Original Album Classics

Tracklist

• CD 1: Paul Simon
• 1
  Mother and Child Reunion
  3:09
  4.3 ★
• 2
  Duncan
  4:43
  4.1 ★
• 3
  Everything Put Together Falls Apart
  2:01
  2.2 ★
• 4
  Run That Body Down
  3:54
  2.6 ★
• 5
  Armistice Day
  3:57
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
  2:44
  4.4 ★
• 7
  Peace Like a River
  3:23
  2.9 ★
• 8
  Papa Hobo
  2:35
  2.6 ★
• 9
  Hobo’s Blues
  1:20
  2.3 ★
• 10
  Paranoia Blues
  2:58
  2.5 ★
• 11
  Congratulations
  3:51
  2.5 ★
• 12
  Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (demo - San Francisco 2/71)
  2:29
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Duncan (demo - San Francisco 2/71)
  2:48
  2.0 ★
• 14
  Paranoia Blues (Unreleased version)
  3:14
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
• 1
  Kodachrome
  3:35
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Tenderness
  2:55
• 3
  Take Me to the Mardi Gras
  3:30
• 4
  Something So Right
  4:36
  3.4 ★
• 5
  One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor
  3:48
  5.0 ★
• 6
  American Tune
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Was a Sunny Day
  3:44
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Learn How to Fall
  2:47
• 9
  St. Judy’s Comet
  3:21
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Loves Me Like a Rock
  3:40
  4.6 ★
• 11
  Let Me Live in Your City (work in progress)
  4:21
• 12
  Take Me to the Mardi Gras (acoustic demo)
  2:31
• 13
  American Tune (unfinished demo)
  4:03
• 14
  Loves Me Like a Rock (acoustic demo)
  3:24
• CD 3: Hearts and Bones
• 1
  Allergies
  4:39
• 2
  Hearts and Bones
  5:39
  3.6 ★
• 3
  When Numbers Get Serious
  3:26
• 4
  Think Too Much (B)
  2:45
• 5
  Song About the Moon
  4:11
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Think Too Much (A)
  3:05
• 7
  Train in the Distance
  5:12
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War
  3:45
  3.4 ★
• 9
  Cars Are Cars
  3:15
• 10
  The Late Great Johnny Ace
  4:53
• 11
  Shelter of Your Arms (Work-In-Progress)
  3:11
• 12
  Train in the Distance (original acoustic demo)
  3:13
• 13
  Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War (original acoustic demo)
  3:47
• 14
  The Late Great Johnny Ace (original acoustic demo)
  3:22
• CD 4: Songs From the Capeman
• 1
  Adios Hermanos
  4:42
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Born in Puerto Rico
  5:03
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Satin Summer Nights
  5:45
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Bernadette
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 5
  The Vampires
  5:14
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Quality
  4:18
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Can I Forgive Him
  6:02
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Sunday Afternoon
  3:25
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Killer Wants to Go to College
  1:51
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Time Is an Ocean
  5:23
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Virgil
  2:49
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Killer Wants to Go to College II
  2:09
  2.0 ★
• 13
  Trailways Bus
  5:22
• 14
  Shoplifting Clothes
  3:38
• 15
  Born in Puerto Rico (demo)

  Paul Simon with José Feliciano
  5:02
• 16
  Can I Forgive Him (demo)
  1:56
• CD 5: You’re the One
• 1
  That’s Where I Belong
  3:12
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Darling Lorraine
  6:38
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Old
  2:19
  4.0 ★
• 4
  You’re the One
  4:27
  4.0 ★
• 5
  The Teacher
  3:36
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Look at That
  3:54
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Señorita With a Necklace of Tears
  3:41
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Love
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
  3:58
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Hurricane Eye
  4:11
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Quiet
  4:25
  2.0 ★
• 12
  That’s Where I Belong (live)
  3:42
• 13
  Old (live)
  2:40
• 14
  Hurricane Eye (live)
  6:00

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Release credits

• Abraham Laboriel
  bass [6, 11]
• Airto Moreira
  percussion [3.1-4, 3.7, 1.5-6, 2.7]
• Al Di Meola
  guitar [1], solo [1]
• Al Gafa
  guitar [4]
• Alain Mallet
  Wurlitzer electric piano [1], reed organ [4, 7]
• Allen Toussaint
  brass [2]
• Andy Smith
  mix [1-11], recording [1-11]
• Anthony Jackson
  acoustic bass guitar [1-5, 7-9], fretless bass [8]
• Arlen Roth
  acoustic guitar [13], guitar [9, 11-13]
• Bakhiti Khumalo
  bass [10]
• Bakithi Kumalo
  bass [4.13, 5.7]
• Barry Beckett
  keyboard [1, 9], piano [5], vibraphone [9]
• Barry Danielian
  flugelhorn [10]
• Bernard Edwards
  bass guitar [6]
• Bernard Estardy
  engineer [2]
• Bill Holloman
  tenor saxophone [4], trumpet [13]
• Bob Cranshaw
  bass guitar [6-7], electric bass guitar [4]
• Bob Franceschini
  soprano saxophone [10]
• Bob James
  keyboard [4, 6]
• Bobby Allende
  bell tree [4], bongos [2], cymbal [2]
• Bobby Scott
  piano [4]
• Carol Wincenc
  flute [10]
• Carson Whitsett
  organ [8]
• Charlie McCoy
  harmonica [8]
• Chris Eminizer
  tenor saxophone [6]
• Cissy Houston
  background vocals [1]
• Claude Jeter
  other vocals [3]
• Clifford Carter
  celesta [6, 11], glockenspiel [11]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [2]
• Crusher Bennett
  shakers [13]
• Dan Duggan
  hammered dulcimer [11]
• Danny Rivera
  other vocals [2]
• David "Piro" Rodríguez
  trumpet [2, 10]
• David Hood
  bass guitar [1, 3, 5, 9-10]
• David Mann
  baritone saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [3]
• David Matthews
  horn [1, 9]
• David Spinozza
  guitar [1.4, 1.6, 2.4]
• Dean Parks
  electric guitar [1, 4-5, 7, 10], guitar [2]
• Deidre Tuck
  background vocals [1]
• Del Newman
  strings [6]
• Denzil Laing
  percussion [1]
• Don Elliott
  vibraphone [4]
• Eddie Montalvo
  congas [5]
• Edgardo Miranda
  cuatro [2-3]
• Ednita Nazario
  lead vocals [8]
• Eric Gale
  electric guitar [3]
• Evan Ziporyn
  bass clarinet [5], basset clarinet [1]
• Frankie Negrón
  lead vocals [6]
• Fred Lipsius
  horn [5]
• Frederick Zlotkin
  cello [10]
• George Marge
  bass clarinet [10]
• Georges Delerue
  orchestrator [8]
• Gordon Edwards
  bass guitar [2]
• Grady Tate
  drums (drum set) [4, 6]
• Greg Phillinganes
  Rhodes piano [1, 5, 10]
• Hal Blaine
  drums (drum set) [4, 10-11]
• Harper Simon
  guitar [9, 11-12], harmonica [9]
• Horace Ott
  piano [4, 9]
• Howard Levy
  harmonica [5]
• Huks Brown
  guitar [1]
• Jack Schroer
  horn [5, 10]
• Jackie Jackson
  bass [1]
• James Cary Stroud
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Jamey Haddad
  percussion [1-11]
• Jay Elfenbein
  vielle [1], vihuela [1]
• Jay Leonhart
  bass [6]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Jerry Hahn
  electric guitar [4-5]
• Jerry Masters
  engineer [1, 3, 5, 7, 9-10]
• Jerry Puckett
  guitar [8]
• Jesse Levy
  cello [7]
• Jill Jaffe
  viola [10]
• Jimmy Johnson
  electric guitar [1, 3]
• Jimmy Sabater
  congas [6], cowbell [6]
• Joe Osborn
  bass [7, 11]
• John Beal
  bass [2, 4]
• John Walsh
  trumpet [5]
• Juliet Haffner
  viola [2, 10]
• Karen Bernod
  background vocals [1, 3]
• Kevin Harrison
  background vocals [4]
• Kia Jeffries
  background vocals [1, 3]
• Krista Bennion Feeney
  violin [10]
• Larry Campbell
  pedal steel guitar [6]
• Larry Knechtel
  electric piano [3], harmonium [3, 8], organ [11], piano [1, 11]
• Laura Bontrager
  cello [8, 10]
• Lenny Waronker
  co [1, 5, 10]
• Los Incas
  charango [2], flute [2], percussion [2]
• Maggie Roche
  vocal [7]
• Marc Anthony
  lead vocals [3, 10]
• Marc Quiñones
  congas [2], timbales [2]
• Marcia Butler
  oboe [2]
• Marcus Miller
  bass [4, 7]
• Marin Alsop
  violin [10]
• Mark Rivera
  alto saxophone [7]
• Mark Stewart
  banjo [11], cello [2], electric guitar [2], gong [9], pedal steel guitar [9], resonator guitar [9]
• Michael Boddicker
  synthesizer [10]
• Michael Riesman
  additional [10], conductor [10], synthesizer [10]
• Mike Mainieri
  marimba [2, 4], vibraphone [3.2, 3.7, 1.4]
• Milton Cardona
  background vocals [4-5], bongos [8], claves [8], congas [10], güira [10], maracas [8]
• Nelson González
  tres [2]
• Nestor Sanchez
  background vocals [2]
• Neville Hinds
  organ [1]
• Nile Rodgers
  drum machine [9], electric guitar [6, 9]
• Onward Brass Band
  brass [3]
• Oscar Hernández
  associate [1-13], celesta [4], glockenspiel [4], horn [5], piano [2, 5, 8, 10], synthesizer [2, 4], vibraphone [4]
• Ozzie Melendez
  trombone [10]
• Pablo Calogero
  baritone saxophone [5], bass clarinet [10]
• Pablo Nuñez "El Chino"
  bongos [5], cowbell [5]
• Paul Griffin
  piano [4.6, 2.2]
• Paul Livant
  guitar [4]
• Paul Peabody
  violin [10]
• Paul Samwell-Smith
  co [6]
• Paul Simon
  acoustic guitar [3.1-2, 3.4-5, 3.10, 4.2-4, 4.7, 4.9-13, 5.7-8, 5.11], arranger [1.1-11, 5.1-11], background vocals [3-4, 6], drum machine [9], electric guitar [5.1-4, 5.6-8, 5.10-11, 3.8], guitar [1.1-11, 4.4, 4.8, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6-10], lead vocals [1-7, 9, 11-13], percussion [10], phonographic copyright [4], producer [4.1-13, 2.1-10, 1.1-11], sitar [8], vocal [5.1-11, 1.1-11, 3.8]
• Pete Carr
  electric guitar [3], guitar [1, 5]
• Peter Gordon
  French horn [7]
• Peter Herbert
  electric upright bass [4]
• Phil Ramone
  co [4, 7-8, 10], engineer [1.6, 2.1-2, 2.4-7, 2.10]
• Quincy Jones
  strings [4]
• Ray Vega
  solo [5], trumpet [2, 5]
• Ray de la Paz
  background vocals [2, 4]
• Renelle Stafford
  background vocals [1]
• Richard Crooks
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Richard Davis
  double bass [4]
• Richard Tee
  Rhodes piano [2, 7-8, 8], keyboard [3], piano [4], synthesizer [8]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Rob Mounsey
  synthesizer [1], vocoder [5]
• Rob Sabino
  piano [8], synthesizer [1, 9]
• Robby Ameen
  drums (drum set) [2, 4, 10]
• Robby Turner
  pedal steel guitar [13]
• Roger Hawkins
  drums (drum set) [1, 3, 5, 10], percussion [9]
• Roger Quested
  engineer [6]
• Ron Carter
  instrument [4]
• Roy Halee
  additional [1, 3, 6, 13], associate [1-13], co [2], engineer [2.2, 1.2, 1.10, 3.1-10], mix [1-10], remixer [6]
• Rubén Blades
  lead vocals [10]
• Rubén Rodríguez
  bass [8, 10]
• Rudy Hill
  engineer [10]
• Russell George
  bass [6]
• Sara Ramirez
  vocal [13]
• Shannon Ford
  drums (drum set) [9, 11-13]
• Sid McGinnis
  electric guitar [10]
• Skip La Plante
  harp [7]
• Stanley Silverman
  conductor [8], orchestrator [2, 10]
• Stefan Grossman
  guitar [10]
• Steve Cropper
  guitar [10]
• Steve Ferrone
  drums (drum set) [1, 3, 6]
• Steve Gadd
  drums (drum set) [5.1-11, 3.1-2, 3.4-5, 3.10]
• Steve Gorn
  flute [5-6, 8], transverse flute [1]
• Steve Shehan
  percussion [1-11]
• Steve Turre
  horn [10]
• Stewart Rose
  French horn [2]
• Stéphane Grappelli
  violin [9]
• Terre Roche
  vocal [7]
• The Dixie Hummingbirds
  additional [10], background vocals [2, 10], guest [10]
• The Harptones
  background vocals [8], vocal arranger [8]
• The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
  co [1, 3, 5, 9-10]
• Tom Coppola
  synclavier [3-6]
• Tony Garnier
  bass [9, 11-12]
• Vernie Robbins
  bass guitar [8]
• Vincent Nguini
  electric guitar [1-4, 6, 9-11], guitar [2, 4, 10, 13]
• Wallace Wilson
  guitar [1]
• Wally Richardson
  guitar [6]
• Wells Christie
  synclavier [8]
• Winston Grennan
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Wolf Stephenson
  engineer [8]
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Issues

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  Original Album Classics

  5x CD
  2015