Paul Simon je americký písničkář a skladatel, známý především z folkrockové dvojice Simon & Garfunkel, se kterou na přelomu 60. a 70. let nahrál klasické skladby jako The Sound of Silence, Mrs. Robinson nebo Bridge Over Troubled Water. Po rozpadu dua v roce 1970 zahájil úspěšnou sólovou kariéru; vrcholem bylo album Graceland z roku 1986, které spojilo africkou hudbu se západním popem.
Kompilační box Original Album Classics vyšel v roce 2015 na 5 CD u vydavatelství Legacy. Set obsahuje celkem 72 nahrávek a představuje průřez Simonovým sólovým dílem — od raných alb plných folkových a rockových prvků (včetně demoverzí skladeb Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard nebo Duncan) až po atmosférické balady typu American Tune a Kodachrome.
Skladby
CD1
1. Mother and Child Reunion
2. Duncan
3. Everything Put Together Falls Apart
4. Run That Body Down
5. Armistice Day
6. Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard
7. Peace Like a River
8. Papa Hobo
9. Hobo's Blues
10. Paranoia Blues
11. Congratulations
12. Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (Demo-San Francisco 2/71
13. Duncan (Demo - San Francisco 2/71)
14. Paranoia Blues (Unreleased Version)
CD2
1. Kodachrome
2. Tenderness
3. Take Me To the Mardi Gras
4. Something So Right
5. One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor
6. American Tune
7. Was a Sunny Day
8. Learn How To Fall
9. St. Judy's Comet
10. Loves Me Like a Rock
11. Let Me Live In Your City (Work In Progress)
12. Take Me To the Mardi Gras (Acoustic Demo)
13. American Tune (Unfinished Demo)
14. Loves Me Like a Rock (Acoustic Demo)
CD3
1. Allergies (Remastered)
2. Hearts and Bones (Remastered)
3. When Numbers Get Serious (Remastered)
4. Think Too Much (B) (Remastered)
5. Song About the Moon (Remastered)
6. Think Too Much (A) (Remastered)
7. Train In the Distance (Remastered)
8. Rene and George Magritte With Their Dog After the War (Rem..
9. Cars Are Cars (Remastered)
10. The Late Great Johnny Ace (Remastered)
11. Shelter of Your Arms (Unreleased Work-In-Progress) (Bonus..
12. Train In the Distance (Original Acoustic Demo) (Bonus Track)
13. Rene and George Magritte With Their Dog After the War (Ori..
14. The Late Great Johnny Ace (Original Acoustic Demo) (Bonus ..
CD4
1. Adios Hermanos
2. Born In Puerto Rico
3. Satin Summer Nights
4. Bernadette
5. The Vampires
6. Quality
7. Can I Forgive Him
8. Sunday Afternoon
9. Killer Wants To Go To College
10. Time is an Ocean
11. Virgil
12. Killer Wants To Go To College Ii
13. Trailways Bus
14. Shoplifting Clothes (Bonus Track)
15. Born In Puerto Rico (Demo With Jose Feliciano) (Bonus Track)
16. Can I Forgive Him (Original Demo) (Bonus Track)
CD5
1. That's Where I Belong
2. Darling Lorraine
3. Old
4. You're the One
5. The Teacher
6. Look At That
7. Senorita With a Necklace of Tears
8. Love
9. Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
10. Hurricane Eye
11. Quiet
12. That's Where I Belong (Live)
13. Old (Live)
14. Hurricane Eye (Live)
