One Trick Pony (album)

One Trick Pony is an album released by Paul Simon in 1980.

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Paul Simon - 1980

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Paul Simon's One Trick Pony is a record released to coincide with the movie of the same name, in which Simon also stars. Although considered a soundtrack to the movie, the original album did not contain some songs from the movie; likewise there are some songs from the album not in the movie. The record is best known for the track "Late In The Evening" which was a hit for Simon in 1980.

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The record features several top session musicians (who also appeared in the movie as the character Jonah's backing band), including Eric Gale on lead guitar, Richard Tee on piano, Tony Levin on bass, and Steve Gadd on drums.

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Tony Levin - Steve Gadd

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In 2004, "One Trick Pony" was remastered and re-released by Warner Brothers Records. This reissue contains four bonus tracks in addition to the original ten songs: two songs which originally appeared in the movie but not the album "Soft Parachutes" and "Spiral Highway", an outtake "All Because of You", and "Stranded in a Limousine".

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