Simon Garfunkel The Concert in Central Park (1982)

The Concert in Central Park is a live album by Simon Garfunkel On September 19 1981 the folkrock duo reunited for a free concert on the Great Lawn of New Yorks Central Park attended by more than 500000 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