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Two-time Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee and multiple Grammy Award winner Paul Simon’s first three solo albums are now finally reissued, remastered and upgraded with rare BONUS tracks – and the brand new collection SONGWRITER which features Paul Simon’s very favorites from his own extensive body of work – handpicked and sequenced by the man who knows them best.!

The Albums:

SONGWRITER is a selection of songs, chosen by the composer, as the best of his decades-long creative output.  Some of these are well-known hits and others more hidden gems, but all bear the distinct lyrical, melodic and rhythmic signature of Paul Simon one of the great composers of popular song in the last 50 years.

PAUL SIMON: The 1972 Platinum album includes the hits “Mother and Child Reunion” & “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” PLUS 3 unreleased tracks.

THERE GOES RHYMIN’ SIMON: The 1973 masterpiece, ranked as one of Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Albums of All Time features the Top 10 hits “Kodachrome” & “Loves Me Like A Rock” – now with 4 unreleased BONUS tracks!

STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: The 1975 Billboard #1 Grammy Award Winner for Album of The Year and Best Pop Male Vocal features the #1 hit “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” PLUS 2 unreleased tracks including the original demo for “Slip Slidin’ Away.”

CD Track Listings:

SONGWRITER
Disc 1
1. The Sound Of Silence (Live at Webster Hall, 2011) - new unreleased version    
2. The Boxer - Paul Simon (Live Central Park, 1991)     
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin    
4. Mother And Child Reunion    
5. Tenderness    
6. Peace Like A River    
7. American Tune    
8. Kodachrome
9. Something So Right    
10. Late In The Evening    
11. Train In The Distance    
12. Hearts And Bones    
13. Still Crazy After All These Years    
14. Rene And George Magritte with Their Dog After The War    
15. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes    
16. The Boy In The Bubble    
17. Graceland    

Disc 2
1. The Obvious Child    
2. Further To Fly    
3. The Cool, Cool River    
4. Spirit Voices    
5. Born In Puerto Rico    
6. Quality          
7. Darling Lorraine    
8. Look At That    
9. Se?orita With A Necklace Of Tears
10. That's Me    
11. Another Galaxy    
12. Father And Daughter    
13. Rewrite    
14. Love And Hard Times    
15. So Beautiful Or So What    


PAUL SIMON
1. Mother and Child Reunion (#4 hit)
2. Duncan
3. Everything Put Together Falls Apart
4. Run That Body Down
5. Armistice Day
6. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (#22 hit)
7. Peace Like a River
8. Papa Hobo
9. Hobo’s Blues
10. Paranoia Blues
11. Congratulations
BONUS TRACKS (all previously unissued):
12. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (Demo – San Francisco 2/71)
13. Duncan (Demo – San Francisco 2/71)
14. Paranoia Blues (Unreleased Version)


THERE GOES RHYMIN’ SIMON
1. Kodachrome (#2 hit)
2. Tenderness
3. Take Me to the Mardi Gras
4. Something So Right
5. One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor
6. American Tune (#35 hit)
7. Was a Sunny Day
8. Learn How to Fall
9. St. Judy’s Comet
10. Loves Me Like a Rock (#2 hit)
BONUS TRACKS:
11. Let Me Live in Your City (work-in-progress)
12. Take Me to the Mardi Gras (acoustic demo)
13. American Tune (unfinished demo)
14. Loves Me Like a Rock (acoustic demo)


STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
1. Still Crazy After All These Years (#40)
2. My Little Town (#9 hit, with Art Garfunkel)
3. I Do It for Your Love
4. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (#1 hit)
5. Night Game
6. Gone at Last (#23 hit)
7. Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy
8. Have a Good Time
9. You’re Kind
10. Silent Eyes
BONUS TRACKS (all previously unissued):
11. Slip Slidin’ Away (Demo)
12. Gone at Last (Original Demo w/The Jessy Dixon Singers)