Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, guitar • Pete Carr: guitar • Jimmy Johnson: electric guitar • Barry Beckett: keyboards • David Hood: bass • Roger Hawkins: drums
Produced by Paul Simon & The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section
From There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Columbia #32280 (5/73); LPs #2
Columbia single #45859 (5/73); Pop #2, AC #2
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04 Something So Right
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, guitar • Alexander Gafa & David Spinozza: guitar • Bob James: keyboards • Bobby Scott: piano • Don Elliott: vibes • Bob Cranshaw: electric bass • Richard Davis: acoustic bass • Grady Tate: drums • Hubert Laws: flute solo • Harry Lookofsky: concertmaster • Quincy Jones: conductor, string arrangement
Produced by Paul Simon • Co-Produced by Phil Ramone
From There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Columbia #32280 (5/73); LPs #2
05 Loves Me Like A Rock
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, guitar • David Hood: bass • Roger Hawkins: drums • The Dixie Hummingbirds: background vocals
Produced by Paul Simon, Phil Ramone & The Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section
From There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Columbia #32280 (5/73); LPs #2
Columbia single #45907 (7/73); Pop #2, AC #1
06 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, acoustic guitar • Hugh McCracken & John Tropea: electric guitar • Ken Asher: organ • Tony Levin: bass • Steve Gadd: drums • Ralph McDonald: percussion • Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson & Phoebe Snow: background vocals
Produced by Paul Simon & Phil Ramone
From Still Crazy After All These Years, Columbia #33540 (10/75); LPs #1
Columbia single #10270 (12/75); Pop #1, AC #1
07 Still Crazy After All These
Years
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals • Barry Beckett: electric piano • David Hood: bass • Roger Hawkins: drums • Michael Brecker: sax solo • Bob James: woodwind & string arrangements
Produced by Paul Simon & Phil Ramone
From Still Crazy After All These Years, Columbia #33540 (10/75); LPs #1
Columbia single #10332 (4/76); Pop #40, AC #5
08 Late In The Evening
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals • Hugh McCracken: acoustic guitar • Eric Gale: electric guitar • Tony Levin: bass • Steve Gadd: drums • Ralph McDonald: percussion • Dave Grusin: horn arrangement
Produced by Phil Ramone & Paul Simon
From One-Trick Pony, Warner Bros. #3472 (8/80); LPs #12
Warner Bros. single #49511 (7/80); Pop #6, AC #7
09 Slip Slidin’ Away
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, guitar • Richard Tee: piano • Anthony Jackson: bass • Steve Gadd: drums • Ralph McDonald: percussion • The Oak Ridge Boys: background vocals
Produced by Paul Simon & Phil Ramone
From Greatest Hits, Etc., Columbia #35032 (11/77); LPs #18
Columbia single #10630 (9/77); Pop #5, AC #4
10 Hearts And Bones
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, acoustic guitar • Dean Parks: hi-string guitar • Anthony Jackson: contrabass guitar • Richard Tee: Fender Rhodes • Steve Gadd: drums • Michael Mainieri: vibes, marimba • Airto Moreira: percussion
Produced by Paul Simon, Russ Titelman & Roy Halee
From Hearts And Bones, Warner Bros. #23942 (10/83); LPs #35
Warner Bros. single #28522 (11/86)
11 Diamonds On The Soles Of Her
Shoes
(Paul Simon) Beginning by Paul Simon & Joseph Shabalala
From Graceland, Warner Bros. #25447 (8/86); LPs #3
Warner Bros. single #28522 (11/86); Pop #81, AC #34
14 You Can Call Me Al
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, 6-string electric bass • Chikapa “Ray” Phiri: guitar • Adrian Belew: guitar synthesizer • Rob Mounsey: synthesizer • Bakithi Kumalo: bass • Isaac Mtshali: drums • Ralph McDonald: percussion • Ronald E. Brecker, John Faddis, Alan Rubin & Lewis Michael Soloff: trumpet • David W. Bargeron & Kim Allan Cissel: trombone • Ronald E. Cuber: baritone sax, bass sax • Morris Goldberg: pennywhistle solo
Produced by Paul Simon
Co-Arranged by Chikapa “Ray” Phiri, with Paul Simon
From Graceland, Warner Bros. #25447 (8/86); LPs #3
Warner Bros. single #28667 (7/86); Pop #23, AC #15
15 Spirit Voices
(Paul Simon) Portuguese lyrics by Milton Nascimento
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, guitar • Milton Nascimento: vocals • Vincent Nguini: guitar, guitar arrangement [based on a traditional Ghanaian song, “Yaa Amponsah,” by Jacob Sam], clave • Adrian Belew: guitar synthesizer • Michael Brecker: Akai EWI synthesizer • Bakithi Kumalo & Armand Sabal-Lecco: bass • Mingo Araújo: bass drum • Nana Vasconcelos: congas, gourds, triangle • Francisco Aguabella, Giovanni Hidalgo & Sidinho: congas • Anthony Carillo: bongo • Dom Chacal: gourd • Sidinho: tambourine
Produced by Paul Simon
Brazil Rhythm Track Production Arranged by Mazzola
Translation of Portuguese Lyrics by Lizzie Bravo
From The Rhythm Of The Saints, Warner Bros. #26098 (10/90); LPs #4
16 The Cool, Cool River
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, guitar; guitar & horn arrangement • Vincent Nguini: guitar, guitar arrangement, bass • Michael Brecker: Akai EWI synthesizer • Greg Phillinganes: synthesizer • Asante: box drum • Mingo Araújo: conga, triangle • Nana Vasconcelos: berimbau, gourd • Ya Yo de la Nelson: chakeire • UAKTI: percussion effects • Errol Ince & Clyde Mitchell: trumpet • Clifton Anderson: trombone • Charles Doherty: alto sax, tenor sax
Produced by Paul Simon
Brazil Rhythm Track Production Arranged by Mazzola
From The Rhythm Of The Saints, Warner Bros. #26098 (10/90); LPs #4
17 Adios Hermanos
(Paul Simon/Derek Walcott)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals • Oriente Lopez: organ • Karen Bernod, Briz, Renee Connell-Adams, Myrna Gomila, Derrick James, Kia Jeffries, DeWayne Snype & Ed Vasquez: background vocals
Produced by Paul Simon • Additional Production: Roy Halee • Associate Producers: Oscar Hernandez & Roy Halee
From Songs From The Capeman, Warner Bros. #46814 (11/97); LPs #42
18 Love
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar guitar • Vincent Nguini: electric guitar • Bakithi Kumalo: bass • Jamey Haddad & Steve Shehan: percussion • Steve Gorn: bamboo flute
Produced & Arranged by Paul Simon
From You’re The One, Warner Bros. #47844 (10/00); LPs #19
19 Hurricane Eye
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar • Vincent Nguini: acoustic guitar, electric guitar • Mark Stewart: banjo • Clifford Carter: celeste, keyboard glockenspiel • Abraham Laboriel: bass • Steve Gadd: drums • Dan Duggan: hammer dulcimer • Jamey Haddad & Steve Shehan: percussion
Produced & Arranged by Paul Simon
From You’re The One, Warner Bros. #47844 (10/00); LPs #19
Demola Adepoju appeared courtesy of Addlar Records
Adrian Belew appeared courtesy of Island Records (“The Boy In The Bubble”) & Atlantic Recording Corp. (“Spirit Voices”)
Michael Brecker appeared courtesy of Arista Records (“Still Crazy After All These Years”) & GRP Records, Inc. (“Spirit Voices” and “The Cool, Cool River”)
The Dixie Hummingbirds appeared courtesy of Peacock Records
Dan Duggan appeared courtesy of Esperance Records
The Everly Brothers appeared courtesy of PolyGram Records, Inc.
Eric Gale appeared courtesy of Columbia Records
Bakithi Kumalo appeared courtesy of Cartridge T.V./CCP (“Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes,” “The Boy In The Bubble,” “Graceland,” and “You Can Call Me Al” ) & SIAM Records, L.L.C. (“Love”)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo appeared courtesy of Gallo Records
Ralph McDonald appeared courtesy of Marlin Records (“Late In The Evening” and “Slip Slidin’ Away”) & PolyGram Records, Inc. (“You Can Call Me Al”)
Forere Motloheloa appeared courtesy of EMI/CCP
Milton Nascimento appeared courtesy of CBS Records, Brazil
Youssou N’Dour appeared courtesy of Magnetic Records, Paris
The Oak Ridge Boys appeared courtesy of ABC Records
Steve Shehan appeared courtesy of Safar Music Productions
Valerie Simpson appeared courtesy of Motown Records
UAKTI appeared courtesy of Visom Records, Brazil
Note: Numbers in italics (following original release information) denote peak positions attained by singles on Billboard’s “Hot 100” and “Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary” charts respectively and by albums on Billboard’s Top Pop Albums chart - courtesy BPI Communications and Joel Whitburn’s Record Research Publications.
Limited-Edition Live Bonus Disc
01 american tune
(Paul Simon)
Recorded Live in New York City (1973)
02 duncan
(Paul Simon)
Recorded Live in London, England (1973)
03 the coast
(Paul Simon/Vincent Nguini)
Recorded Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (2002)
04 mrs. robinson
(Paul Simon)
Recorded Live in New York City (1999)
05 bridge over troubled water
(Paul Simon)
Featuring/Paul Simon & Aaron Neville: vocals
Recorded Live at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, New Orleans, LA (2001)
[Aaron Neville appears courtesy of Tell-It Records]
Mixing Engineers (tracks 3-5): Andy Smith & Claudius Mittendorfer
