Пол Саймън е американски певец, автор на песни и композитор, известен най-вече с фолк рок дуото Simon & Garfunkel, с което в края на 60-те и началото на 70-те години записва класически песни като The Sound of Silence, Mrs. Robinson или Bridge Over Troubled Water. След разпадането на дуото през 1970 година Саймън започва успешна солова кариера; върхът е албумът Graceland от 1986 г., който съчетава африканска музика със западен поп.
Компилационният бокс Original Album Classics излезе през 2015 година от издателство Legacy на 5 компактдиска. Комплектът съдържа общо 72 записа и представлява преглед на соловото творчество на Саймън — от ранните албуми, пълни с фолк и рок елементи (включително демоверсии на песните Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard или Duncan), до атмосферни балади като American Tune и Kodachrome.
Композиции
CD1
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 (Demo-San Francisco 2/71
13. Duncan (Demo - San Francisco 2/71)
14. Paranoia Blues (Unreleased Version)
CD2
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)
CD3
1. Allergies (Remastered)
2. Hearts and Bones (Remastered)
3. When Numbers Get Serious (Remastered)
4. Think Too Much (B) (Remastered)
5. Song About the Moon (Remastered)
6. Think Too Much (A) (Remastered)
7. Train In the Distance (Remastered)
8. Rene and George Magritte With Their Dog After the War (Rem..
9. Cars Are Cars (Remastered)
10. The Late Great Johnny Ace (Remastered)
11. Shelter of Your Arms (Unreleased Work-In-Progress) (Bonus..
12. Train In the Distance (Original Acoustic Demo) (Bonus Track)
13. Rene and George Magritte With Their Dog After the War (Ori..
14. The Late Great Johnny Ace (Original Acoustic Demo) (Bonus ..
CD4
1. Adios Hermanos
2. Born In Puerto Rico
3. Satin Summer Nights
4. Bernadette
5. The Vampires
6. Quality
7. Can I Forgive Him
8. Sunday Afternoon
9. Killer Wants To Go To College
10. Time is an Ocean
11. Virgil
12. Killer Wants To Go To College Ii
13. Trailways Bus
14. Shoplifting Clothes (Bonus Track)
15. Born In Puerto Rico (Demo With Jose Feliciano) (Bonus Track)
16. Can I Forgive Him (Original Demo) (Bonus Track)
CD5
1. That's Where I Belong
2. Darling Lorraine
3. Old
4. You're the One
5. The Teacher
6. Look At That
7. Senorita With a Necklace of Tears
8. Love
9. Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
10. Hurricane Eye
11. Quiet
12. That's Where I Belong (Live)
13. Old (Live)
14. Hurricane Eye (Live)
