Simon & Garfunkel - Twien TV Show, Taverne De Waag, Haarlem, Netherlands, 6-29-1966

Now that I've posted Simon and Garfunkel's BBC sessions from 1965, I want to post some other performances they did, mostly from TV shows. There are a number of times where they played live on TV, but just did the same songs you've heard a million times before, like "The Sound of Silence" and "Homeward Bound." Instead, I'm focusing on a smaller number of longer shows where they were able to play some of their more uncommon songs. Since there's a lot of bootlegs of their music, I'm able to select just the ones with great sound quality.

The first two songs here actually from another TV appearance, the "Mike Douglas Show" in January 1966. They played three songs. I've skipped one, because it's "The Sound of Silence," which they did many times elsewhere. But the other two are notable as songs they rarely played. In fact, I'd guess this is the only time they ever did this cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." Perhaps the TV producers asked them to do it. Too bad it's a short version, only two minutes long.

Everything else comes from Dutch TV show. You can find it on YouTube if you want to see it and not just hear it. Unfortunately, it's only in black and white, and the visual quality isn't that good. But the sound quality here is very good for the era. None of the songs from it are super rare, but it's one of the best bootleg recordings of them from 1966, if not the best. Also, they talk a fair amount between songs.

The one snag is that this show was rather short, at only 23 minutes long. Even with the two extra songs at the front, this is only 27 minutes long. I considered adding in other extra songs, but I didn't see anything else worthy of fitting.

01 You Can Tell the World (Simon & Garfunkel)
02 Mr. Tambourine Man (Simon & Garfunkel)
03 Anji [Instrumental] (Simon & Garfunkel)
04 Richard Cory (Simon & Garfunkel)
05 talk (Simon & Garfunkel)
06 Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel)
08 talk (Simon & Garfunkel)
07 Leaves That Are Green (Simon & Garfunkel)
10 talk (Simon & Garfunkel)
09 I Am a Rock (Simon & Garfunkel)
11 A Most Peculiar Man (Simon & Garfunkel)
12 talk (Simon & Garfunkel)
13 A Poem on the Underground Wall (Simon & Garfunkel)
14 He Was My Brother (Simon & Garfunkel)
15 talk (Simon & Garfunkel)
16 The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16700328/SIMNNGRFNKL1966_TwienTVShwTaverneDWaagHaarlmNethrlnds__6-29-1966_atse.zip.html

I don't know any details on where or when the cover photo is from, but the time period looks to be about right.