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