The Essential Paul Simon

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mother and Child Reunion
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass:
Jackie Jackson (reggae bassist)
drums (drum set):
Winston Grennan
guitar:
Huks Brown, Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) and Wallace Wilson (JM reggae musician, memb. "The Crystallites")
organ:
Neville Hinds
percussion:
Denzil Laing
piano:
Larry Knechtel
background vocals:
Cissy Houston, Renelle Stafford and Deidre Tuck
vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
arranger:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
recorded at:
Dynamic Sounds in Kingston (Kingston Parish), Jamaica
recording of:
Mother and Child Reunion
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher) and Paul Simon Music (in 1971)
Paul Simon4.253:10
2Loves Me Like a Rock
engineer:
Jerry Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Phil Ramone
co-producer:
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Phil Ramone
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass:
David Hood (Muscle Shoals, AL guitarist and trombonist)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (drummer and producer)
guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
vocals:
The Dixie Hummingbirds
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States
recording of:
Loves Me Like a Rock
publisher:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Paul Simon Music
Paul Simon43:40
3Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
engineer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass:
Russell George (bassist/violinist)
guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) and David Spinozza
percussion:
Airto Moreira (percussionist)
vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
remixer:
Roy Halee
arranger:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
recording of:
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher) and Paul Simon Music (in 1971)
Paul Simon4.52:45
4Duncan
engineer:
Bernard Estardy and Roy Halee
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
charango, flute and percussion:
Los Incas
guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
arranger:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
recorded at:
Studio CBE in Paris, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Duncan
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Paul Simon Music
Paul Simon44:43
5Kodachrome
engineer:
Jerry Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres) and Phil Ramone
co-producer:
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass guitar:
David Hood (Muscle Shoals, AL guitarist and trombonist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Roger Hawkins (drummer and producer)
electric guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section)
guitar:
Pete Carr (US guitarist) and Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
keyboard:
Barry Beckett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States
recording of:
Kodachrome (original version in English) (in 1973)
publisher:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Paul Simon Music
Paul Simon4.253:35
650 Ways to Leave Your Lover
recording engineer:
Glenn Berger and Burt Szerlip
engineer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Phil Ramone and Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
acoustic guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
electric guitar:
Hugh McCracken and John Tropea
organ:
Kenny Ascher
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald
background vocals:
Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson and Phoebe Snow
vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1975, in 1981, in 2004)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1975) and Warner Music H.K. Ltd. (in 1997)
recording of:
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), DeShufflin Limited (in 1975) and Paul Simon Music (in 1975)
Paul Simon3.853:38
7Slip Slidin’ Away
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1977)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 48)
recording of:
Slip Slidin’ Away
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher) and Paul Simon Music (in 1977)
Paul Simon4.354:45
8Gone at Last
recording engineer:
Glenn Berger and Burt Szerlip
engineer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Phil Ramone and Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass guitar [bass]:
Gordon Edwards (funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Grady Tate
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald
piano:
Richard Tee
background vocals:
The Jessy Dixon Singers
vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) and Phoebe Snow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1975, in 2004)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1975)
recording of:
Gone at Last
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
DeShufflin Limited (in 1975) and Paul Simon Music (in 1975)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Paul Simon with Phoebe Snow & The Jessy Dixon Singers3:40
9Something So Right
engineer:
Phil Ramone
co-producer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Grady Tate
electric bass guitar [elec. bass]:
Bob Cranshaw
guitar:
Alexander Gafa, Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) and David Spinozza
keyboard:
Bobby James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
piano:
Bobby Scott (vocals, piano, US musician & producer)
vibraphone [vibes]:
Don Elliott
strings arranger:
Quincy Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recording of:
Something So Right
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Paul Simon Music (in 1973)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Paul Simon3.354:37
10Late in the Evening
engineer:
Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) and Phil Ramone
producer:
Phil Ramone and Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
mixer:
Phil Ramone
acoustic guitar:
Hugh McCracken
bass guitar [bass]:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman stick player)
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
electric guitar:
Eric Gale
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald
background vocals and lead vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
brass [horns] arranger:
Dave Grusin (American pianist and score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1980)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1980)
recorded at:
A&R Recording Studio (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Late in the Evening
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and Paul Simon Music (in 1980)
part of:
One‐Trick Pony (1980 film soundtrack)
Paul Simon44:03
11Hearts and Bones
engineer and mixer:
Roy Halee
acoustic bass guitar [contrabass guitar]:
Anthony Jackson (US bassist)
acoustic guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
guitar [hi‐string guitar]:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
marimba and vibraphone:
Mike Mainieri
percussion:
Airto Moreira (percussionist)
Rhodes piano:
Richard Tee
mixed at:
Regent Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Hearts and Bones
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher) and Paul Simon Music (in 1982)
Paul Simon3.655:39
12Take Me to the Mardi Gras
engineer:
Jerry Masters (US bassist & engineer, in The Hombres)
co-producer:
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass guitar:
David Hood (Muscle Shoals, AL guitarist and trombonist)
brass [horns]:
The Onward Brass Band (Barbarin/Cottrell, 1960-)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Roger Hawkins (drummer and producer)
electric guitar:
Pete Carr (US guitarist) and Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section)
guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
other vocals [falsetto voice]:
Rev. Claude Jeter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States
recording of:
Take Me to the Mardi Gras
publisher:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher) and Paul Simon Music
Paul Simon3:31
13That Was Your Mother
assistant engineer:
Mark Miller (Louisiana producer, engineer, bassist & studio owner)
engineer:
Roy Halee
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
accordion:
Alton Rubin, Sr. (Dopsie)
bass guitar:
Alonzo Johnson (saxophonist and flautist)
drums (drum set):
Alton Rubin, Jr.
guitar:
Sherman Robertson
saxophone:
Johnny Hoyt
washboard:
David Rubin
vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
performer:
Good Rockin’ Dopsie and The Twisters
recorded at:
Master-Trak Enterprises in Crowley, Louisiana, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
That Was Your Mother
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Paul Simon Music (in 1986)
Paul Simon with Good Rockin’ Doopsie & The Twisters3.752:53
14American Tune
engineer:
Roger Quested and Phil Ramone
co-producer:
Paul Samwell-Smith
producer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass guitar:
Bob Cranshaw
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Grady Tate
guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
keyboard:
Bobby James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
strings arranger:
Del Newman (British conductor, orchestrator, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 262)
recording of:
American Tune
publisher:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Paul Simon Music
Paul Simon43:47
15Peace Like a River
Paul Simon3:23
16Stranded in a Limousine
recording of:
Stranded in a Limousine
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher), Paul Simon Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Paul Simon3:11
17Train in the Distance
engineer and mixer:
Roy Halee
acoustic bass guitar [contrabass guitar]:
Anthony Jackson (US bassist)
alto saxophone:
Mark Rivera
bass:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
cello:
Jesse Levy
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
electric guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
French horn:
Peter Gordon (French hornist)
percussion:
Airto Moreira (percussionist)
Rhodes piano:
Richard Tee
vibraphone:
Mike Mainieri
mixed at:
Regent Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Train in the Distance
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher) and Paul Simon Music
Paul Simon55:12
18The Late Great Johnny Ace
engineer and mixer:
Roy Halee
co-producer:
Lenny Waronker
acoustic guitar:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass clarinet:
George Marge
cello:
Frederick Zlotkin (cellist)
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
electric guitar:
Sid McGinnis (American musician and guitarist) and Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
flute:
Carol Wincenc (American flutist)
Rhodes piano:
Greg Phillinganes
synthesizer:
Michael Boddicker and Michael Riesman (American composer, conductor, keyboardist)
viola:
Jill Jaffe
violin:
Marin Alsop (conductor)
additional conductor:
Michael Riesman (American composer, conductor, keyboardist)
conductor:
Michael Riesman (American composer, conductor, keyboardist)
mixed at:
Regent Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Late Great Johnny Ace
additional orchestrator and additional composer:
Philip Glass (US composer & pianist)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Pattern Music Ltd (publisher)
Paul Simon4:53
19Still Crazy After All These Years
recording engineer:
Glenn Berger and Burt Szerlip
engineer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Phil Ramone and Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
bass guitar [bass]:
David Hood (Muscle Shoals, AL guitarist and trombonist)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (drummer and producer)
electric piano:
Barry Beckett
solo saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer)
vocals:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
strings and woodwind arranger:
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (in 1975, in 1981, in 2004)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1975)
recording of:
Still Crazy After All These Years
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC, DeShufflin Limited (in 1975) and Paul Simon Music (in 1975)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Paul Simon4.653:26
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