New York Children’s Health Project benefit concert
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Dec. 13, 1987


Excellent soundboard recording (from 1st generation cassette)


Another stellar recording from "The RS Archives"
(a Mexminute/TheCommish production)
 

** mp3 samples provided (as always) in the Comments section **



Note:  An incomplete version of this concert was released on a bootleg by Yellow Cat Records out of Luxembourg (#YC 013-014).  That bootleg refers to this show as the "Homeless Children's Medical Benefit Concert"; however, Paul Simon explains in Track 105 that this show benefits the New York Children's Health Project--so that's how it's presented above.


Setlist:	
101. Paul Simon – The Boy In The Bubble
102. Paul Simon – Gumboots > Whispering Bells
103. Paul Simon – Crazy Love, Vol. II
104. Paul Simon – I Know What I Know
105. Paul Simon – Introduction to the evening & introduction of Paul Shaffer
106. Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band – Treat Her Right
107. Paul Shaffer introduces Deborah Harry & Grace Jones
108. Deborah Harry & Grace Jones introduce Lou Reed
109. Lou Reed – Tell It To Your Heart
110. Lou Reed – New Sensations
111. Lou Reed – Take A Walk On The Wild Side
112. Lou Reed introduces Dion
113. Dion – The Wanderer
114. Dion – Runaround Sue
115. Dion – Teenager In Love (with Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Rubén Blades, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Billy Joel, and probably some others).  
116. Paul Simon introduces Ladysmith Black Mambazo
117. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - ???
118. Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Homeless (with Paul Simon)

201. Paul Simon – Graceland
202. Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al (w/ Chevy Chase)
(Intermission)
203. Paul Simon introduces Laurie Anderson
204. Laurie Anderson - Baby Doll
205. Laurie Anderson - Let X=X > It Tango
206. Paul Simon chats about the benefit, then introduces Ron Darling (New York Mets) & Ron Mattingly (New York Yankees) 
207. Ron Darling & Ron Mattingly introduce Bruce Springsteen
208. Bruce Springsteen chats about the benefit  
209. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
210. Bruce Springsteen brings out Paul Shaffer, Billy Joel, Paul Simon & others  
211. Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days
212. Paul Simon introduces Bill Cosby
213. Bill Cosby chats about the benefit & introduces Rubén Blades
214. Rubén Blades - Cuentas del Alma 
215. Rubén Blades - Muevete (with Whoopie Goldberg & Bill Cosby)
216. Paul Simon introduces (from Saturday Night Live) Lorne Michaels, Kevin Nealon & Chevy Chase.
217. Lorne Michaels, Kevin Nealon & Chevy Chase chats & introduce James Taylor
218. James Taylor – Looking For Love On Broadway
219. James Taylor – Carolina In My Mind
220. James Taylor – That Lonesome Road

301. Whoopie Goldberg chats about the benefit & introduces Nile Rogers  
302. Nile Rogers (with Chaka Khan) – We Are Family > Le Freak > Good Time > I Feel For You 
303. Paul Simon introduces Billy Joel
304. Billy Joel – New York State Of Mind
305. Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years
306. Paul Simon – Late In The Evening
307. Paul Simon – Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes 
(Encores)
308. All musicians & speakers – Rock & Roll Music 
309. All musicians & speakers – Rock & Roll Music (reprise)

Total running time (all 3 discs):  199:13 minutes

  
Lineage:
1st generation cassette master > Nakamichi CR-7A (playback) > HHB CDR-850 (burning) > CDR > EAC > FLAC Frontend > FLAC

Note:
* Deleted a small microgap at the 3:36 mark of Track 202 (with Nero's wave editor)
* Show tracking done by Mexminute


A brief description of "The RS Archives":
The RS Archive consists of a selection of live recordings made by a great individual who passed away in 2005.  
 
RS worked in the music industry in many capacities….a music fan….a musician….a sound engineer.  He was considered one of the best behind the mixing board.  I was honored to have known him for practically 35 years.
  
So now, it is time to honor him by sharing some of the many recordings he made while on the road.  All are perfect (or near perfect) soundboard recordings made from the master cassettes or master dat tapes.  Unfortunately, I am not able to identify the original equipment these tapes were made on, however I can say that for the transferring process, the cassette tapes were played back on a Nakamichi CR-7A, and the dat tapes on a Sony PCM-R500.  They were all burnt onto cdr using a HHB CDR-850.  

Please enjoy these tasty gems!    
Mexminute (fellow DIME member).



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Generously shared by Mexminute
and uploaded on DIME by TheCommish
March 2009