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Album Premiere: Paul Simon, 'Live in New York City'

Two-disc concert set captures Webster Hall Show from 2011

September 13, 2012 8:00 AM ET
Paul Simon, 'Live In New York City'
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Click to listen to Paul Simon's album 'Live in New York City'

On September 18th, Paul Simon releases a new two-CD, one-DVD package Paul Simon Live In New York City via Hear Music and Concord Music Group. The new release comprises a performance at Webster Hall on Simon's 2011 U.S. tour, and the 90-minute, 20-song set features cuts including "The Afterlife" from last year's solo effort So Beautiful or So What alongside tunes like "Kodachrome" and "Gone at Last" – which haven't been performed in years – and, of course, classics like "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" and "Boy in the Bubble," which you can watch here.

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