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''Paul Simon in Concert'' (also released under the titles "Live at the Tower Theatre" and "Live from Philadelphia") is a live concert video recording by
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and his touring band, recorded in Philadelphia during his 1980 tour in support of his '' One-Trick Pony'' album.


Concert and release details

''Paul Simon in Concert'' dates from October 8, 1980, when singer-songwriter
Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
performed a concert at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia as part of his "One-Trick Pony" tour which played in Europe and the United States in support of the recently released
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and album of that name. Accompanying Simon on that tour and this concert (and also seen in the film) was a band of top U.S. backing musicians including Steve Gadd on drums, Tony Levin on bass, Richard Tee on keyboards and Eric Gale on lead electric guitar. Simon performs with an electric guitar for much of the concert, which features songs from his previous solo albums (plus "The Boxer" and "The Sound of Silence" from Simon and Garfunkel days), plus "Ace in the Hole", "One-Trick Pony", "Jonah" and "Late in the Evening" from '' One-Trick Pony''. The concert was recorded and originally released as a VHS video and a LaserDisc under this title. This concert had been widely bootlegged on CD due to the quality of the performances of classic Simon songs as well as now-rare live recordings of songs from ''One-Trick Pony''. In November 2003, the recording was released on DVD with the title ''Live at the Tower Theatre''. The original recording was reproduced in surround sound and the DVD's extra features include biographies of the band members from the '' One-Trick Pony'' film and soundtrack including Richard Tee and Eric Gale. It was subsequently released again in 2008 by Eagle Rock Entertainment under the title ''Live from Philadelphia'' (on some versions with the additional wording "Greatest Hits Live"), receiving 7/10 ratings from ''PopMatters'' Guy Crucianelli''PopMatters'' Reviews: Paul Simon: Live from Philadelphia
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and '' Modern Drummer''s Jeff Potter.


Track listing

* " Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" * " Still Crazy After All These Years" * "Ace in the Hole" * " Something So Right" * "One-Trick Pony" * "Jonah" * "
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" * " Late in the Evening" * "
American Tune "American Tune" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the third single from his third studio album, '' There Goes Rhymin' Simon'' (1973), released on Columbia Records. The song, a meditation on the American experience, is ...
" * " The Boxer" * " The Sound of Silence"


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