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Paul Simon
Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
Release Date: 1974 02 zz
Running Time: 51:56
Label: Warner Bros.
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One thing Simon & Garfunkel never did much of was tour, so a Paul Simon solo tour, following two commercially successful solo albums, was one more way for Simon to distance himself from the duo and, simultaneously, by performing songs like "The Boxer" and "Homeward Bound," to reclaim his songwriting catalog. Reflecting the musical explorations he had pursued since S & G, Simon brought along Brazilian group Urubamba and gospel group the Jessy Dixon Singers. The result wasn't perfect: nobody needed to hear "Jesus Is the Answer" (a Dixons spotlight number) on a Paul Simon album, and if it was inevitable that he would try his own version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," it was also predestined that he wouldn't come near to matching Garfunkel's original. Though the album was, like most live albums, artistically redundant (there was nothing new, and none of the live versions improved upon the studio ones), it served as a career statement and it had a marketing function, buying the relatively slow-working Simon time between new studio releases. (Simon completists should note that, as in all live performances of "The Boxer," Simon sings the extra verse [beginning "Now the years are rolling by me" studio version.) William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Me and Julio Down by the SchoolyardSimon2:47
2Homeward BoundSimon2:45
3American TuneSimon3:58
4Condor Pasa (If I Could)Milchberg, Simon, Robles4:08
5DuncanSimon5:11
6BoxerSimon6:11
7Mother and Child ReunionSimon4:00
8Sound of SilenceSimon4:27
9Jesus Is the Answer3:28
10Bridge over Troubled WaterSimon7:10
11Loves Me Like a RockSimon3:16
12AmericaSimon4:35







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