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megahertz

(182 posts) Thu Aug 25, 2016, 06:53 AM Aug 2016

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Thirty years of Graceland: How Paul Simon and the South African music industry created a masterpiece [View all]

Paul Simon's "Graceland" was released 30 years ago today.

"J. Brooks Spector remembers the impact of Simon’s music and the moment when their paths crossed in South Africa."

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-19-thirty-years-of-graceland-how-paul-simon-and-the-sa-music-industry-created-a-masterpiece/

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Thirty years of Graceland: How Paul Simon and the South African music industry created a masterpiece [View all] megahertz Aug 2016 OP

Thanks much for that. NNadir Aug 2016 #1

That album is so incredible cemaphonic Aug 2016 #2

Thanks for posting this TuxedoKat Aug 2016 #3

I sam him and the Graceland tour in 1986 DFW Aug 2016 #4

Glad you folks liked it. Interesting article! megahertz Aug 2016 #5

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