THE PAUL SIMON SONG BOOK
Paul Simon

Paul Simon -- all vocals, guitar

Recorded: May 1965, Levy's Studio, London, England, U.K.
Released: August 1965
Label: CBS 62579
Produced by Reginald Warburton and Stanley West

Cover Photography: David Lowe
Cover Design: Verity Graphic Arts

Only released on LP in the United Kingdom; supposedly deleted in 1979 at Simon's request. Available as part of the LP box set Paul Simon: Collected Works (1981)

The Song Book was rereleased in (2004) by Columbia/Legacy on CD. The quality of the recordings indicate that a copy of the original recordings was used to master these songs since quite a lot of background noise can be heard in all of the songs. The CD features two bonus tracks, alternative versions of I am a rock and A Church is Burning which were not part of the (1965) LP release.

All songs by Paul Simon except * Paul Kane - Although Paul Kane was a name used by Paul Simon at this time.

Side One

1) I Am A Rock (2:52)
2) Leaves That Are Green (2:41)
3) A Church Is Burning (3:38)
4) April Come She Will (1:55)
5) The Sounds Of Silence (3:19)
6) A Most Peculiar Man (2:34)

Side Two

7) He Was My Brother (2:58)*
8) Kathy's Song (3:42)
9) The Side Of A Hill (2:28)*
10) A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Lyndon Johnsoned Into Submission) (2:27)
11) Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall (2:27)
12) Patterns (3:14)

2004 Columbia/Legacy CD Rerelease Bonus Tracks

13) I Am A Rock (2:44)
14) A Church Is Burning (3:10)

See also

Simon and Garfunkel

Paul Simon

For earlier recordings of tracks 5 and 7: Wednesday Morning, 3 A. M.

For later recordings of tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8: Sounds of Silence

For later recordings of tracks 10, 11, and 12: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

External links

• http://www.paul-simon.info
• http://www.paulsimon.com
• http://www.simonandgarfunkel.com