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1ST WE HAVE PAUL SIMON – PAUL SIMON FOR THE COLLECTORS TURNTABLE WE HAVE THE TREMENDOUSLY RARE - Paul Simon PAUL SIMON 180 GRAM LIMITED NUMBERED 3105 OF 5000 PRESSED EDITION LP - THESE NUMBERED EDITIONS WERE AVAILABLE ON THE 1ST  PRESSINGS SERIES THAT WERE RELEASED ON RECORD STORE DAY 2013 & PRESSED IN THE USA. THE NEXT GENERATION PRESSINGS AFTER THE NUMBERED RECORD STORE DAY RELEASES WERE NOT NUMBERED & PRESSED IN THE EU. COLLECTORS WHO COLLECT NUMBERED ISSUES KNOW IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITH THESE NUMBERED RELEASES. IN FACT THE ONLY NUMBERED COPY WE FOUND WAS SELLING FOR $300+ IN PRISTINE SEALED CONDITION LIKE WE ARE OFFERING HERE.

Paul Simon PAUL SIMON 180 GRAM LIMITED NUMBERED 3105 EDITION LP - WAS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THESE NUMBERED EDITIONS ON THERE 1ST RELEASE FOR THE RECORD STORE DAY SERIES. PRESSING AFTER THIS SERIES WERE NOT NUMBERED FOR COLLECTORS AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITH THESE NUMBERED JACKETS.

2013 Record Store Day 180 GRAM Vinyl! OUT OF PRINT Numbered, Limited Edition!

Reissue of Paul Simon's first solo LP on 180-gram vinyl!

Cut from the original analog master tapes

Includes "Mother And Child Reunion," and "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard"

Album download included IF STILL AVAILABLE

Paul Simon’s first three post-Simon & Garfunkel studio albums, Paul Simon / There Goes Rhymin’ Simon / Still Crazy After All These Years, all arrive, courtesy of Columbia/Legacy, in remastered 180-gram LP editions, each containing a download card.

If any musical justification were needed for the breakup of Simon & Garfunkel, it could be found on this striking collection, Paul Simon's post-split debut, writes AllMusic.com. "From the opening cut, 'Mother and Child Reunion' (a Top 10 hit), Simon, who had snuck several subtle musical explorations into the generally conservative S&G sound, broke free, heralding the rise of reggae with an exuberant track recorded in Jamaica for a song about death. From there, it was off to Paris for a track in South American style and a rambling story of a fisherman's son, 'Duncan' (which made the singles chart). But most of the album had a low-key feel, with Simon on acoustic guitar backed by only a few trusted associates (among them Joe Osborn, Larry Knechtel, David Spinozza, Mike Manieri, Ron Carter, and Hal Blaine, along with such guests as Stefan Grossman, Airto Moreira, and Stephane Grappelli), singing a group of informal, intimate, funny, and closely observed songs (among them the lively Top 40 hit 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard'). It was miles removed from the big, stately ballad style of Bridge Over Troubled Water and signaled that Simon was a versatile songwriter as well as an expressive singer with a much broader range of musical interests than he had previously demonstrated."

Side 1

                Mother and Child Reunion

                Duncan

                Everything Put Together Falls Apart

                Run That Body Down

                Armistice Day

Side 2

                Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

                Peace Like a River

                Papa Hobo

                Hobo's Blues

                Paranoia Blues

                Congratulations

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Michael Fremer Rated 10 out of 10 for Music, 10 out of 10 for Sound!
Grammy Winning Album! Pressed at RTI!
Collectible Poster & Limited Time MP3 Download of Album + 3 Bonus Songs!

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 71/500!

25th Anniversary Reissue of Paul Simon's Ground-Breaking Album "Graceland" Which Features the Hit "You Can Call Me Al".

"In many ways, Graceland was the most extraordinary experience in my entire career.... The insight into rhythm was the great gift that I received from making the trip to South Africa, and collaborating with African musicians." -- Paul Simon

The story of the making of Graceland and the controversy it created, is told in "Under African Skies," a full-length documentary from two-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger. The film debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, kicking off the year-long celebration commemorating the 25th anniversary of Simon's musical and cultural achievement with Graceland.

The universal appeal of the music of Graceland proved more powerful and enduring than the political hotbed attending its creation. In 1986, the album sold 14 million copies worldwide, and received universal praise from critics around the globe.

Paul Simon, a 12-time Grammy Award-winner, and composer of then two Grammy-awarded albums of the year (Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years) traveled to South Africa to record with local artists. Simon and the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo subsequently performed on TV's Saturday Night Live and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.

By January of 1987, "You Can Call Me Al" was everywhere and Graceland won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 1987. Then, in an unprecedented carryover, the album garnered the Grammy for Song of the Year with its title track in 1988. The album generated three hit singles and kept Paul Simon and the Graceland tour on the road for five years.

During his distinguished career Paul Simon has been the recipient of many honors and awards including 12 Grammy Awards, three of which ("Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Still Crazy After All These Years" and "Graceland") were albums of the year. In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel. He is a member of The Songwriters Hall of Fame, a recipient of their Johnny Mercer Award and is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist. His song "Mrs. Robinson" from the motion picture "The Graduate" was named in the top ten of The American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Songs.

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