Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park

Synopsis

The Concert in Central Park is a live album by Simon & Garfunkel. On September 19, 1981 the folk-rock duo reunited for a free concert on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park attended by more than 500,000 people. They released a live album from the concert the following March (Warner Brothers LP 2BSK 3654; CD 3654). It was arranged by Paul Simon and Dave Grusin, and produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Phil Ramone and Roy Halee. The concert was also shot on videotape, televised by HBO in 1982, and subsequently released on various home video formats. The VHS and DVD contain two songs that were omitted from the live album: "The Late Great Johnny Ace" and "Late in the Evening (Reprise)". "Johnny Ace" was disrupted by a fan rushing the stage who came very close to attacking Paul. This incident was both frightening and coincidental, as the song is an elegy upon the murder of John Lennon just one year earlier.

Main Cast

Paul Simon

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Art Garfunkel

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David Brown

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Pete Carr

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John Eckert

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Steve Gadd

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John Gatchell

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Anthony Jackson

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	James Signorelli
	Executive Producer	Lorne Michaels
	Production Manager	Robert V. Girolami Bob Bordiga
	Associate Producer	Ian Hoblyn
Crew	Executive Music Producer	Lorne Michaels
	Technical Supervisor	Michael Werner
	Video Assist Operator	Bill Steinberg Bill Fairweather
Camera	Camera Operator	Robert Leacock Ted Churchill Lloyd Freidus Jake Ostroff Jim Scurti Manny Guitterez Ned McGonagle
Directing	Director	Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Sound	Music Producer	Roy Halee
	Sound Mixer	Brian Ruggles David Cobb
Lighting	Lighting Director	Cheryl Thacker
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