Paul Simon - 1980-10-07 - Upper Darby, PA (TV/FLAC)

(TV broadcast FLAC)

Paul Simon

Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA

October 7, 1980

Source

TV audio > RCA cables > Hitachi D560 deck > Cassette (courtesy of M.R. archives)

Transfer

Zoom H4n (16/44) > Sound Forge (tracking, pitch & volume) > Wave > TLH (sbe aligned) Flac 8

Paul Simon - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Vocals

Tony Levin - Bass

Steve Gadd - Drums

Richard Tee - Grand Piano

Eric Gale - Electric Guitar

Peter Levin - Synthesizer

George Young - Trumpet

Ron Tooley - Trumpet

J.D. Parran - Saxophones, Clarinet

Howard Johnson - Baritone Saxophone

01 Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard

02 Still Crazy After All These Years

03 Ace In The Hole

04 Something So Right

05 One Trick Pony

06 Jonah

07 Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover

08 Band Introduction

09 American Tune

10 The Boxer

11 The Sounds Of Silence

12 Late In The Evening

Total Time = 50:45

This cassette was recorded in 1982. The TV's audio output was in mono.

The tape transfer played a little slow, so i pitch adjusted to match the video.

You can find the pro-video on youtube.

This is more complete than the KBFH broadcasts

This partial live show was recorded while Simon was promoting his new album and semi-autobiographical film, One Trick Pony. The record, which Simon claimed was not a soundtrack, faired much better than the film (which was his first and last attempt at being a movie maker).

The film has been forgotten, but the songs from the album went on to be part of his long term musical repertoire. "Late In The Evening" was the biggest track to emerge from One Trick Pony, and Simon does this song last in a set that was part of a full-length two hour show. Other highlights include his first solo hit from his 1972 self-titled debut, "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard," "Something So Right," the title track to the film, "One Trick Pony," and a smooth and groove drenched version of "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover," the smash hit that won him a Grammy from 1975's Still Crazy After All These Years.

Because of the intricate rhythms many of his newer songs had developed, Simon assembled an all-star band of mostly jazz heroes. He attained three fifths of the Stuff band (Steve Gadd on drums, Richard Tee on keyboards, and Eric Gale on guitar), as well as future King Crimson/Peter Gabriel bassist, Tony Levin. Simon was riding high from the success of his '70s solo records when he made this recording, but he would see a lull during the 1980s until he exploded with Graceland in 1986.