ɪt wʌz ɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd ɪnðə wˈeɪk ʌvðə ɹᵻlˈiːs ʌv ðɛɹ ɡoʊz ɹˈaɪmɪn sˈaɪmən, wˌɪtʃ pɹədˈuːst ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv hˈɪt sˈɪŋɡəlz"kˈoʊdɐkɹˌoʊm" ænd "lˈʌvz mˌiː lˈaɪk ɐ ɹˈɑːk"ænd ɹˈeɪdɪˌoʊ stˈeɪpəlz"sˈʌmθɪŋ sˌoʊ ɹˈaɪt" ænd "tˈeɪk mˌiː tə ðə mˈɑːɹdi ɡɹˈɑːz", æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv nˈɑːɾɚ dˈeɪm ɪn ˌɪndiːˈænə ænd kˈɑːɹnəɡi hˈɔːl ɪn nˈuː jˈɔːɹk dˈʊɹɹɪŋ sˈaɪmənz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ tˈʊɹ.
It was recorded in the wake of the release of There Goes Rhymin' Simon, which produced a number of hit singles ("Kodachrome" and "Loves Me Like a Rock") and radio staples ("Something So Right" and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"), at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and Carnegie Hall in New York during Simon's 1973–74 tour.