{"title":"Paul Simon","description":"\u003cp\u003e'There was no place to play in New York City,' he later recalled, so in 1965 the young songwriter decamped to London's folk clubs. Martin Carthy showed him finger-picking, old English songs opened his ears, and he wrote 'Homeward Bound'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, producer Tom Wilson had quietly overdubbed electric guitar, bass and drums onto 'The Sound of Silence'. Simon was horrified, but the single went to number one, pulling him home to Art Garfunkel and a run of harmony-rich records ending with \u003cem\u003eBridge over Troubled Water\u003c\/em\u003e (1970).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlone again, he roamed further: reggae on 'Mother and Child Reunion', cut with Jimmy Cliff's band, gospel on 'Loves Me Like a Rock', and a darker, post-divorce mood on \u003cem\u003eStill Crazy After All These Years\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eGraceland\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), drawing on South African styles, became his most successful album, and \u003cem\u003eSeven Psalms\u003c\/em\u003e arrived in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fungilator-recommended-artists\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#C4293D;font-weight:bold;\"\u003eIf you like Paul Simon you should check out:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/simon-garfunkel-vinyl\"\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Garfunkel\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bob-dylan-vinyl\"\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/joni-mitchell-vinyl\"\u003eJoni Mitchell\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/leonard-cohen-vinyl\"\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nick-drake-vinyl\"\u003eNick Drake\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/paul-mccartney-vinyl\"\u003ePaul McCartney\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/david-byrne-vinyl\"\u003eDavid Byrne\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/talking-heads-vinyl\"\u003eTalking Heads\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/peter-gabriel-vinyl\"\u003ePeter Gabriel\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/neil-young-vinyl\"\u003eNeil Young\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"paul-simon-graceland-clear-vinyl-lp","title":"PAUL SIMON 'Graceland' CLEAR Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1986\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003ePaul Simon recorded much of this in Johannesburg with South African musicians, breaking the cultural boycott and causing controversy. Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing on 'Homeless', and 'You Can Call Me Al' was a hit; it won the Grammy for Album of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39383313744030,"sku":"GM05978","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/paulsimongracelandCLEAR1.jpg?v=1714114027"},{"product_id":"paul-simon-graceland-vinyl-lp","title":"PAUL SIMON 'Graceland' 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1986\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003ePaul Simon recorded much of this in Johannesburg with South African musicians, breaking the cultural boycott and causing controversy. Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing on 'Homeless', and 'You Can Call Me Al' was a hit; it won the Grammy for Album of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\/\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44082075205853,"sku":"GM05979","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/paulsimongraceland1.jpg?v=1696304981"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/paul-simon-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Goldmine Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}