Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (1982)
February 21, 1982Release Date
Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (1982)
February 21, 1982Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Paul Simon
Self
David Brown
Musician
Art Garfunkel
Self
Pete Carr
Musician
John Eckert
Musician
Steve Gadd
Musician
Anthony Jackson
Musician
John Gatchell
Musician
Ed Koch
Self
David Matthews
Orchestration
David Tofani
Musician
Richard Tee
Musician
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director
Grady Tate
Musician
Gerry Niewood
Musician
James Signorelli
Producer
Rob Mounsey
Musician
Eugene Lee
ProductionDesigner
Lorne Michaels
Executive Producer / Executive Music Producer
Robert Leacock
Camera Operator
Ted Churchill
Camera Operator
Lloyd Freidus
Camera Operator
Roy Halee
Music Producer
Robert V. Girolami
Production Manager
Jake Ostroff
Camera Operator
Jim Scurti
Camera Operator
Ian Hoblyn
Associate Producer
Bob Bordiga
Production Manager
Michael Werner
Technical Supervisor
Cheryl Thacker
Lighting Director
Manny Guitterez
Camera Operator
Ned McGonagle
Camera Operator
Brian Ruggles
Sound Mixer
David Cobb
Sound Mixer
Bill Steinberg
Video Assist Operator
Bill Fairweather
Video Assist Operator
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 21, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Filming LocationsGreat Lawn and Turtle Pond, United States of America
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The Concert in Central Park is the first live album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on February 16, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded on September 19, 1981, at a free benefit concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City, where the pair performed in front of 500,000 people. A film of the event was shown on TV and released on video. Proceeds went toward the redevelopment and maintenance of the park, which had deteriorated due to lack of municipal funding. The concert and album marked the start of a three-year reunion of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
The concept of a benefit concert in Central Park had been proposed by Parks Commissioner Gordon Davis and promoter Ron Delsener. Television channel HBO agreed to carry the concert, and they worked with Delsener to decide on Simon and Garfunkel as the appropriate act for this event. Besides hits from their years as a duo, their 21-song set list included material from their solo careers, and covers. Amongst them were "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "The Boxer" and Simon's "Late in the Evening", with the show concluding with a reprise of the latter. Ongoing personal tensions between the duo led them to decide against a permanent reunion, despite the success of the concert and a subsequent world tour.
The album and film were released the year after the concert. Simon and Garfunkel's performance was praised by music critics and the album was commercially successful, peaking No. 6 on the Billboard 200 album charts and being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The video recordings were initially broadcast on HBO and were subsequently made available on Laserdisc, CED, VHS and DVD. A single was released of Simon and Garfunkel‘s live performance of The Everly Brothers‘s song "Wake Up Little Susie". It reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and is the duo's last Top 40 hit.