Paul Simon – The Concert in Hyde Park (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:58:58 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Folk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
When you’re an institution like Paul Simon, and strictly speaking you don’t have anything to prove, you can do whatever you like. So surely Art Garfunkel’s former bandmate was doing exactly that when he recorded this ample (two hours!) live set in Hyde Park in London on 15 July 2012, as part of the Hard Rock Calling Festival. As so often in this kind of situation, when the artist possesses an XXL-sized body of work and discography, the recording plays the role of a kind of Best Of. And that is precisely what it is. All Paul Simon’s hits get an airing here, in pretty vigorous versions. The concert reunites Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who were present on the album Graceland, but also features a guest appearance by the great Jimmy Cliff. Solo career (Kodachrome, Graceland, Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover) or works from the Simon & Garfunkel period (The Boxer), nothing is missing from this first-rate performance.
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