (2000)
- Live at the Tower Theatre 2003
- Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009)
- So Beautiful or So What (Deluxe Limited Edition) (2011)
- Live in New York City (2012)
- Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies (2012)
- The Concert in Hyde Park (2017)
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2023)
- One-Trick Pony Tour 1980
- Never Ending Tour 1999
- On Stage Together Tour
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