Simon and Garfunkel
March 11, 1967
Tufts University
Cousens Gymnasium
Medford, Massachusetts

Soundboard recording from reel – probably 2nd or 3rd gen. reel. More dynamic range and less hissy sounding than the previous seed. Also includes an extra minute and a half of a partial “Leaves They Are Green” that’s missing from the previous copy and from most lists of this show on the web. This copy was gone through carefully to seamlessly remove many clicks and other minor flaws, and has not been circulated from this source before. There is still quite a bit of tape hiss, but not as loud or in the way of the music as on the other copy.

01 [1:52] The Leaves That Are Green [cuts in]
02 [2:46] Paul Simon talk
03 [3:30] Sparrow
04 [3:00] Homeward Bound
05 [2:13] You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies
06 [3:14] A Most Peculiar Man
07 [3:01] Red Rubber Ball
08 [3:28] The Dangling Conversation
09 [2:59] Paul Simon talk
10 [2:06] The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
11 [3:32] Richard Cory
12 [0:37] Art Garfunkel talk
13 [3:11] Benedictus
14 [1:16] Paul Simon talk
15 [3:43] Blessed
16 [2:24] Art Garfunkel talk
17 [2:48] A Poem On The Underground Wall
18 [3:55] I Am A Rock
19 [3:19] Anji
20 [5:18] The Sound of Silence
21 [2:49] For Emily Whenever I May Find Her
22 [4:33] A Church Is Burning
23 [2:43] Wednesday Morning 3 A.M.
total: 68:17

Notes: This show has been traded as various dates and places but most call it Tufts University ’66 or march 11, 1967. My reel was labeled “Tufts University Fall 1966” but evidence found on the web shows the date as March 11, 1967. There is an article and ad from the MIT University newspaper that mentions that they are playing that week but does not say that they also played at Tufts in 1966, so I am assuming that March 11, 1967 is the likely date of this recording. I have included those 2 pdf files, plus a poster that I found on the web as part of some artwork. My reel was recorded right around the time that this tape first circulated widely in the late ’70’s. I think it was originally given out by someone who worked at the show. It was not supposed to be traded, but was soon leaked by someone and then bootlegged extensively after that.
Transfer: Revox A700 > Macintosh with Digidesign AudioMedia III sound card > Pro Tools (normalization, minor “nip and tuck” edits and tracking – no equalization or noise reduction) > AIFF files > xAct (Flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).