1982: Simon & Garfunkel in Japan

In 1982 Simon & Garfunkel, on their first reunion tour, visited Japan. For the Japanes fans it was long awaited visit, as they never performed there before as a duo.

The played 5 shows in 2 cities,Osaka and Tokyo:

1982-05-07 Osaka Japan Osaka Stadium
1982-05-08 Osaka Japan Osaka Stadium
1982-05-10 Tokyo Japan Ko-rakuen Stadium
1982-05-11 Tokyo Japan Ko-rakuen Stadium
1982-05-12 Tokyo Japan Ko-rakuen Stadium

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Click on the above link and you will find a report of this visit. It is in Japanese, but the pictures will also tell the story. Maybe one of the Japanese readers might be able to give as a translation in due time.

These shows were (partly) recorded by fans in the audience. If there were any radio-broadcasts were planned, is not known to me. Info about these will be shared soon.

Osaka:

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Osaka May 8th 1982 ; Zion Records Zion-003

 

34 thoughts on “1982: Simon & Garfunkel in Japan”

  1. Hi Rob from Holland!

    All concerts have been recorded and brought out as 6 bootlegs.Still for sale in Japan but very expensive! Fortunately these 6 bootlegs are still available but not as a torrent anymore. If you want to have the link to these posted bootlegs please write me to the following email-address that I always use: Corry Hoekman cmjphoekman@casema.nl

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  4. H Rob,

    I did also a search for you regarding pics and posters of the Simon and Garfunkel tour in 1982. Will try another search `cause the last one did not deliver much material you can use. I will try to find the dl-link of the six-pack and after doing so and found you are able to download the entire sixpack. Groeten Corry

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  5. Hi Rob: I`ve found the “sicpack post” for downloading. Not by torrents just by a server. If you have time please download in the so called “free modus”. The best fiel provider to use for downloading all six concerts is File Factory. Of course it is a little bit slow and once in an hour you are allowed to take a download from their server. Sometimes it is too busy for using the free modus. The only thing to do is: try again later! If you do not know how it works I will download these ones for you and unrar them. I also have a Gmail-account So I am able to upload the six concerts to you having a Gmail-account too! Rob I do not see any artwork in the post itself here`s the link:have a good time with that working and I will have mine! Groeten Corry

    http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/paul-simon-art-garfunkel-1982-05-10-11-12-tokyo-jp-aud-flac-159122-2.html#post1757369

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  7. Ga nog maar even niet downloaden op de door mij gegeven link. De “baas” EDGE moet zijn links even repareren. Ik geef je wel een seintje wanneer hij dit heeft gedan. Hij is on line en heeft de laatste dagen al veel voor mij (endus ook voor zichzelf) gedaan. Dat heb je met gasten zoals ik die in ouwe troep zitten te tasten! Groetjes en tot schrijvens! Corry

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  10. Rob: it`a hell of a job diging out this sbuject. I`ve found the entire Osaka-concert and some add. photos. The problem is the photographs have been ecryped so I only give you the link. First post regarding the records available from Osaka: if you want the setlist please feel free to write to me. W both are Dutch ain`t it? Concert page Osaka: nothing to be found anumore on this page I controlled it for you:

    https://wn.com/simon_garfunkel_1982_osaka

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  13. OFF TOPIC: I succeeded in downloading al links regarding the six concerts coming from Tokyo and Osaka 1982.
    Going to bed now please do not worry for my this is my bedtime. Tomorow wil be another working day andI`ll try to get some rest! Will digg out more photographs regarding their Tokyo concerts, Groettjes Corry

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  15. I found a Japanese website and I was able to translate it into English. Also pictures included. I do not know whether I will succeeding in C + P these pic into this mesage to you. For this reason I will give you the link of this website in order to see it by yourself and when you will have to download these pics. Here we go:

    Simon & Garfunkel May 10, 11 & 12, 1982 Tokyo

    Picture one has to place here. Not abe to C + P it in here.

    Translation from Japanese into English:

    Nostalgic Simon & Garfunkel ’82 Korakuen Stadium Boot AUD sound source for all three days.
    I also went to see it on the second day.

    Just, free concert live album at the Central Park in the previous year
    have been hit, the first Japan tour at the timing of revival boom in Japan.
    On the same day a set consistent with the flow of that live album was shown.

    Steve Gadd and Richard Tee, such as “staff” related musicians
    became also the topic at that time was served as the back.

    Picture two has to C + P here:

    Setlist:

    Ando Garfunkel Simon
    Korkuen Stadium Tokyo Japan
    May 10, 11 Ando 12, 1982

    Live At Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 10Th May 1982
    Disc 1
    01. Mrs. Robinson
    02. Homeward Bound
    03. America
    04. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
    05 . Scarbough Fair
    06. My Little Town
    07. Wake Up Little Susie
    08. Still Crazy After All These Years
    09. Bright Eyes
    10. Late In The Evening
    11. Slip Slidin ‘Away
    12. El Condor Pasa
    13. Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover

    Disc 2
    01. The Late Great Johnny Ace
    02. American Tune
    03. Kodachrome / Mabellene
    04. Bridge Over Troubled Water
    05. The Boxer
    06. Old Friends / Bookends
    07. 59Th Street Bridge Song
    08. Sounds Of Silence
    09. Late In Evening The

    Live At Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 11Th May 1982
    Disc 3
    01. Mrs. Robinson
    02. Homeward Bound
    03. America
    04. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
    05. Scarbough Fair
    06. My Little Town
    07. Wake Up Little Susie
    08. Still Crazy After All These Years
    09. Bright Eyes
    10. Late In The Evening
    11. Slip Slidin ‘Away
    12. El Condor Pasa
    13. Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover
    14. American Tune

    Disc 4
    01. The Late Great Johnny Ace
    02. Kodachrome / Mabellene
    03. Bridge Over Troubled Water
    04. The Boxer
    05. Old Friends / Bookends
    06. 59Th Street Bridge Song
    07. Sounds Of Silence
    08. Late In The Evening

    Live At Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 12Th May 1982
    5 Disc
    01. Mrs. Robinson
    02. Homeward Bound
    03. America
    04. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
    05. Scarbough Fair
    06. My Little Town
    07. Wake Up Little Susie
    08. Still Crazy After All These Years
    09. Bright Eyes
    Late In The 10. Evening
    11. Slip Slidin ‘Away
    12. El Condor Pasa

    Disc 6
    01. Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover
    02. American Tune
    03. One Trick Pony
    04. Kodachrome / Mabellene
    05. Bridge Over Troubled Water
    06. The Boxer
    07. Old Friends / Bookends
    08. 59Th Street Bridge Song
    09. Sounds Of Silence
    10. Late In The Evening

    Please C + P the following picture from the original: it is a Japanese ticket!

    Rob: here`s the link you are able to find all stuf I just posted pics included. I am stopping fro today now and maybe continuing searching tomorrow:

    http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mrken0806/e/df21f61b4e589fa0023fb8cae92394a2

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  16. Hi Rob started searching again. A small review coming from Japan It@s a nasty page bacause I was not allowed to C and P. Here it is

    REVIEW:

    The reunited unglimmer twins toured Japan and Europe in the spring/summer of 1982; this was one of three nights in at a huge Tokyo stadium. May 10 has definitely surfaced on bootleg, but I’m not sure about the 12th. All the classics are covered of course, including quite a few of Simon’s solo hits, but you get a sense that the pair is just going through the motions. Indeed, you can detect a degree of awkwardness between Paul and Artie. (For example, at the start of Disc 2 Simon starts to address the audience and says he wants to have a “conversation”; then, after a long pause, he gives up and says he’s at a loss for words, almost as if he caught a glimpse of Garfunkel glaring at him for being such a putz. (Or maybe Garfunkel had left the stage temporarily.)

    As one astute S&G fan site summarized this period for the band:

    “In 1981, Paul appeared on Art’s Scissors-Cut LP, adding vocals to a song called “In Cars.” Shortly afterward, they reunited for the 9/19/81 concert in New York’s Central Park. Following that, they announced plans for a world tour and a new album. The tour (1982-83) happened. The album didn’t.”

    As there is substantial crowd noise – clapping, plus jostling sounds from the taper himself – and the stadium having typically cavernous acoustics, the sound is really only average. Vocals are fairly clear, but still… I suspect only die-hard S&G fans will want to listen to this more than once.

    Nice artwork – it’s a takeoff on the official The Concert In Central Park. Although the thought does occur that if you want some good-sounding live S&G, why not simply pick that album up since most of he same songs were performed? — OSWALD

    http://www.hotwacks.com/database/publish/article_1009.php

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      1. Hallo Rob,

        Het gaat wel moeizaam hoor; ik zag zojuist datjij met mijn gezwoeg gelukkig wel wat doet! Ik heb een andere afbeelding van Korakuren Stadium Tokyo gevonden voor je wellicht kan deze erbij?

  19. Rob: Ik had jou al een kaartje voor een concert in Tokyo gestuurd en nu heb ik er nog één. Dit kaartje is bestemd voor het laatste concert dat Simon en Garfunkel in Tokyo gaven. De datum is 11.5.1982:

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    1. Thanks for the entries and pictures. I will try to dedicate a page to these concerts (besides the posts here) in Japan. Your help is appreciated. (I keep it in English for all the other readers).

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  20. N.B.: ik zit nu yahoo.co.jp door te ploegen en vind hier gelukkig weer iets. Welllicht Oudejaarsavond verder ik zit met Oud en Nieuw toch alleen thuis en er is niks dat mij aanspreekt op de TV. Groetjes Corry Ik ga zo naar mijn bed….`t wordt hier zo koud!

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  23. Hier heb je de afbeelding en de achterkant en de kaart van de sixpack die ik jou al heb verzonden. Ter completering van je dossier! Groetjes Corry Het is wel verdomd moeilijk hoor om al die stuff op te diepen. Heb ook een beetje het gevoel dat er niet veel meer te vinden zal zijn. Het T-shirt van Paul kan wellicht nog wat mogelijkheden opleveren. Ik zie het nog wel even:

    Oh: ik heb een stuk tekst gevonden in het Engels in een controversionele “biografie” van die gast die “Homeward Bound” heeft geschreven en nooit met Paul Simon zelf hierover heeft gesproken. Het boek mag van Paul Simon deze naam niet dragen. Paul is zelf bezig met een nieuwe biografie over hemzelf gezamelijk met Robert Hilburn. deze kun je vinden op: http://www.roberthilburn.com Dat stuk tekst krijg je morgen wel van mij. Ik ga er nu mee kappen. Dat is het lekkere als er stukken worden gepubliceerd via Google! Hier nog de laatste link:

    http://rthimel.free.fr/Paul-Simon-nouvelle-version/fs-sg-korakuen-11-may-82.htm

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  25. Ik zal voor jou proberen dat Japans van het PDF-bestand dat jij stuurde, te vertalen. De opzet zal als volgt zijn: eerst de Japanse tekst gevolgd door de Engelse versie. En een stuk uit “Homeward Bound” heb je ook nog tegoed. Ga nu naar mijn bed: groetjes Corry

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  27. Regarding your PDF-file I have tried the following. Not able to translate this doc into English. I am able to convert a PDF into a Word doc. This Word-doc is to be converted into a HTML document. I am sorry that I am not able to upload this HTML-document. I am only able to give the photographs to you without any description. Please keep in touch. When I am done with this entire proces I will upload the pages with all photos. Kind regards Corry

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