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Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Songbook (1965/2004) [Official Digital Download]

Posted By: HDV
Date: 10 May 2023 16:46:50
Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Songbook (1965/2004) [Official Digital Download]

Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Songbook (1965/2004)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 38:41 minutes | 263 MB
Studio Mono Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

"The Paul Simon Songbook" is the first solo studio album by Paul Simon. It was recorded in London and released in the UK in 1965 and was supposedly deleted in 1969 at Simon's request. The album was produced by Reginald Warburton and Stanley West as CBS Records LP 62579, and later remastered for Columbia/Legacy CD 90281.

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.

Tracklist:

01 - I Am a Rock
02 - Leaves That Are Green
03 - A Church Is Burning
04 - April Come She Will
05 - The Sound of Silence
06 - A Most Peculiar Man
07 - He Was My Brother
08 - Kathy's Song
09 - The Side of a Hill
10 - A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)
11 - Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
12 - Patterns
13 - I Am a Rock (Alternate Version) [Bonus Track]
14 - A Church Is Burning (Alternate Version) [Bonus Track]

Recorded at Levy's Recording Studio in London in August 1965.

Analyzed: Paul Simon / The Paul Simon Songbook
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.17 dB -13.08 dB 2:46 01-I Am a Rock
DR10 -0.42 dB -13.88 dB 2:34 02-Leaves That Are Green
DR10 -1.74 dB -13.92 dB 3:27 03-A Church Is Burning
DR10 -1.59 dB -16.26 dB 1:51 04-April Come She Will
DR11 -0.80 dB -15.26 dB 3:09 05-The Sound of Silence
DR11 -0.49 dB -15.46 dB 2:26 06-A Most Peculiar Man
DR10 -2.74 dB -16.15 dB 2:50 07-He Was My Brother
DR11 -0.02 dB -14.82 dB 3:32 08-Kathy's Song
DR12 -0.33 dB -16.36 dB 2:20 09-The Side of a Hill
DR10 -1.07 dB -14.14 dB 2:21 10-A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)
DR10 -0.96 dB -14.59 dB 2:20 11-Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
DR11 -0.87 dB -16.40 dB 3:06 12-Patterns
DR11 -0.02 dB -13.84 dB 2:48 13-I Am a Rock (Alternate Version)
DR11 -1.10 dB -14.68 dB 3:10 14-A Church Is Burning (Alternate Version)
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1402 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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