Paul Simon / Graceland “25” reissue / Full track listing and formats
Paul Simon‘s Graceland will be reissued on 4 June with several 25th Anniversary versions on offer.
Graceland 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Box Set is a four-disc set (2 CD/2 DVD) which includes the remastered original album, the Under African Skies documentary film and the original 1987 African Concert from Zimbabwe.
The box set also features a bonus CD that contains an audio narrative The Story of ‘Graceland’ as told by Paul Simon, and five bonus tracks including You Can Call Me Al (demo) and Crazy Love (demo) which are previously unreleased. The box also includes replicas of an original Graceland poster and a handwritten lyrics pad, plus a deluxe 80-page book featuring new and archival photos and interviews with Paul Simon.
In addition to this will be a CD/DVD variant which omits the African Concert but somehow crams all the 2CD content on to one disc.
A 180 gram vinyl version is on offer with download card for the whole album and bonus tracks and to cap it all will be an ultra-deluxe Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition Box Set bundle which includes the box set, the 180-gram 12″ vinyl and a signed and numbered autographed commemorative poster. It will be available direct-to-consumers during a limited time exclusive offer on the official Paul Simon website.
All the details are below:
Box set – £80
Disc 1 – CD
- 1. The Boy In The Bubble
- 2. Graceland
- 3. I Know What I Know
- 4. Gumboots
- 5. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
- 6. You Can Call Me Al
- 7. Under African Skies
- 8. Homeless
- 9. Crazy Love, Vol II
- 10. That Was Your Mother
- 11. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints
Disc 2 – CD
- 1. Homeless (Demo)
- 2. Diamond on the Soles of Her Shoes (Alternate version)
- 3. All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints (Early version)
- 4. You Can Call Me Al (Demo)
- 5. Crazy Love (Demo)
- 6. The Story of “Graceland” – as told by Paul Simon
Disc 3 – DVD
Under African Skies (Documentary) and extended interviews
Disc 4 – DVD
The original 1987 African Concert from Zimbabwe, three original music videos and the iconic “Saturday Night Live” performance of “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
CD/DVD – £12
Disc 1 – CD
- 1. The Boy In The Bubble
- 2. Graceland
- 3. I Know What I Know
- 4. Gumboots
- 5. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
- 6. You Can Call Me Al
- 7. Under African Skies
- 8. Homeless
- 9. Crazy Love, Vol II
- 10. That Was Your Mother
- 11. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints
- 12. Homeless (Demo)
- 13. Diamond on the Soles of Her Shoes (Alternate version)
- 14. All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints (Early version)
- 15. You Can Call Me Al (Demo)
- 16. Crazy Love (Demo)
- 17. The Story of “Graceland” – as told by Paul Simon
Disc 2 – DVD
Under African Skies (Documentary) and extended interviews
CD only – £8
- 1. The Boy In The Bubble
- 2. Graceland
- 3. I Know What I Know
- 4. Gumboots
- 5. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
- 6. You Can Call Me Al
- 7. Under African Skies
- 8. Homeless
- 9. Crazy Love, Vol II
- 10. That Was Your Mother
- 11. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints
- 12. Homeless (Demo)
- 13. Diamond on the Soles of Her Shoes (Alternate version)
- 14. All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints (Early version)
- 15. The Story of “Graceland” – as told by Paul Simon
Vinyl LP – £15
Side A
- 1. The Boy In The Bubble
- 2. Graceland
- 3. I Know What I Know
- 4. Gumboots
- 5. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
Side B
- 1. You Can Call Me Al
- 2. Under African Skies
- 3. Homeless
- 4. Crazy Love, Vol II
- 5. That Was Your Mother
- 6. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints
Under African Skies Blu-ray Disc – £19
The feature documentary in state-of-the-art 5.1 sound with bonus extended interviews.
By Paul Sinclair
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