SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Live 1969 (Columbia/Legacy/Starbucks): A-
The setting is latterly 1969. Simon & Garfunkel hit the road, previewing fabric from their just finished “Bridge Over Troubled Water” record album. They play a dance band for the low gear time ever and tape measure a smattering of shows, intending to release the best recordings by and by. Merely a class by and by the distich splits acrimoniously and the know release is shelved. Not quite a 40 age afterwards “Be 1969” materializes as a Starbucks exclusive - and it was charles Frederick Worth the wait. True, the full band version of “Mrs. Robinson” is clumsy, and the climbing tension betwixt Saul of Tarsus and Artistic production on occasion surfaces in the performances. Simply inspired performances of their hits and the inclusion of lesser-known tracks - “For Emily, Wheresoever I May Find oneself Her”, “Leaves That Are Green” and a previously unreleased cover of the Everly Brothers’ “That Silver-Haired Pop of Mine” - make this crystal clear recording an minute classic. Download: “At The Zoo.”
