Paul Simon - Studio Recordings 1972-2000
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Track List: Studio Recordings 1972-2000
Disc 1:
- Mother and Child Reunion
- Duncan
- Everything Put Together Falls Apart
- Run That Body Down
- Armistice Day
- Me and Julio Down by the School Yard
- Peace Like a River
- Papa Hobo
- Hobo's Blues
- Paranoia Blues
- Congratulations
- Me and Julio Down by the School Yard [#][*][Demo Version]
- Duncan [#][*][Demo Version]
- Paranoia Blues [#][*]
Disc 2:
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Album Details: Studio Recordings 1972-2000
- Release Date:
- 06/29/2004
- Label:
- Rhino / Wea
- UPC:
- 081227890926
Pro Reviews: Studio Recordings 1972-2000
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Look closely at the title to this ninedisc box set it's Studio Recordings, not the complete studio recordings, which means there are things missing, and they will be things that you will miss. Naturally, the emphasis on studio recordings means that that neither of Paul Simon's two live albums 1974's Live Rhymin' or 1991's Concert in the Park are here, but this also doesn't contain all of Simon's released studio recordings, somehow bypassing "Slip Sliding Away," the Top 5 single originally released as one of two new songs on his 1977 compilation Greatest Hits, Etc.. Since that single was not on a proper album, it has been overlooked on this box, which serves up remastered and expanded digipak reissues of Simon's nine solo albums from 1972's Paul Simon to 2000's You're the One. Since these reissues not only sound terrific the clarity, particularly on the first two albums, is startling but are graced with genuinely interesting bonus tracks, the omission of the original version of "Slip Sliding Away" is a little easier to forgive, particularly since an excellent, looselimbed alternate version is added to Still Crazy After All These Years and "Stranded in a Limousine," the other new song on Greatest Hits, Etc., finally reappears on CD as a bonus track on One Trick Pony. These are only two bonus tracks of 30 that are spread over these nine albums. With the exception of "Stranded in a Limousine," "Thelma" on Rhythm of the Saints (an outtake originally released as part of 1993 box set 19641993) and three live tracks on You Are the One, all of these bonus tracks are previously unreleased. While there are handful of rare songs, the majority of these are either demos or worksinprogress, and they're fascinating, such as a radically different version of "Duncan" with an entirely different narrative, different final verses on "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" and "Loves Me Like a Rock" and a skeletal working version of "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" containing little more than Simon's vocal and a fretless bass. By and large, these are significant additions to Simon's catalog, and combined with the terrific remastering, makes this essential for any serious Simon fan (although it would have been nice if either the individual albums or the overall box were given new liner notes, particularly since Rhino's similar Jerry Garcia box set All Good Things had such a stellar booklet). For the less dedicated, a better bet will be cherrypicking from reissues of the individual albums, which are scheduled to go on sale in the month after the release of this box set. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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In a career dating back to the 1950s, Paul Simon has established himself among the best and most popular songwriters of the rock era. Growing up in Queens, NY, Simon befriended schoolmate Art Garfunkel, who had an angelic tenor voice, and the two tea...Full Paul Simon Biography
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