Cecilia/ The Only Living Boy In New York

This is a beautiful mint copy of the duo's second big hit from their best and, sadly, final album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. What the heck is that rhythm section doing, by the way? Anybody ever figure it out (without looking at the session notes)?

"Cecilia" was really the first recording that showed how much in love with complex rhythms Paul Simon was. Many of Simon's solo releases demonstrate that passion, starting with his first solo single, "Mother And Child Reunion," which was one of the first hits with a reggae/ska rhythm by someone not from Jamaica. But in particular I think of his great single Late In The Evening (from the failed album/movie, One Trick Pony), and his entire Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints albums.

 Note: This copy comes in a vintage Columbia Records factory sleeve.