Paul Simon
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia, Md.
June 9, 2017

Source: DPA 4060 => Tascam DR-2d
Conversion: WAV => Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (16-bit)

Track listing:

CD1 (73:13):
(1) The Boy In The Bubble (5:28)
(2) 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (4:19)
(3) Dazzling Blue (6:20)
(4) That Was Your Mother (4:47)
(5) Rewrite (4:28)
(6) America (4:28)
(7) Mother and Child Reunion (3:39)
(8) Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard (4:24)
(9) Banter (1:53)
(10) Spirit Voices (4:45)
(11) The Obvious Child (5:36)
(12) Stranger To Stranger (5:13)
(13) Homeward Bound (3:50)
(14) El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (2:10) =>
(15) Duncan (4:45)
(16) My Little Town (6:59)

CD2 (63:05):
(1) Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes (6:33) =>
(2) You Can Call Me Al (7:37)
(3) Wristband (4:03)
(4) Graceland (6:24)
(5) Still Crazy After All These Years (4:12)
(6) Encore break (4:25)
(7) Questions For The Angels (4:20)
(8) The Boxer (6:03)
(9) One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor (3:43)
(10) Late In The Evening (6:09)
(11) The Sound of Silence (7:01)

Comments: This recording captures Paul in the midst of his penultimate tour during the summer of 2017 promoting his most recent studio release "Stranger to Stranger." This recording has been kicking around on my hard drive for the past 18 months or so, and I figured it was time to finish writing the info file and share with the masses. I saw the Chicago show the following week, and while I enjoyed this tour, the arrangements felt a little more restrained than in the 2018 farewell tour. It was nice to see some of his mid-career solo material make a return after a lengthy layoff ("Obvious Child," "Duncan," "One Man's Ceiling," etc.) -- I've been going to his shows since 1991 and I was happy to see him play songs that I'd never seen. This tour certainly had its moments.

The recording itself is very good -- somewhat distant, but clear and a good mix. Given the low volume, the clapping between songs seems quite loud but I didn't hear much crowd interference during songs. You do hear talking during some of the quieter moments, but I didn't notice anything close enough to the mic to be distracting.

Many thanks to TallTaper for taping and sharing this recording --

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