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Rhino remastered and expanded Paul Simon‘s Warner catalog in 2004, boxing up the nine albums released between 1972 and 2000 as The Complete Studio Recordings. This archival work provides the foundation for Legacy’s 2013 set The Complete Album Collection, which supplements these expanded reissues — a total of 30 bonus tracks were added to the nine albums, including demos, alternate takes, outtakes, non-LP material, and live cuts (but no original hit version of “Slip Sliding Away,” an oversight that remains on this 2013 box) — with the two live albums released on Warner (1974′s Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin’, 1991′s Concert in the Park), the 1965 curiosity The Paul Simon Songbook that he recorded in the wake of the disappointing reception to Simon & Garfunkel’s 1964 debut Wednesday Morning 3 AM and, most importantly, the two excellent albums Simon released after 2004: 2006′s Surprise and 2011′s So Beautiful or So What. This means The Complete Album Collection is Paul Simon’s Complete Recorded Works — minus Simon & Garfunkel, of course, along with “Slip Sliding Away” — and, as a whole, it is a mightily impressive body of work, showcasing an artist who remains restless and curious four decades into his career. Here, the low points and transitional albums don’t seem like egregious missteps — the roundly lambasted Songs from the Capeman has elements that have aged well — but rather part of the overall journey. There may not be much in the way of liner notes — there are album details and an overall intro from Ashley Kahn, a music journalist and professor who was also Simon’s tour manager during the Graceland years — but the package is handsome, presenting each CD as a mini-LP, the sound is terrific, the price is affordable, and the scope is complete, so The Complete Album Collection is in every way an upgrade over the previous The Complete Studio Recordings.
 
Spot Contents:
Disc 1: The Paul Simon Song Book and bonus tracks (first released as CBS 62579 (U.K.), 1965 – bonus tracks from Columbia/Legacy CK 90281, 2004) 
Disc 2: Paul Simon and bonus tracks (first released as Columbia KC 30750, 1972 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78899, 2004)
Disc 3: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon and bonus tracks (first released as Columbia KC 32280, 1973 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78900, 2004)
Disc 4: Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin’ and bonus tracks (first released as Columbia PC 32855, 1974 – bonus tracks from Columbia/Legacy 88697 82000-2, 2011)
Disc 5: Still Crazy After All These Years and bonus tracks (first released as Columbia PC 35540, 1975 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78901, 2004) 
Disc 6: One-Trick Pony and bonus tracks (first released as Warner Bros. HS 3472, 1980 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78902, 2004) 
Disc 7: Hearts and Bones and bonus tracks (first released as Warner Bros. 23942, 1983 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78903, 2004)
Disc 8: Graceland (released as Warner Bros. 25447, 1986) and bonus tracks from Rhino reissue (Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78904, 2004) and Legacy reissue (Legacy 88691 91471-2, 2012) 
Disc 9: The Rhythm of the Saints and bonus tracks (first released as Warner Bros. 26098, 1990 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino 78905, 2004)
Discs 10-11: Paul Simon’s Concert in the Park (first released as Warner Bros. 26737, 1991) 
Disc 12: Songs from The Capeman and bonus tracks (first released as Warner Bros. 46814, 1997 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78906, 2004)
Disc 13: You’re the One and bonus tracks (first released as Warner Bros. 47844, 2000 – bonus tracks from Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78907, 2004)
Disc 14: Surprise (first released as Warner Bros. 49982, 2006) 
Disc 15: So Beautiful or So What (first released as Hear Music HRM-32814-02, 2011)

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 15xCD
Genre: Folk, Pop, Rock
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2013
Spelduur: 802 minuten
Cover: Front, Back en Insides zijn in de RARs verwerkt