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PAUL SIMON WITH ART GARFUNKEL - NEW YORK 1993

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PAUL SIMON WITH ART GARFUNKEL
New York 1993 [Two Of Us Master Series Volume 145, 2CD]
The Concert Event Of A Lifetime. Live at the Paramount Theater, New York City, NY; October 5, 1993. Very good audience recording.

Thanks to Two Of Us, Professor Goody, and to mjk5510 for sharing the show at Dime.

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Between 1983 and 2002 there were not any tapers more active than the “Two Of Us”. For the better part of two decades they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times.

If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, “fmcleanboots” has posted a half dozen or so of their “Tunnel Of Love” tour shows but has decided to pass the baton. What you don’t know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.

They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists.

If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they’d see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.

The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats.

The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.

Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them.

This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio, enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.

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Paul Simon with Art Garfunkel - Paramount Theater, NYC, NY; October 5, 1993

Known Faults:
- Something So Right: first few notes cut
- Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard: first few notes cut
- The Boy In The Bubble: start slightly cut
- The Cool, Cool River: start slightly cut, splice at end
- Kathy’s Song: start slightly cut
- Old Friends: likely missing

In October 1993 Paul Simon took up residency at the Paramount Theater for a show billed as “The Concert Event Of A Lifetime”. What started out as a handful of dates stretched into 21 nights.

It appears only 5 of the 21 shows are in circulating, we are pleased to add a 6th show of this legendary event with the 5th show of the stand, October 5.

Two Of Us secured their usual excellent taping seats to get an excellent capture of the night’s performance. All of the shows were basically the same set with some guest performances.

The last song, “Old Friends”, is presumably missing appearing to have closed each night on the previous captures.

Thanks to Professor Goody’s continuing attention to detail keeping us rolling in the correct pitch week after week.

As always a massive thanks to “Two Of Us” and their dedication to capturing all these legendary performers, the HOURS and HOURS spent waiting in line, traveling, money on tickets as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their life’s work, our little community is indebted to you both. Also, a big thank you to my friend “fmcleanboots” for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in all these great releases… we’ve barely scratched the surface.

mjk5510 & Two Of Us

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Lineage:
Sure Mic > Sony WM-D6C
Transfer: Two Of Us Master Tapes > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

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Disc 1
SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Track 101. The Boxer 4:49
Track 102. America 3:49
Track 103. Homeward Bound 2:38
Track 104. Talk 1:51
Track 105. Be-Bop-A-Lula 1:12
Track 106. Talk 2:25
Track 107. Black Slacks 0:50
Track 108. Hey Schoolgirl 2:04
Track 109. Mrs Robinson 3:34
Track 110. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 3:50
Track 111. April Come She Will 2:27
Track 112. The 59th Street Bridge Song 2:42
Track 113. Scarborough Fair 3:38

DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS
Track 114. Working On A Building 1:16

PAUL SIMON
Track 115. Loves Me Like A Rock 2:50
Track 116. Gone At Last 3:59
Track 117. Something So Right 4:52
Track 118. Slip Slidin’ Away 5:22
Track 119. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard 3:13
Track 120. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover 3:53
Track 121. Late In The Evening 4:40
Track 122. Still Crazy After All These Years 3:28
70 mins

Disc 2
PAUL SIMON
Track 201. The Boy In The Bubble 5:33
Track 202. Graceland 5:11
Track 203. She Moves On 6:10
Track 204. The Cool, Cool River 5:21
Track 205. Homeless (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo) 5:38

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO
Track 206. The Alphabet Song 1:24
Track 207. If You Want To Play The Saxophone 0:55

PAUL SIMON
Track 208. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes 6:19
Track 209. Proof 5:09
Track 210. Further To Fly 6:25
Track 211. Band Introduction 0:27
Track 212. You Can Call Me Al 5:01

SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Track 213. Bridge Over Troubled Water 5:12
Track 214. Cecilia 2:37
Track 215. Kathy’s Song 3:12
Track 216. The Sound Of Silence 4:52
70 mins

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