The Paul Simon Songbook

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The Paul Simon Songbook is Paul Simon’s 1965 solo studio album featuring early, stripped-down versions of songs that later became famous with Simon & Garfunkel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf solo album
studio album
artist Paul Simon
copyrightHolder Paul Simon
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describedAs intimate
minimalist
features acoustic guitar
solo vocals
followedBy The Sounds of Silence
linked to: Sounds of Silence
genre folk
folk rock
hasCatalogRole early solo document of Paul Simon’s songwriting
hasCoverArt The Paul Simon Songbook album cover
hasInfluenceOn Simon & Garfunkel recordings of the same songs
hasTheme introspective lyrics
relationships
urban life
hasTrack A Church Is Burning
A Most Peculiar Man
A Simple Desultory Philippic
April Come She Will
Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
He Was My Brother
I Am a Rock
Kathy’s Song
linked to: Kathy's Song

Leaves That Are Green
On the Side of a Hill
Patterns
The Side of a Hill
The Sound of Silence
hasVersionType early versions of later Simon & Garfunkel songs
stripped-down arrangements
language English
mainSubject songs written by Paul Simon
notableWorkOf Paul Simon
originalMedium vinyl record
partOf Paul Simon discography
performer Paul Simon
placeOfRecording London
linked to: London, England
producer Reginald Warburton
Stanley West
publicationDate 1965
recordingPeriod 1965
recordLabel CBS Records
Columbia Records
reissue CD reissue

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I Am a Rock originalAlbum The Paul Simon Songbook
Paul Simon discography includesStudioAlbum The Paul Simon Songbook