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Paul Simon

The Paul Simon Songbook

£29.99

Released: 8th June 2018. Debut solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter. Simon recorded the album at Levy's Recording Studio, 73 New Bond Street, London, over several dates in June 1965. Two songs ('The Sound of Silence' and 'He Was My Brother') were re-recordings of songs originally found on Simon & Garfunkel's debut album 'Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.'. Of the remaining songs, all but two ('A Church is Burning' and 'The Side of a Hill', although portions of the latter were included as the 'Canticle' portion of 'Scarborough Fair') would be subsequently re-recorded in studio versions by Simon & Garfunkel.

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Vinyl 12" Album

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  • Details

    Released:
    8th June 2018
    Category:
    Rock & Pop
    Format:
    Vinyl 12" Album
    Barcode:
    190758351414
  • Description

    Debut solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter. Simon recorded the album at Levy's Recording Studio, 73 New Bond Street, London, over several dates in June 1965. Two songs ('The Sound of Silence' and 'He Was My Brother') were re-recordings of songs originally found on Simon & Garfunkel's debut album 'Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.'. Of the remaining songs, all but two ('A Church is Burning' and 'The Side of a Hill', although portions of the latter were included as the 'Canticle' portion of 'Scarborough Fair') would be subsequently re-recorded in studio versions by Simon & Garfunkel.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.I Am a Rock
    Paul Simon
    2.41
    2.Leaves That Are Green
    Paul Simon
    2.3
    3.A Church Is Burning
    Paul Simon
    3.24
    4.April Come She Will
    Paul Simon
    1.48
    5.The Sound of Silence
    Paul Simon
    3.06
    6.A Most Peculiar Man
    Paul Simon
    2.23
    7.He Was My Brother
    Paul Simon
    2.46
    8.Kathy's Song
    Paul Simon
    3.29
    9.The Side of a Hill
    Paul Simon
    2.17
    10.A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)
    Paul Simon
    2.18
    11.Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall
    Paul Simon
    2.17
    12.Patterns
    Paul Simon
    3.03
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