PAUL SIMON - THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON (RSD ESSENTIALS LP)

2023 RSD ESSENTIALS REISSUE. 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. OPAQUE ORANGE VINYL LP. "There Goes Rhymin' Simon found Paul Simon writing and performing with assurance and venturing into soulful and R&B-oriented music. Simon returned to the kind of vocal pyrotechnics heard on the Simon & Garfunkel records by using gospel singers. On "Love Me Like a Rock" and "Tenderness", the Dixie Hummingbirds sang prominent backup vocals. For several tracks, Simon traveled to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios to play with its house band, getting a variety of styles, from the gospel of "Love Me Like a Rock" to the Dixieland of "Mardi Gras.""