The solo career of Paul Simon is chronicled on the upcoming 15-CD set The Complete Album Collection, due on October 15 via Legacy.
The extensive set includes all of Simon’s solo work, including his 1965 set The Paul Simon Songbook with numerous songs that would become part of the Simon & Garfunkel canon. The box goes through to his 2011 So Beautiful or So What.
Along with the original albums, select discs include bonus material including demos, alternate versions and live recordings. There is also a 56-page book of photos and liner notes written by Ashley Kahn.
Track List:
The albums in The Complete Album Collection along with bonus cuts:
- The Paul Simon Song Book (1965)
- I Am A Rock (alternate version)
- A Church Is Burning (alternate version)
- Paul Simon (1972)
- Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (Demo – San Francisco 2/71)
- Duncan (Demo – San Francisco 2/71)
- Paranoia Blues (Unreleased Version)
- There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
- Let Me Live In Your City (Work In Progress)
- Take Me To The Mardi Gras (Acoustic Demo)
- American Tune (Unfinished Demo)
- Loves Me Like A Rock (Acoustic Demo)
- Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin’ (1974)
- Kodachrome (Alternate Version)
- Something So Right (Alternate Version)
- Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
- Slip Slidin’ Away (Demo)
- Gone At Last (Original Demo w/The Jessy Dixon Singers)
- One-Trick Pony (1980)
- Soft Parachutes (Unreleased Soundtrack Recording)
- All Because Of You (Outtake)
- Spiral Highway (Unreleased Soundtrack Recording)
- Stranded In A Limousine
- Hearts and Bones (1983)
- Shelter Of Your Arms (Unreleased Work-In-Progress)k)
- Train In The Distance (Original Acoustic Demo)
- Rene And George Magritte with Their Dog After The War (Original Acoustic Demo)
- The Late Great Johnny Ace (Original Acoustic Demo)
- Graceland (1986)
- Homeless (Demo)
- Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Unreleased Version)
- All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints (Early Version)
- You Can Call Me Al (Demo)
- Crazy Love (Demo)
- The Story of “Graceland” (As told by Paul Simon, Recorded January 2012)
- The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
- Born At The Right Time (Original Acoustic Demo)
- Thelma
- The Coast (Work-In-Progress)
- Spirit Voices (Work-In-Progress)
- Paul Simon’s Concert in the Park (1991) (2 Discs)
- Songs From the Capeman (1997)
- Shoplifting Clothes
- Born in Puerto Rico (Demo with Jose Feliciano)
- Can I Forgive Him (Original Demo Recorded March 1993)
- You’re The One (2000)
- That’s Where I Belong (Live)
- Old (Live)
- Hurricane Eye (Live)
- Surprise (2006)
- So Beautiful or So What (2011)