Tag: Simon & Garfunkel

1969: Miami Beach Auditorium

The Philadelphia Inquirer of November 9th 1969, mentions an upcoming concert of Simon & Garfunkel on November 23rd at The Miami Beach Auditorium/Convention Hall:

So far I have not been able to get it confirmed by an advertisement or a review.

here are the other 1969 shows as known to me now:

1969-05-02 Buffalo (NY), University of Buffalo [joining a Frank Zappa concert as Tom & Jerry]
1969-07-28/30 Los Angeles, USA, CBS Convention, Century Plaza Hotel

1969-10-31 Detroit, Cobo Hall (Start of the ’69 tour)
1969-11-01 Kansas Wichita State University / Henry Levitt Arena USA WI
1969-11-02 St. Louis, Kiel Auditorium
1969-11-07 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Civic Center, Convention Hall
1969-11-08 Carbondale Southern Illinois Univeristy / USA IL
1969-11-09 Oxford Miami University / Millett Hall USA OH
1969-11-14 Salt Lake City Salt Palace USA UT
1969-11-15 Long Beach USA CA
1969-11-27 New York City Carnegie Hall USA NY CBS
1969-11-28 New York City Carnegie Hall USA NY CBS

Vinyl Covers #3 – SX68Sound

In Japan many Simon & Garfunkel records were released using the SX 68 system by Sony. I am not technician, but this is what it is about:

” CBS Sony built their cutting system with the Neumann SX-68 head and their own solid state amps and gave the logo “SX-68 Sound” to the record covers.

It was replaced later by SX 68 II and SX 74.

Here’s a release in this series using SX 68 Sound:

SONX 60195 Simon & Garfunkel – Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits II SX68Sound

Tracks
A1 Mrs. Robinson 4:02
A2 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 2:04
A3 The Boxer 5:07
A4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) 1:43
A5 The Sound Of Silence 3:02
A6 I Am A Rock 2:50
A7 Scarborough Fair / Canticle Composed By – Art Garfunkel 3:08
B1 Homeward Bound 2:30
B2 Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:52
B3 America 3:34
B4 Kathy’s Song 3:16
B5 El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Composed By – Daniel A. Robles, Jorge Milchberg 3:06
B6 Bookends 1:16
B7 Cecilia 2:55

This one was released in 1972. But of course CBS Sony started releasing Simon & Garfunkel albums in 1968/1969. Here are two examples:

CBS/Sony – SOPB 55103~4 Simon & Garfunkl (Gift Pack Series)
CBS/Sony – SONX 60054 (= The Paul Simon Songbook from 1965)

All albums come most of the time in so-called gatefold covers with lots of information (like recording dates). And the sound quality is indeed very good.

The Italy-based (?) Festival label used the same cover as SONX 60195 with that same title, but the tracks were not the same:

  • to be continued –

Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel performing at Sen. George McGovern’s Campaign

Not so long agao I was listening to the set Simon & Garfunkel played in 1972 in New York City at Madison Square Gardens.

They played on June 14th at the benefit show held for George McGovern’s campain to become America’s next president.

And now I found the advertisment for it “tucked away” in the cover of a Japanese 45rpm release:

1965 Simon & Garfunkel at The Red Rooster

With thanks to Joe McMichael we were happy to get the info in 2013 that Simon & Garfunkel appeared in Indiana, in the state of Pennsylvania.

The Red Rooster had just opened a couple of days earlier before the Simon & Garfunkel concert took place on December 26th.

And today JMPaull commented: We were visiting my family in Latrobe, PA, and my older cousin took me to the Simon & Garfunkel concert at the Red Rooster. It had just turned 14, and it was my first “live” concert. I had no idea who they were, or what was going on, but I do remember thinking that “The Sounds of Silence” sounded pretty cool.

It was Michael Bender who brought Simon & Garfunkel to recently opened Red Rooster, late 1965. In an article of 2017. when Bender had passed away recently, his friend Greg Flave mentions the fact and states that it was probably the most famous band he had booked. As we can see there were more bands of fame being booked like The Cooasters, The Isley Brothers and singer Lou Christy.

Source: Johnstown Tribune Democrat Apr. 05, 2017, p18

1970: Simon & Garfunkel in Amsterdam

Right now a poster for sale on eBay for this event:

The concert started at the end of the 2nd of May and ran into early hours of the 3rd. As mentioned on the poster “No Television”, luckily it was recorded for Dutch radio and broadcasted 2 weeks later by VARA Radio.

There was a lot of discussion about the prices of tickets…the poster is now for sale for 1250US$.