Negotiations and Love Songs
1988 greatest hits album by Paul Simon
Negotiations and Love Songs is a compilation album of songs by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon , released in 1988 by Warner Bros. Records . It consists of songs released from 1971 to 1986. The title of the compilation is taken from a line in the song "Train in the Distance".
Track listing
"Graceland" appears only on the LP edition of the album.
Personnel
Paul Simon – vocals, guitar (tracks 2–6, 11, 15), acoustic guitar (tracks 8, 12), background vocals (tracks 10, 16–17), electric guitar (track 14), six-string electric bass (track 16)
Additional musicians
Huk Brown – lead guitar (track 1)
Wallace Wilson – rhythm guitar (track 1)
Neville Hinds – organ (track 1)
Jackie Jackson – bass guitar (track 1)
Winston Grennan – drums (track 1)
Denzil Laing – percussion (track 1)
Larry Knechtel – piano (track 1)
Cissy Houston – singer (track 1)
Renelle Stafford – singer (track 1)
Deirdre Tuck – singer (track 1)
Von Eva Sims – singer (track 1)
David Spinoza – guitar (tracks 2–3)
Airto Moreira – percussion (tracks 2, 12–13)
Russel George – bass guitar (track 2)
Alexander Gafa – guitar (track 3)
Bob Cranshaw – electric bass (track 3)
Richard Davis – acoustic bass (track 3)
Grady Tate – drums (track 3)
Bobby James – keyboard (track 3)
Bobby Scott – piano (track 3)
Don Elliot – vibes (track 3)
Pete Carr – electric guitar (tracks 4, 6)
David Hood – bass guitar (tracks 4–6, 9)
Roger Hawkins – percussion (tracks 4–6, 9)
Barry Beckett – keyboard, vibes (tracks 4, 6), electric piano (track 9)
The Dixie Hummingbirds – vocal group (track 5)
Jimmy Johnson – electric guitar (track 6)
Bob James – electric piano (track 7)
Hugh McCracken – electric guitar (tracks 7–8, 10)
Joe Beck – electric guitar (track 7)
Tony Levin – bass guitar (tracks 7–8, 10)
Steve Gadd – drums (tracks 7–8, 10–12)
Ralph McDonald – percussion (tracks 7–8, 10–11, 16)
Phil Woods – saxophone solo (track 7)
Valerie Simpson – background vocals (tracks 7–8)
Ken Asher – organ (track 8)
John Tropea – electric guitar (track 8)
Pheobe Snow – vocal background (track 8)
Patti Austin – vocal background (track 8)
Mike Brecker – saxophone solo (track 9)
Eric Gale – electric guitar (track 10)
Anthony Jackson – percussion (track 11), contrabass guitar (track 12–14)
Richard Tee – piano (track 11), Fender Rhodes (track 12–14)
The Oak Ridge Boys – vocal group (track 11)
Dean Parks – hi-string guitar (tracks 12–13)
Michael Mainieri – vibes (tracks 12–13), marimba (track 12)
Marcus Miller – bass guitar (track 13)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (track 13)
Jess Levy – cello (track 13)
Peter Gordon – French horn (track 13)
Mark Rivera – alto sax (track 13)
Rob Sabino – piano (track 14)
Wells Christie – Synclavier (track 14)
The Harptones – background vocals (track 14)
Chikapa "Ray" Phiri – guitar (tracks 15–17)
Bakithi Kumalo – bass guitar (tracks 15–17)
Isaac Misthali – drums (tracks 15–16)
Youssou N'Dour – percussion (track 15)
Babacar Faye – percussion (track 15)
Assane Thiam – percussion (track 15)
Earl Gardner – trumpet (track 15)
Leonard Pickett – tenor sax (track 15)
Alex Foster – alto sax (track 15)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – vocals (track 15)
Rob Mounsey – synthesizer (track 16)
Adrian Belew – guitar synthesizer (track 16)
Ronald E. Cuber – bass sax (track 16), baritone sax (track 16)
John Faddis – trumpet (track 16)
Ronald E. Brecker – trumpet (track 16)
Lewis Michael Soloff – trumpet (track 16)
Alan Rubin – trumpet (track 16)
David W. Bargeron – trombone (track 16)
Kim Allan Cissel – trombone (track 16)
Morris Goldberg – pennywhistle solo (track 16)
Vusi Khumalo – drums (track 17)
Makhaya Mahlangu – percussion (track 17)
Demola Adepoju – pedal steel guitar (track 17)
The Everly Brothers – vocals (track 17)
Technical
Paul Simon – co-producer (tracks 1–14), producer (tracks 15–17), co-arrangements (track 16)
Russ Titelman – co-producer (tracks 12–14)
Roy Halee – co-producer (tracks 1–2, 12–14), compilation assembler
Phil Ramone – co-producer (tracks 3, 5, 7–11)
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section – co-producer (4–6)
Quincy Jones – string arrangements (track 3)
Dave Mathews – horn arrangements (track 7)
Bob James – woodwind and string arrangements (track 9)
Dave Grusin – horn arrangements (track 10)
The Harptones – background vocal arrangements (track 14)
George Delerue – orchestration (track 14)
Chikapa "Ray" Phiri – co-arrangements (track 16)
Greg Calbi – mastering
Robert Mapplethorpe – front cover photo
Charts
Certifications
Notes
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