Legacy Sets Simon to Rhymin’ for June 7

Legacy has finally set a date for their new batch of Paul Simon reissues. New editions of Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin’ and Still Crazy After All These Years are coming out surprisingly soon, on June 7, according to a press release issued today.

Many have speculated on these reissues ever since Simon’s solo catalogue was licensed back to Columbia last year (where they were originally released) after years of existing in Warner Bros.’ catalogue. The constant question is simple: what’s going to be different? The answer? Not much. The three studio albums will boast the same mastering and bonus tracks as the expanded editions released by Rhino in 2004. The major addition is, of course, Live Rhymin’. The album was not reissued by Rhino last time around, and this release includes two previously unreleased live cuts.

One would expect, as the year continues, further reissues of the Paul Simon catalogue. Whether those sets are different or not, in terms of content, packaging or mastering, remain to be seen.

Hit the jump for the full discographical breakdown.

Paul Simon, Paul Simon (originally released as Columbia KC-30750, 1972 – reissued Columbia/Legacy 88697 82023-2, 2011. Identical program also reissued as Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78899, 2004)

1. Mother and Child Reunion
2. Duncan
3. Everything Put Together Falls Apart
4. Run That Body Down
5. Armistice Day
6. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
7. Peace Like a River
8. Papa Hobo
9. Hobo’s Blues
10. Paranoia Blues
11. Congratulations
12. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (San Francisco Demo 2/1971)
13. Duncan (San Francisco Demo 2/1971)
14. Paranoia Blues (Unreleased Version)

Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (originally released as Columbia KC-32280, 1973 – reissued Columbia/Legacy 88697 82022-2, 2011. Identical program also reissued as Warner Bros./Rhino R2 78900, 2004)

1. Kodachrome
2. Tenderness
3. Take Me to the Mardi Gras
4. Something So Right
5. One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor
6. American Tune
7. Was a Sunny Day
8. Learn How to Fall
9. St. Judy’s Comet
10. Loves Me Like a Rock
11. Let Me Live in Your City (work-in-progress)
12. Take Me to the Mardi Gras (Acoustic Demo)
13. American Tune (Unfinished Demo)
14. Loves Me Like a Rock (Acoustic Demo)

Paul Simon, Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin’ (originally released as Columbia PC-32855, 1974 – reissued Columbia/Legacy 88697 82000-2, 2011)

1. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
2. Homeward Bound
3. American Tune
4. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
5. Duncan
6. The Boxer
7. Mother and Child Reunion
8. The Sound of Silence
9. Jesus is the Answer
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water
11. Loves Me Like a Rock
12. America
13. Kodachrome *
14. Something So Right *

Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years (originally released as Columbia PC-33540, 1975 – reissued Columbia/Legacy 88697 81999-2, 2011. Identical program also reissued as Warner Bros./Rhino R2 72901, 2004)

1. Still Crazy After All These Years
2. My Little Town
3. I Do It for Your Love
4. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
5. Night Game
6. Gone at Last
7. Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy
8. Have a Good Time
9. You’re Kind
10. Silent Eyes
11. Slip Slidin’ Away (Demo)
12. Gone at Last (Original Demo)

* indicates previously unreleased bonus tracks