John Simon ‎- Journey (1972) MP3@256 torrent

John Simon (born Norwalk, Connecticut, August 11, 1941) is an American music producer, composer, writer and performer. Recognized as one of the top record producers in the United States during the late ’60s and the 1970s, Simon produced numerous classic albums that continue to sell more than 30 years later, including The Band’s “Music from Big Pink”, “The Band”, and “The Last Waltz”, “Cheap Thrills” by Big Brother & the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, “Bookends” by Simon & Garfunkel, “Songs of Leonard Cohen” by Leonard Cohen, and “Child Is Father to the Man” by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

After Princeton, Simon was hired as a trainee at Columbia Records. He was first assigned to the Legacy department under the guidance of Goddard Lieberson, then the president of Columbia. Simon’s work during that period involved Original Cast Albums of Broadway shows and audio documentary albums, including “Point of Order”, an LP of the notorious Senate hearings conducted by rabid anti-Communist, Senator Joseph McCarthy and “The Medium Is the Massage” inspired by the writings of media guru, Marshall McLuhan. In 1966, he arranged and produced “Red Rubber Ball” by The Cyrkle. The song, which was co-written by Paul Simon (no relation) of Simon and Garfunkel and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers, went to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

Paul Simon urged John Simon to follow his muse to be a singer-songwriter in his own right. Consequently, in the early Seventies, he recorded two albums for Warner Brothers, “John Simon’s Album” and “Journey”.