CD Album - Paul Simon - Graceland - Warner Bros.

CD Album

Artist:	Paul Simon
Title:	Graceland
Label:	Warner Bros.
Country:	Europe
Date:	12 Aug 1986
Catalogue:	925 447-2
Barcode:	07599254472
Format:	CD Album
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	16 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
01	Paul Simon	The Boy In The Bubble	Paul Simon, Forere Motloheloa	8.0 Rate
02	Paul Simon	Graceland	Paul Simon	10.0 Rate
03	Paul Simon	I Know What I Know	Paul Simon, General M. D. Shirinda	8.0 Rate
04	Paul Simon	Gumboots	Paul Simon, Jonhjon Mkhalali, Lulu Masilela	8.0 Rate
05	Paul Simon	Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes	Paul Simon, Joseph Shabalala	8.0 Rate
06	Paul Simon	You Can Call Me Al	Paul Simon	10.0 Rate
07	Paul Simon	Under African Skies	Paul Simon	8.0 Rate
08	Paul Simon	Homeless	Paul Simon, Joseph Shabalala	8.0 Rate
09	Paul Simon	Crazy Love Vol. II	Paul Simon	8.0 Rate
10	Paul Simon	That Was Your Mother	Paul Simon	8.0 Rate
11	Paul Simon	All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints	Paul Simon	8.0 Rate

Notes

Paul Simon – Vocals, Background Vocals (1, 2, 4, 6 & 9), Acoustic Guitar (1, 2 & 11), Guitar (5 & 7), Six-string Electric Bass (6), Synclavier (3 & 4)
and
Accordion – Forere Motloheloa (1 & 4), Alton Rubin Sr. (Dopsie) (10), David Hidalgo (11)
Bass – Baghiti Khumalo (1, 2, 5- 7), Lloyd Lelose (9), Alonzo Johnson (10), Conrad Lozano (11)
Drums – Vusi Khumalo (1 & 2), Petrus Manile (4), Isaac Mtshali (5-7 & 9), Alton Rubin Jr. (10), Louie Perez, Steve Gadd (11)
Guitars – Chikapa "Ray" Phiri (2, 5- 7 & 9), Demola Adepoju (Pedal Steel, 2), Daniel Xilakazi (Lead, Rhythm, 4), Adrian Belew (7, Guitar Synthesizer on 1, 6 & 9), Sherman Robertson (10), Cesar Rosas, David Hidalgo (11)
Pennywhistle – Morris Goldberg (6)
Percussion – Makhaya Mahlangu (1 & 2), Ralph McDonald (4, 6, 7 & 11), Youssou N'Dour, Assane Thiam, Babacar Faye (all 5)
Saxophones – Barney Rachabane, Mike Makhalemele, Teaspoon Ndlela (all 4), Alex Foster (Alto, 5), Leonard Pickett (Tenor, 5), Ronald E. Cuber (Bass, Baritone, 6), Morris Goldberg (Soprano, 9), Johnny Hoyt (10), Steve Berlin (11)
Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey (1 & 6)
Tambourine – Lulu Masilela (4)
Trombones – David W. Bargeron, Kim Allan Cissel (both 6)
Trumpets – Earl Gardner (5), Alan Rubin, John Faddis, Lewis Michael Soloff, Ronald E. Brecker (all 6)
Vocals – The Everly Brothers (2), The Gaza Sisters (3), Diane Garisto, Michele Cobbs (Background, 4), Ladysmith Black Mambazo (5 & 8), Linda Ronstadt (7), Joseph Shabalala (8), Cesar Rosas, David Hidalgo (11)
Washboard – David Rubin (10)

Produced by Paul Simon
Engineer: Roy Halee
Co-arranged by Chikapa "Ray" Phiri (6, 7, 9)
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York
Art Direction: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Jeri McManus
Design: Kim Champagne
Assistant Engineers: Mark Cobrin (1-6, 9 & 11), Peter Thwaites (1-4 & 9), Steven Strassman (2, 7 & 11), Andrew Fraser (8), Mark Miller (10)
Front Cover Photo: Mark Sexton
Back Cover Photo: Gary Heery
© 1986 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Images

Number: 2135567 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: leonard Description: booklet front	Number: 316905 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Booklet-1	Number: 316906 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Booklet-2	Number: 316907 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Booklet-3
Number: 316908 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Booklet-4	Number: 316909 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Booklet-5	Number: 316910 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Booklet-6	Number: 316911 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Booklet-7
Number: 2135569 Uploaded By: leonard Description: booklet back	Number: 316903 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Cover Back (Jewel Case)	Number: 748765 Uploaded By: Monolith Description: Made in West Germany	Number: 2135576 Uploaded By: leonard Description: cd
Number: 316904 Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: cd	Number: 316914 Uploaded By: PhilMH Description: Label layout variant	Number: 316901 HIDDEN Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Cover Front (Booklet)	Number: 316902 HIDDEN Uploaded By: fixbutte Description: Cover Back (Booklet)

Comments and Reviews


Apollo59 5th Aug 2017		This CD sounds way better than the Legacy remaster version of a few years back where the whole thing sounded flatlined with no depth or dynamics - a horrible job. I sold that on and this original is my keeper.



kimbozw 18th Jul 2017		Guitarist Ray Phiri passed away a few days back. Seemingly Paul Simon has telephoned the family to pass on his condolences and to offer to help them in any way required and would like to attend the funeral.



Lee Wrecker 18th Jul 2017		Calm down turbo! It is, however, tiresome that this fact has to be explained, unsuccessfully it seems, time and time again.



PhilMH 17th Jul 2017		Oh, give it a rest. This was distributed in Australia by the local branch of WEA (later Warner Music) and listed as a local release in Platterlog, as were thousands of other imports from WEA and the other majors. I am getting really sick of being told what is or isn't an Australian release by someone who doesn't live here and is unfamiliar with how our market has operated over the last few decades.



Alenko 16th Jul 2017		This CD was not technically issued in Australia. It was sold in Australia, which is not same as being issued (released). Nothing on this CD points as being Australian issue.



The_Vinyl_Junkie SUBS 16th Jul 2017		Image #'s 316901 - 316911 are the same for Australia. WEA Australia had 90% of their CD releases in the 80's through to the early 90's manufactured in Europe. This also applied to their 7" vinyl singles from about 1989 onwards. I will add the Australian release date to the notes shortly.



gregs45s SUBS 16th Jul 2017		@The_Vinyl_Junkie.Ahh,the Aussie rules again:),could you at least add that fact to the notes then?,otherwise we just will be looking at European images wondering why on earth it's International;) (i.e,"Was also issued in Australia and sold at a regular retail price (i.e,not an import)") ta



The_Vinyl_Junkie SUBS 16th Jul 2017		This has to be International as it was distributed through WEA Australia to the retail market.



gregs45s SUBS 15th Jul 2017		@philwill. Yes indeed,more than likely :)



philwill SUBS 15th Jul 2017		I'll make a separate entry. I guess the album was so popular and selling so quickly, they ran out of 7599-25447-2 CDs and threw in some 925 447-2 CDs just to get the product out!



gregs45s SUBS 15th Jul 2017		@philwill.Understood,i was looking at this release here,which,as you can see,only uses the 7599...No.,but i still think it should be entered separately,as the original entry 925 447-2 does not use 7599... anywhere on either Disc or artwork,and so 7599.... is not it's secondary Cat.No. Hope you can see where i'm coming from;) (Also put in a reqeust to change to Europe as the US issue has a different Cat.No./barcode,and the only other one i can find that matches the Cat.No. (from Israel) has no barcode,so European only as far as i can see,unless someone can find another match outside of Europe of course;)



philwill SUBS 15th Jul 2017		Actually, @Greg78s, although 7599-25447-2 appears on the spines, inlay and back page of the booklet, it is 925 447-2 that appears on the disc - and (before you ask!) it was bought new. That's why I added the image here, much as I dislike and distrust this confused "International" concept :-)



gregs45s SUBS 15th Jul 2017		The 7599-25447-2 scan is from a different release which uses 7599-25447-2 on the Disc as well,therefore,it's a different Cat.No./release,and so should have it's own separate entry. (correction submitted)



philwill SUBS 14th Jul 2017		Added image of inlay variant, with full European Cat# on spines and top right. Full European Cat# added as secondary.



Monolith 17th May 2015		Added an alternate label variation



fixbutte 10th Apr 2014		You're right, I had already given it a serious consideration before I added the album. The full copyright (there was not enough space for it in the Record Notes here) reads: © 1986 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. The disc face of the US issue looks nearly the same as the one made in Germany, only instead of Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf it reads Mfg. by WEA Manufacturing Inc., Made in U.S.A. I assume that someone will upload that one in the near future, too.



PhilMH 10th Apr 2014		Another one that I think needs to be made "International", as WEA Australia were issuing German pressings like this as local releases in 1986, and it was the same for Paul's next album, THE RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS, in 1990. My Alsdorf pressing of this has a slightly different label layout, which I'll upload a scan of shortly.



fixbutte 10th Apr 2014		I believe that I own seven CDs by Paul Simon, and that is a lot of someone who had made only a few records more over the last four decades. Anyway this record was his crowning achievement, something not only elegant and tasteful but rhythmic and stimulative, all provided with Simon's familiarly sophisticated lyrics. Not diminishing the album's most popular tracks (You Can Call Me Al, Graceland, and The Boy In The Bubble were all chart singles), the most impressing songs were those with the most genuine South African appearance, Homeless and Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes, both with vocal support of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the now well-known male choral group from South Africa.

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