Paul Simon The Paul Simon Songbook
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Paul Simon The Paul Simon Songbook
The Paul Simon Songbook is the first solo studio album by Paul Simon. It was released in the UK in 1965 and was supposedly deleted in 1979 at Simon's request. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
2004 - The LP (in its first-ever U.S. release) offers numerous karaoke opportunities for Garfunkel wanna-be’s — and you know who you are.
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Pop Matters
2005 - The unadorned nature works wonders for a few songs and betrays a few others, but it offers an interesting glimpse into Simon's formative years, when the commercial prospects of his partnership with Garfunkel were still unknown, and while he was rabidly absorbing English folk influences. Well worth checking out for Simon fans.
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All Music
The resulting album is spare, almost minimalist, as Simon runs through raw and unaffected versions of songs that he was known for in London
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Mark's Record Reviews
more than half of the songs are undeniable folk rock masterpieces
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The Guardian
When Simon and Garfunkel’s 1964 debut sank without a trace, the 24-year-old travelled to England, miserable and dejected, and shrugged out this solo album. Several tracks – including Kathy’s Song and I Am a Rock – now rank among his best-loved songs.
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
Recorded quickly with just Simon’s voice and guitar, it’s a nice showcase for the young Simon, but the Simon and Garfunkel versions are more polished, leaving Songbook as essentially an historical curiosity.
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Uncut
2004 - Songs like “I Am A Rock” and “Sounds Of Silence” remain simultaneously ridiculous and magnificent. When he murmurs in that weary, calmly melancholy way of his, he sounds like nothing less than the proverbial prophet quietly writing on the subway walls.
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