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.
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
concert
live
live performance
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Cast
Paul Simon
Self
Art Garfunkel
Self
Steve Gadd
Musician
Anthony Jackson
Musician
Ed Koch
Self - Mayor of New York
David Matthews
Orchestration
Richard Tee
Musician
Grady Tate
Musician
Crew
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director
James Signorelli
Producer
Lorne Michaels
Executive Producer
Lorne Michaels
Executive Music Producer
Popular Reviews
13 reviews
Kacper
10.0★ · 03/21/26
ugh paul was too fine here
ugh paul was too fine here
Kacper
10.0★ · 03/06/26
ive rewatched this so many times recently i just havent logged it bro im insane over them
ive rewatched this so many times recently i just havent logged it bro im insane over them
Kacper
10.0★ · 12/19/25
theyre so GAY
theyre so GAY
lauren
after changes upon changes we are more or less the same :(
after changes upon changes we are more or less the same :(