Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'

Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	April 1974
Recorded	June 1973, Royal Albert Hall, London
Genre	Rock
Length	51:56
Label	Columbia, then Warner Bros.
Producer	Phil Ramone
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Paul Simon chronology
There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973) Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin (1974) Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)

Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' is an album by Paul Simon, released in April 1974 by Columbia Records. In June 1973, in the wake of the release of There Goes Rhymin' Simon – which produced a number of hit singles ("Kodachrome" and "Loves Me Like a Rock") and radio staples (as "Something So Right" and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras") – Simon performed two concerts at the historical Royal Albert Hall in London. He was joined by Urubamba and the Jessy Dixon Singers. Ten months after, the album was released as a souvenir of the 1973-1974 tour that followed the album, becoming his first live release ever, and it was seen by many as recorded during the tour - however it covered only those Royal Albert Hall performances. It also showed Simon performing Simon & Garfunkel songs in concert for the first time. The variety of songs and richness of styles (including the rare "Jesus Is the Answer", a vocal solo by the Jessy Dixon Singers) helped to the album appeal. Most notably was the notable Simon's fascination in the gospel, something that was materialized in the arrangements on many of the songs, taking distance from Simon's classical folk early style.

The album was a moderate success. It reached #33 in the U.S. and eventually reached a Gold certification by the RIAA. However, it failed to chart at all in the UK, a surprising fact considering that the album was recorded there. Further, two of the live performances were released as a single as part of the promotion for the album - the breakthrough Simon & Garfunkel "The Sound of Silence" in the A-side with Simon's debut single "Mother and Child Reunion" on the B-side. Strangely, the single failed to chart in the U.S.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Simon; except where indicated.

Side 1

1. "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" – 2:47
2. "Homeward Bound" – 2:45
3. "American Tune" – 3:58
4. "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)" (Simon, Jorge Milchberg, Daniel Alomía Robles) – 4:08
5. "Duncan" – 5:11
6. "The Boxer" – 6:11

Side 2

1. "Mother and Child Reunion" – 4:00
2. "The Sound of Silence" – 4:27
3. "Jesus Is the Answer" (Jessy Dixon Singers solo) – 3:28
4. "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 7:10
5. "Loves Me Like a Rock" – 3:16
6. "America" – 4:35