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Paul Simon: The Complete Albums Collection

Paul Simon

Label: Legacy Recordings
Released: 2014
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Tracks


The Paul Simon Song Book
I Am A Rock; Leaves That Are Green; A Church Is Burning; April Comes She Will; The Sound of Silence; A Most Peculiar Man; He Was My Brother; Kathy's Song; The Side Of A Hill; A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission); Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall; Patterns; I Am A Rock (bonus, alternate version); A Church Is Burning (bonus, alternate version).

Paul Simon
Mother And Child Reunion; Duncan; Everything Put Together Falls Apart; Run That Body Down; Armistice Day; Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard; Peace Like A River; Papa Hobo; Hobo's Blues; Paranoia Blues; Congratulations; Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (bonus, demo); Duncan (bonus, demo); Paranoia Blues (bonus, unreleased version).

There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Kodachrome; Tenderness; Take Me To The Mardi Gras; Something So Right; One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor: American Tune; Was A Sunny Day; Learn How To Fall; St. Judy's Comet; Loves Me Like A Rock; Let Me Live In Your City (bonus, work-in-progress); Take Me To The Mardi Gras (bonus, acoustic demo); American Tune (bonus, unfinished demo); Loves Me Like A Rock (bonus, acoustic demo).

Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin'
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard; Homeward Bound; American Tune; En Condor Pasa (If I Could); Duncan; The Boxer; Mother And Child Reunion; The Sound Of Silence; Jesus Is The Answer; Bridge Over Troubled Water; Loves Me Like A Rock; America; Kodachrome (bonus); Something So Right (bonus).

Still Crazy After All These Years
Still Crazy After All These Years; My Little Town; I Do It For Your Love; 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover; Night Game; Gone At Last; Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy; Have A Good Time; You're Kind; Silent Eyes; Slip Slidin' Away (bonus, demo); Gone At Last (bonus, original demo with Jerry Dixon Singers).

One-Trick Pony
Late In The Evening; That's Why God Made The Movies; One-Trick Pony; How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns; Oh, Marion; Ace In The Hole; Nobody; Jonah; God Bless The Absentee; Long, Long Day; Soft Parachutes (bonus, unreleased soundtrack recording); All Because Of You (bonus, outtake); Spiral Highway (bonus, unreleased soundtrack recording); Stranded in A Limousine (bonus, from Greatest Hits, Columbia, 1977).

Hearts And Bones
Allergies; Hearts And Bones; When Numbers Get Serious; Think Too Much (b); Song About The Moon; Think Too Much (a); Train In The Distance; Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War; Cars Are Cars; The Late Great Johnny Ace; Shelter Of Your Arms (bonus, work-in-progress); Train In The Distance (bonus, original acoustic demo); Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War (bonus, original acoustic demo); The Late Great Johnny Ace (bonus, original acoustic demo).

Graceland
The Boy In The Bubble; Graceland; I Know What I Know; Gumboots; Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes; You Can Call Me Al; Under African Skies; Homeless; Crazy Love; That Was Your Mother; All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints; Homeless (bonus, demo); Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (bonus, alternate version); All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints (bonus, early version); You Can Call Me Al (bonus, demo, The Ovation Studio Recordings); Crazy Love (bonus, demo, The Ovation Studio Recordings); The Story of "Graceland" (bonus, as told by Paul Simon).

The Rhythm Of The Saints
The Obvious Child; Can't Run But; The Coast; Proof; Further To Fly; She Moves On; Born At The Right Time; The Cool, Cool River; Spirit Voices; The Rhythm Of The Saints; Born At The Right Time (bonus, original acoustic demo); Thelma (bonus, outtake, first issued on Paul Simon 1964/1993, Warner Bros., 1993); The Coast (bonus, work-in-progress); Spirit Voices (bonus, work-in-progress).

Paul Simon's Concert In The Park
CD1: The Obvious Child; The Boy In The Bubble; She Moves On; Kodachrome; Born At The Right Time; Train In The Distance; Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard; I Know What I Know; The Cool, Cool River; Bridge Over Troubled Water; Proof. CD2: The Coast; Graceland; You Can Call Me Al; Still Crazy After All These Years; Loves Me Like A Rock; Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes; Hearts And Bones; Late In The Evening; America; The Boxer; Cecilia; The Sound of Silence.

Songs From The Capeman
Adios Hermanos; Born In Puerto Rico; Satin Summer Nights; Bernadette; The Vampires; Quality; Can I Forgive Him; Sunday Afternoon; Killer Wants To Go To College; Time Is An Ocean; Virgil; Killer Wants To Go To College II; Trailways Bus; Shoplifting Clothes (bonus); Born In Puerto Rico (bonus, demo with José Feliciano); Can I Forgive Him (bonus, original demo).

You're The One
That's Where I Belong; Darling Lorraine; Old; You're The One; The Teacher; Look At That; Señorita With A Necklace of Tears; Love; Pigs, Sheep and Wolves; Hurricane Eyes; Quiet; That's Where I Belong (bonus, live, from You’re The One: In Concert, Warner Home Video, 2001); Old (bonus, live, from You’re The One: In Concert, Warner Home Video, 2001); Hurricane Eyes (bonus, live, from You’re The One: In Concert, Warner Home Video, 2001).

Surprise
How Can You Live In The Northeast?; Everything About It Is A Love Song; Outrageous; Sure Don't Feel Like Love; Wartime Prayers; Beautiful; I Don't Believe; Another Galaxy; Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean; That's Me; Father and Daughter.

So Beautiful Or So What
Getting Ready For Christmas Day; The Afterlife; Dazzling Blue; Rewrite; Love And Hard Times; Love Is Eternal Sacred Light; Amulet; Questions For The Angels; Love & Blessings; So Beautiful Or So What.

Personnel

Paul Simon
composer / conductor

Additional Personnel / Information


The Paul Simon Song Book
Paul Simon: vocals, 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar.

Paul Simon
Paul Simon: vocals, guitar (2-9, 11), percussion (10) ; Huks Brown: guitar (1); Wallace Wilson: rhythm guitar (1); Neville Hinds: organ (1); Jackie Jackson: bass (1); Winston Grennan: drums (1);; Denzil Laing: percussion (1); Larry Knechtel: piano (1, 11), organ (3, 11), electric piano (3), harmonium (8); Cissy Houston: vocals (1); Renelle Stafford: vocals (1), Deirdre Tuck: vocals (1); Von Eva Sims; vocals (1); Los Incas: charango (2), flutes (2), percussion (2); David Spinozza: guitar (4, 6); Mike Mainieri: vibes (4); Jerry Hahn: electric guitar (4, 5); Ron Carter: bass (4); Hal Blaine: drums (4, 10, 11); Airto Moreira: percussion (5, 6); Fred Lipsius: horns (5); John Schroer: horns (5, 10); Russel George: bass (6); Victor Montanez: drums (7); Joe Osborn: bass (7, 11); Charlie McCoy: bass harmonica (8); Stéphane Grappelli: violin (9); Stefan Grossman: bottleneck guitar (10); Steve Turré: horns (10).

There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Paul Simon: vocals, guitar (1, 3, 4, 6-10); Pete Carr: guitar (1, 5, 9), electric guitar (3); Jimmy Johnson: electric guitar (1, 3); David Hood: bass (1, 3, 5, 9, 10); Roger Hawkins: drums (1, 3, 5, 10), percussion (9); Barry Beckett: keyboards (1, 9), piano (5), vibes (9); Cornell Dupree: guitar (2); Gordon Edwards (2); Paul Griffin: piano (2); Rick Marotta: drums (2); The Dixie Hummingbirds: vocals (2, 10); Allen Toussaint: horn arrangement (2); Rev. Claude Jeter: falsetto voice (3); Onward Brass Band: horns (3); David Spinozza: guitar (4); Alexander Gafa: guitar (4); Bob Cranshaw: electric bass (4), bass (6, 7); Richard Davis: acoustic bass (4); Grady Tate: drums (4, 6); Bob James: keyboards (4, 6); Bobby Scott: piano (4); Don Elliott: vibes (4); Quincy Jones: string arrangement (4); Del Newman: string arrangement (6); Airto Moreira: percussion (7); Maggie Roche: vocals (7); Terry Roche: vocals (7); Jerry Puckett: guitar (8); Vernie Robb ins: bass (8); James Straud: drums (8); Carson Witsett: drums (8).

Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin'
Paul Simon: vocals, guitar; Jessy Dixon Singers: vocals (7-); Urubamba: additional instruments (4-6).

Still Crazy After All These Years
Paul Simon: vocals, acoustic guitar (2-4, 9), electric guitar (5), horn arrangement (7, 9), string arrangement (7); Barry Beckett: electric piano (1), piano (2); David Hood: bass (1, 2); Roger Hawkins: drums (1, 2); Mike Brecker: saxophone solo (1), saxophone (7); Bob James: woodwind and string arrangement (1), string arrangement (3), electric piano (7, 8); Pete Carr: electric guitar (2); Ralph MacDonald: percussion (2-4, 6, 8); Art Garfunkel: vocals (2); Dave Matthews: horn arrangement (2, 8); Joe Beck: electric guitar (3, 8, 9); Jerry Friedman: electric guitar (3); Tony Levin: bass (3-5, 7-10); Steve Gadd: drums (3, 4, 7-10); Sivuca: accordion (3), vocal solo (3); Ken Asher: electric piano (3), organ (4); Hugh McCracken: electric guitar (4, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (9); John Tropea: electric guitar (4); Phoebe Snow: background vocals (4), vocals (6); Valerie Simpson: background vocals (4, 8); Patti Austin: background vocals (4); Toots Thielemans: harmonica (5); Richard Tee: piano (6); Gordon Edwards: bass (6); Grady Tate: drums (6); Jessy Dixon Singers: background vocals (6); David Sanborn: saxophone (7); Eddie Daniels: saxophone (7); Phil Woods: saxophone solo (8); Leon Pendarvis: piano (10); Chicago Community Choir: background vocals (10).

One-Trick Pony
Paul Simon: vocals, background vocals (1, 5-7, 10), nylon string guitar (2, 4, 8), electric guitar (3, 6), string arrangement (4, 8), horn arrangement (4, 8, 14), percussion (8); Steve Gadd: drums (1-10, 14); Eric Gale; electric guitar (1, 4, 9), lead electric guitar (3, 6), nylon string guitar (4); Hugh McCracken: acoustic guitar (1, 2, 7, 9, 10), slide guitar (2); Tony Levin: bass (1-4, 6-10), background vocals (6); Ralph MacDonald: percussion (1, 2, 8); Dave Grusin: horn arrangement (1, 9), string arrangement (9); Richard Tee: piano (2-10, 14), vocals (3, 6), tambourine (6), background vocals (6); Hiram Bullock: electric guitar (2); Don Grolnick: synthesizer; Anthony Jackson: bass (5); Jeff Mironov: electric guitar (5); Jon Faddis: flugelhorn (5); John Tropea: acoustic guitar (8); Patti Austin: vocals (10), background vocals (10); Joe Beck: electric guitar (10); Lani Grove: background vocals (10); Bob Friedman: horn and string arrangements (10); Gordon Edwards: bass (14); Randy Brecker: trumpet (14); Marvin Stamm: trumpet (14); Irwin Markowitz: trumpet (10); Michael Brecker: saxophone (14); David Sanborn: saxophone (14); Lou Delgado: saxophone (14).

Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon: vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 10), electric guitar (8), Linn drum machine programming (9); Dean Parks: electric guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 10), hi string guitar (2); Al Di Meola: guitar solo (1); Anthony Jackson: contrabass guitar (1-5, 7-9); Steve Gadd: drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 10); Steve Ferrone: drums (1, 3, 6); Greg Phillinganes: Fender Rhodes (1, 5, 10); Rob Sabino: synthesizers (1, 9), piano (8); Rob Mounsey: synthesizers (1), vocoder (5); Airto Moreira: percussion (1-4, 7); Dave Matthews: horn arrangement (1, 9); Richard Tee: Fender Rhodes (2, 7, 8), keyboards (3), piano (4), synthesizer (8); Mike Mainieri: vibes (2, 7), marimba (2, 4); Eric Gale: electric guitar (3); Tom Coppola: Synclavier (3-6); Marcus Miller: bass (4, 7); Nile Rodgers: electric guitar (6, 9), Linn drum machine programming (9); Bernard Edwards: bass (6); Jeff Porcaro: drums (7); Jess Levy: cello (7); Peter Gordon: French horn (7); Mark Rivera: alto saxophone (7); Wells Chrsitie: Synclavier (8); The Harptones: background vocals (8), vocal arrangement (8); Georges Delerue: orchestration (8); Sid McGinnis: electric guitar (10); Michael Boddicker: synthesizer (10); Philip Glass: closing composition/orchestration (10); Michael Riesman: conductor (10), synthesizer (10); Carol Wincenc: flute (10); George Marge: bass clarinet (10); Marin Alsop: violin (10); Frederick Ziotkin: cello (10); Jill Jaffe: viola (10).

Graceland
Paul Simon: vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 11), background vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), Synclavier (3, 4), guitar (6, 7), six-string electric bass (6); Forere Motloheloa: accordion (1); Bakithi Kumalo: bass (1, 2, 5-7); Vusi Khumalo: drums (1, 2); Makhaya Mahlangu: percussion (1, 2); Adrian Belew: synthesizer guitar (1, 6, 9), guitar (7); Rob Mounsey: synthesizer (1, 6); Chikapa "Ray" Phiri: guitar (2, 5-7, 9); Demola Adepoju: pedal steel (2); The Everly Brothers: vocals (2); General M.D. Shirinda and The Gaza Sisters: vocals (3); Jonhjon Mkhalali: accordion (4); Lulu Masilela: tambourines (4); Donald Xilakazi: lead guitar (4), rhythm guitar (4); Petrus Manile: drums (4); Barney Rachabane: saxophones (4); Mike Makhalemele: saxophones (4); Teaspoon Ndlele: saxophones (4); Ralph MacDonald: percussion (4, 6, 7, 11); Diane Garisto: background vocals (4); Michele Cobbs: background vocals (4); Isaac Mtshali: drums (5-7, 9); Youssou N'Dour: percussion (5); Babacar Faye: percussion (5); Assane Thiam: percussion (5); Earl Gardner: trumpet (5); Leonard Pickett: tenor saxophone (5); Alex Foster: alto saxophone (5); Ladysmith Black Mambazo: vocals (5, 8); Ronald E. Cuber: bass saxophone (6), baritone saxophone (6); Jon Faddis: trumpet (6); Randy Brecker: trumpet (6); Lewis Michael Soloff: trumpet (6); Alan Rubin: trumpet (6); David W. Bargeron: trombone (6); Kim Allan Cissel: trombone (6); Morris Goldberg: pennywhistle solo (6), soprano saxophone (9); Linda Ronstadt: vocals (7); Joseph Shanalala: lead singer (8); Lloyd Lelose: bass (9); Alton Rubin, Sr. (Dopsie): accordion (10); Altgon Rubin, Jr.: drums (10); David Rubin: washboard (10); Alonzo Johnson: bass (10); Sherman Robinson: guitar (10); Johnny Hoyte: saxophone (10); César Rosas: guitar (11), vocals (11); David Hildago: guitar (11), accordion (11), vocals (11); Louie Perez: drums (11); Steve Berlin: saxophone (11); Conrad Lozano: bass; Steve Gadd: additional drums (11).

The Rhythm Of The Saints
Paul Simon: vocals, guitar (1, 3, 7-9), background vocals (4); Grupo Cultural OLODUM: drums (1); Kim Wilson; Harmonica (1); Michael Brecker: Akai EWI synthesizer (1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12), saxophone (6); Briz: background vocals; UAKTI: drums (2), percussion effects (8), percussion (10); J.J. Cale: guitar (2, 7); Steve Gadd: drums (2, 4, 12); Nana Vasconcelos: percussion (2, 10, 12), gourds (3, 5, 8, 9), voice (4), berimbau (8, 10), triangle (9), congas (9); Mingo Araújo: talking drum (2, 4), triangle (2, 8), casinet (2), African bells (3), shaker (3), cymbal (4), bass drums (4, 9), percussion (5), congas (6-8, 12), a-go-go- bells (7), sordu (12); Remy Kabocka: talking drum (2); Mazzola: chicote (2); Paulo Santos: chicote (2); Vincent Nguini: guitar (3, 5-10, 12), bass (5, 8), clave (9); Bakithi Kumalo: bass (3, 4, 7, 9); Greg Phillinganes: synthesizer (3, 5, 8); Jude Bethel: tenor saxophone (3); Charles Doherty: alto saxophone (3, 8), tenor saxophone (8); Clifton Anderson: trombone (3, 8); Errol Ince: trumpet (3, 8); Clyde Mitchell: trumpet (3, 8); Ladysmith Black Mambazo: background vocals (3); Karen Bernód: background vocals (3); Myrna Lynn Gomila: background vocals (3); Kia Y. Jeffries: background vocals (3); Georges Seba: electric guitar (4); Martin Atangana: electric guitar (4); Andre Manga; bass (4); Justin Tchounou: synthesizer (4); Yo Yo de la Nelson: chakeire: (4, 7, 8); Sidinho: water bowl (4), bongos (5), congas (5-7, 9), bass drum (7), bottles (7), tambourine (9); Dom Chacal: bongos (4, 6, 12), congas (5, 7), bata (5, 12), gourd (9); Alain Hatot: saxophone (4); Phillipe Slominski: trumpet (4); Jacques Bolognesi: trombone (4); Jimmy McDonald: accordion (4); Florence Gnimagnon: background vocals (4, 6, 7); Charlotte Mbango: background vocals (4, 6, 7); Djana'd: background vocals (4, 6, 7); Elolongue Mbango Catherine: background vocals (4, 6, 7); Briz: background vocals (4); Rigo Star: guitar (5); Rafael Rabello: classical guitar (5); Jorginho: additional percussion effects (5); Marcalzinho: additional percussion effects (5); Wilson das Neves: additional percussion effects (5), cowbell (6); Canegal: additional percussion effects (5); Beloba: additional percussion effects (5); Lujna: additional percussion effects (5); Pedro Sorongo: additional percussion effects (5), scraper (6); David Bargeron; euphonium (5); Randy Brecker: trumpet (5), piccolo trumpet (6); Hugh Masekela: flugelhorn (5); Ray Phiri: guitar (6); Armand Sabal-Leco: bass (6, 7, 9, 10, 12); Gordinho: sordu (6); Felix Sabal-Lecco: drums (7); C.J. Chenier: accordion (7); Asante: box drum (8); Milton Nascimento: vocals (9); Francisco ASquabella: congas (9); Giovanni Hidalgo: congas (9); Anthony Carillo: bongos (9); Adrian Belew: guitar synthesizer (9), guitar (12); Kofi Electrik: guitar (10); Tommy Bilson-Ogoe: guitar (10); Joao Severo da Silva: accordion (10); Armando Macedo: Baiana guitar (10); Jerry Douglas: dobro (12).

Paul Simon's Concert In The Park
Paul Simon: vocals, guitar; Mingo Araújo: percussion; Cyro Baptista: percussion; Chris Botti: trumpet; Michael Brecker: saxophone, EWI; Tony Cedras: keyboards, accordion; Dom Chacal: percussion; Steve Gadd: drums; Sidinho Moreira: percussion; Vincent Nguini: guitar; Ray Phiri: guitar; Barney Rachabane: saxophone, pennywhistle; Armand Sabal-Lecco: bass; John Selolwane: guitar; Richard Tee: keyboards; Julia Waters: vocals; Maxine Waters: vocals; Oren Waters; vocals; Grjupo Cultural OLODUM: percussion (1); Briz: vocals (1).

Songs From The Capeman
Paul Simon: lead vocals (1-7, 9, 11-13), acoustic guitar (2-4, 7, 9-13), background vocals (3, 4, 6), hi string guitar (4, 8);Briz: background vocals (1, 3); Myrna Gomila: background vocals (1, 3, 4, 6), duo vocals (3, 6); Karen Bernod: background vocals (1, 3); Remee Connell-Adams: background vocals (1, 3); DeWayne Snype: background vocals (1, 3); Kia Jeffries: background vocals (1, 3); Ed Vasquez: background vocals (1, 3); Derrick James: background vocals (1, 3); Oriene Lopez: organ (1); Danny Rivera: coro vocals (2); Ray De La Paz: background vocals (2, 4); Nestor Sanchez: background vocals (2); Oscar Hernandez: piano (2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizer (2, 4), celeste (4), vibes (4), glockenspiel (4), horn arrangement (5); Nelson Gonzalez: tres (2), plenaro (2); Edgardo Miranda: cuatro (2, 3); Vincent , 13i: guitar (2, 4, 10); John Beal: bass (2, 4); Robby Ameen: drums (2); Bobby Allende: bongos (2), cymbal (2), bell tree (4); Marc Quínones: timbales (2), congas (2), cua (2); David Rodriguez: trumpet, 1st solo (2), trumpet (10); Ray Vega: trumpet, 2nd solo (2), trumpet (5), solo trumpet (5); Juliet Hafner: viola (2); Oriente Lopez: flute (2, 10), horn arrangement (10), Fender Rhodes (13); Stewart Rose: French horn (2); Marcia Butler: oboe (2); Stanley Silverman: orchestration (2, 10), orchestral conductor (8); Marc Anthony: lead vocals (3, 10); Teana Rodriguez: background vocals (3, 4, 6), duo vocals (3, 6); Edgar Stewart: background vocals (3); David Mann: tenor saxophone (3), baritone saxophone (3); Milton Cardona: background vocals (4), bongos (8), maracas (8), clave (8), congas (10), guira (10); Kevin Harrison: background vocals (4); Paul Livant: guitar (4); Bill Holman: tenor saxophone (4); Horace Ott: piano (4, 9); Robby Ameen: drums (4, 10), guitar case kick drum (4); Angelo Aponte: background vocals (5); Milton Cardona: background vocals (5); Hechter Ubarry: background vocals (5); David Davila: background vocals (5); Hans Giraldo: background vocals (5); Luis Marrero: background vocals (5); Angel Ramirez: background vocals (5); Robert Vargas: background vocals (5); Bernie Minoso: bass (5); Edwin Montalvo: congas (5); Johnny Andrews: timbales (5); Pablo Nunez: bongos (5), cowbell (5); John Walsh: trumpet (5); Luis Lopez: trombone (5); Mitch Frohman: tenor saxophone (5); Pablo Calogero: baritone saxophone (5), bass clarinet (10); Franko Negroni: falsetto lead vocals (6); Bobby Bright: background vocals (6); Sean Pulley: background vocals (6);Trent Sutton: background vocals (6); Dionte Sutton: background vocals (6); Wallace Richardson: guitar (6); Paul Griffin: piano (6); Jay Leonhart: bass (6); Jimmy Sabater: conga (6), cowbell (6); Richard Crooks: drums (6); Chrids Eminizer: tenor saxophone (6); Ednita Nazario: lead vocals (8); Saturnino Laboy: acoustic guitar (8); Diomedes Matos: acoustic guitar (8); Ruben Rodriguez: bass (8, 10); Laura Bontrager; cello (8, 10); Oriente Lopez: flute (8); Harper Simon: guitar (9, 11, 12), harmonica (9); Arlen Roth: guitar (9, 11, 12, 13), acoustic gujitar solo (13); Tony Garnier: bass (9, 11, 12); Shannon Ford: drums (9, 11-13); Ruben Blades: lead vocals (10); Steve Cropper: guitar (10); Bobby Franceschini: soprano saxophone (10); Barry Danielian: flugelhorn (10); Ozzie Melendez: trombone (10); Krista Feeney: violin (10); Paul Peabody: violin (10); Janet Hafner: viola (10); Vic Miles: interviewer, courtesy WCBS-TV, 1973 (12); Savlador Agron: subject (12); Sara Ramirez: vocals (13); Robby Turner: pedal steel guitar (13); Bakithi Kumalo: bass (13); Bill Holloman: trumpet (13); Mike Ramos: accordion (13); Crusher Bennett: shaker (13).

You're The One
Paul Simon: vocals, electric guitar (1-4, 6-8, 10), acoustic guitar (7, 8, 10), sitar guitar (8); Vincent Nguini: electric guitar (1-4, 6. 9, 10), electric bass (8), acoustic guitar (10); Bakithi Kumalo: bass (1-4, 7-9); Steve Gadd: drums (1-7, 9, 10); Jamey Haddad: percussion (1-10); Steve Shehan: percussion (1-10); Alain Mallet: Wurlitzer piano (1), pump reed organ (4, 7, 11); Evan Ziporyn: bass clarinet (1, 5); Steve Gorn: bamboo flute (1, 5, 6, 8); Jay Elfenbein: vielle (1), vihuela (1, 2, 11); Mark Stewart: cello (2), electric guitar (2); Clifford Carter: celeste (2, 6, 10), keyboard (10), glockenspiel (10); Peter Herbert: upright bass (4, 11); Larry Campbell: pedal steel guitar (5, 6); Abraham Laboriel: bass (5, 6, 10); Howard Levy: harmonica (5); Mark Stewart: dobro (7, 9), sitar guitar (7), pedal steel guitar (9), banjo (10), tromba doo (11); Skip La Plante: 96-tone harp (7, 11), whirly pipe (11), rubbed steel bowl (11); Dan Duggan: hammer dulcimer (10).

Surprise
Paul Simon: vocals, guitar (1, 3-10), electric guitar (2, 11), acoustic guitar (2, 11), nylon string guitar (11); Brian Eno: electronics (1-10); Pino Palladino: bass (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10); Steve Gadd: drums (1, 2, 4-11); Robin DiMaggio: drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 10); Gil Goldstein: harmonium (1, 7), keyboards (5); Bill Frisell: electric guitar (2); Abraham Laboriel: bass (2, 7, 11); Alex Al: bass (4); Herbie Hancock: piano (5); Jessy Dixon Singers: choir (5); Leo Abrahams: fretless bass (9); Jamey Haddad: percussion (9); Vincent Nguini: acoustic rhythm guitar (11); Adrian Simon: additional voice (11).

So Beautiful Or So What
Paul Simon: vocals, electric guitar (1, 3, 10), percussion (1-4, 6, 8, 9), 12-string rhythm guitar (2), acoustic guitar (3-5, 9), glockenspiel (3, 6, 10), whistle (4), bells (5), lead electric guitar (6), guitar (7, 8), nylon string guitar (9), Moog guitar (9); Edie Brickell: background harmony (1); Rev J.M. Gares and congregation: sermon (1), call and response (1); Vincent Nguini: electric guitar (1, 2), acoustic rhythm guitar (1), acoustic guitar (10); Jim Oblon: drums (1, 2, 6, 9, 10), slide baritone guitar (2), percussion (6), drop-D electric guitar (6), Danelectro bass (9); Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver: background vocals (3, 6); Joshua Swift: dobro (3); Gabe Witcher: fiddle (3); Karaikudi R. Mani: Indian ensemble (3), vocal syllables of percussion (Konnakkol/Mridangam) (3); V.B. Madhusadanan: tabla (3); V. Suresh-Ghatam: clay pot (3); Yacouba Sissoko: kora (4); Steve Shehan: tuned bass djembe (4), bass talking drum (4), angklung (4, 10), glass harp (4), brushes (4, 6), cymbals (6), congas (6), sticks (6), crotales (10), bass (10), saz (10), resonator (10); Mick Rossi: piano ( 5); Vincent Lionti: viola (5); Desiree Elsevier: viola (5); Lois Martin: viola (5); Richard Locker: cello (5); Jeanne LeBlanc: cello (5); David Fincke: bass (5); Pamela Sklar: flute (5); Elizabeth Mann: flute (5); Sara Cutler: flute (5); Charles Pillow: clarinet (5); Mary Abr: clarinet (5); Dianne Lesser: English horn (5); Gil Goldstein: arranger (5); Sonny Terry: harmonica solo (6);Chris Bear: electronic intro (6); Skip La Plante: gongs (8), wind chimes (8), 96-note harp (8); Sara Cutler: harp (8); Nancy Zeltsman: marimba (8); Lulu Simon: background harmony (9); Dr. Michael White: clarinet (9); Steve Gorn: bansuri flutes (10).


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