Carly Simon: Live at Grand Central

It was Jackie Onassis's idea for Simon to perform in Grand Central.^[5] Simon wrote the song "Touched by the Sun" for Onassis, which originally appeared on Simon's album Letters Never Sent (1994).^[6] The surprise performance "stopped commuters in their tracks",^[7] and aired on Lifetime on May 21, 1995. Simon was also featured in an episode of the Lifetime original series Intimate Portrait, which was broadcast the same night.^[6][8]

Live at Grand Central was released on home video on December 12, 1995.^[9] The concert was restored and re-released on January 27, 2023 on Blu-ray, Vinyl and CD,^[10] and can be purchased through Simon's official website.^[11] Alongside the announcement, a video of "Like a River" from the concert was released, which was not featured on its original release.^[10]

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated.

1. "Touched by the Sun"
2. "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (Simon/Jacob Brackman)
3. "Letters Never Sent" (Simon/Brackman)
4. "I've Got to Have You" (Kris Kristofferson)
5. "Anticipation"
6. "Halfway 'Round the World"
7. "Legend in Your Own Time"
8. "Jesse" (Simon/Mike Mainieri)
9. "De Bat (Fly in Me Face)"
10. "Coming Around Again"
11. "Davy"
12. "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (Simon/Brackman)
13. "Let the River Run"
14. "We Have No Secrets"

1. "Touched by the Sun"
2. "Anticipation"
3. "I've Got to Have You" (Kris Kristofferson)
4. "We Have No Secrets"
5. "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (Simon/Jacob Brackman)
6. "Jesse" (Simon/Mike Mainieri)
7. "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (Simon/Brackman)
8. "Letters Never Sent" (Simon/Brackman)
9. "Legend in Your Own Time"
10. "De Bat (Fly in Me Face)"
11. "Davy"
12. "Halfway 'Round the World"
13. "Like a River"
14. "Coming Around Again"
15. "Let the River Run"

Live at Grand Central
Live album by Carly Simon
Released	January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)
Recorded	April 2, 1995 (1995-04-02)
Length	64:57
Label	C'est Music Arista
Producer	Frank Filipetti
Carly Simon chronology
Songs from the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection) (2015) Live at Grand Central (2023) These Are the Good Old Days: The Carly Simon and Jac Holzman Story (2023)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
American Songwriter	[12]
PopMatters	[13]

Live at Grand Central was made available for the first time on vinyl and CD on January 27, 2023, making it Simon's second live album, following Greatest Hits Live in 1988.

A review from Riff magazine stated: "This new release of Live at Grand Central captures [Simon's] command of the stage beautifully, and the remixing does it the justice it deserves."^[14]

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[15]

• Teese Gohl – music director, keyboards
• Rick Marotta – drums
• Doug Wimbish – bass
• Peter Calo – guitar
• Dirk Ziff – guitar
• Mick Rossi – keyboards
• Mindy Jostyn – violin
• Eric Bazilian – mandolin
• Marc Cohn – backing vocals
• Jerry Barnes – backing vocals
• Katreese Barnes – backing vocals
• Curtis King – backing vocals