Welcome
Welcome to a blog entirely dedicated to the vinyl world of Paul Simon.
Pages filled with information about Paul Simon’s recording career. From the early days in 1958 right up ’till now.
From the start, for Paul Simon making music was his life. When he and Art Garfunkel got together in the early 1950′s they started writing songs together and making demo’s. When they got their contract with Big Records, they requested that a record was to be released within 60 days from signing. It worked, Big Records released ‘ Hey Schoolgirl’ late 1957. Paul continued writing songs and making demo’s, without Art, under various of names like Harrison Gregory, True Taylor, Jerry Landis. But also with others, like The Mystics, Carole King, The Passions, Johnny Restivo. But also made demos for other writers as well, names like Schwartz (‘ Baby Talk’ ), Ouida Mintz, Burt Bacharach. Hoping that maybe he would be the artist they would use in the end? Often singers like Jan & Dean or Bobby Vee got a deal for the songs Paul had demoed.
A lot of the sessiondates I have published at www.bookends.nl.
This blog is intended to give you an idea of the result of Paul Simon’s work in the studio. Vinyl that was released by bigger and smaller record labels, like:
Big Records
Warwick Records
Amy Records
Madison Records
Jason Scott Records
Chance Records
We will try to cover it all, with information about the recordings, the covers, the musicians, etc.
And if you additional information to share…don’ t hesistate to do so! Write me at rob.aws@home.nl or through a comment in this Blog.
