Starbucks to release Simon & Garfunkel live CD

03/13/2008 4:00 AM, Reuters
Jonathan Cohen

The Simon & Garfunkel live album originally due last September via Columbia/Legacy has been revived as a Starbucks exclusive, beginning March 25. A release to traditional retail outlets is expected in the fall.

"Live 1969" is drawn from previously unreleased recordings from Simon & Garfunkel's November 1969 U.S. tour, which turned out to be the duo's last for more than a decade.

The shows were taped with the intention of releasing a live album to follow up the January 1970 release of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," but that project never materialized until now.

The album includes early live versions of songs from "Bridge," including "Why Don't You Write Me," "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" and a spine-tingling rendition of the title track. Also featured are classics such as "Homeward Bound," "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" and "The Boxer," plus a cover of the Gene Autry-popularized "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine."

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