THIS IS THE 1969/70 UK REPRESSING on CBS Records. Unlaminated single cover (without flips) + Company inner sleeve. The sleeve is inVG+ condition:normal wear , BUT mild creases, light discolouration/wear on corners/spines, left spine is fully readable, for details see photos. The vinyl (with noticeable lines, exp. on second side) is from VG(+) to VG+ condition on Side A (some clicks/crackles), and from VG to VG(+) on second side (with clicks/crackles/mild scratches throughout) and plays more than acceptable on 1st side and with a certain lessening in sound quality on 2nd side. DEBUT SOLO ALBUM.
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Paul Simon is one of the most successful and respected songwriters of the rock era. Being half of the legendary pop duo Simon & Garfunkel would be enough for most people, but Simon reaped just as much acclaim as a solo artist. In the 1970s, he was at the vanguard of the singer/songwriter movement, marrying smart, reflective lyrics with sophisticated pop music. His 1975 solo album Still Crazy After All These Years topped the charts, won the Grammy for Album of the Year, and included the number one hit "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." In the '80s, he was one of the first pop artists to successfully combine world music into his sound, resulting in the South African flavor of the landmark Graceland, another Album of the Year Grammy winner.
"THE PAUL SIMON SONG BOOK"
<reissue, originally published in 1965>
Produced by Reginald Warburton and Stanley West
LP CBS RECORDS 62579 STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND 1969/1970 REPRESSING
Unlaminated single cover + CBS 'The Music People' inner sleeve
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: CBS - ORANGE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Label Code: none
Pressing Plant [Runout]: ∴
Catalog on cover: 62579
Catalog on labels: SBPG 62579 (62579 A) / SBPG 62579 (62579 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): S 62579-A3
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SBPG 62579-B2
On labels: top rim text "All Rights........Prohibited"
bottom rim text reads "Made in England"
℗ 1965 CBS Records
Production: Reginald Warburton & Stanley West
On Back Sleeve: Tracklist, Credits & Notes
CBS is a Trademark of the Columbia Broadcasting System Inc., U.S.A.
℗ 1965 CBS, Inch.
SHOREPAK by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., ENGLAND.
tracklisting
Side 1: I AM A ROCK - LEAVES THAT ARE GREEN - A CHURCH IS BURNING
APRIL COME SHE WILL - THE SOUND OF SILENCE - A MOST PECULIAR MAN
Side 2: HE WAS MY BROTHER - KATHY'S SONG - THE SIDE OF A HILL
SIMPLE DESULTORY PHILIPPIC - FLOWERS NEVER BEND WITH THE RAINFALL - PATTERNS
grading
RECORD from VG(+) to VG+ (Side A) and from VG to VG(+) (Side B) but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The first album to use this title is one of the most mysterious in Paul Simon's output and almost belongs more with Simon & Garfunkel's discography, given its 1965 recording date. Following the failure of Simon & Garfunkel's first, all-acoustic folk revival-style album, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, Simon headed off to England to see about pursuing music over there. While he was in London, he found himself in demand as a visiting American "folksinger" (though Simon's credentials in this area were rather limited), began building up a following in the coffeehouses, and was eventually pegged for a performing spot on the BBC. Suddenly, there were requests for Paul Simon recordings, of which there were none -- as a result of his being signed to Columbia Records in America, however, he was brought into the London studios of British CBS and recorded this album with only his acoustic guitar for backup. The resulting album is spare, almost minimalist, as Simon runs through raw and unaffected versions of songs that he was known for in London, including "The Sounds of Silence," "The Sun Is Burning," "I Am a Rock," "A Simple Desultory Philippic" (in its earliest form, and far nastier than the version later done by Simon & Garfunkel), and "Kathy's Song." The notes are very, very strange, but a bigger problem is the production by Reginald Warburton and Stanley West, which isn't terribly sympathetic; the sound isn't very natural, being very close and booming, but the album is a fascinating artifact of Simon's work during the interregnum in Simon & Garfunkel's career. And there is one fascinating number here, "The Side of a Hill," which eventually resurfaced as the countermelody song in the Simon & Garfunkel version of "Scarborough Fair" (a song curious by its absence here, considering that Simon was doing it in his coffeehouse appearances) two years later...(AllMusic)