Paul Simon ging in de jaren 80, na het niet al te succesvolle album Hearts And Bones, op zoek naar nieuwe inspiratie - en vond deze in Zuid Afrika; een land wat op dat moment verscheurd werd door het apartheid regime. Ondanks kritieken dat hij de Westerse boycot op het Afrikaanse land zou doorbreken; deinsde Simon niet terug: en nam met talentvolle lokale muzikanten een fusie van vele stijlen op; de klassieker Graceland. Het album viert zijn 25e verjaardag in stijl; met hernieuwde uitgaves en een gloednieuwe dvd Under African Skies, waarin de opnames en impact van het album uitgebreid in beeld gebracht worden. Het verschijnt in verschillende configuraties:
Dit betreft de deluxe collector's edition boxset met daarin:
2 cd (cd Origineel album en cd bonus tracks en audio do cumentaire)
2 dvd (dvd Under African Skies en dvd African Concert 1987 bolcom)
Replica originele Graceland poster
2 boeken (boek 80 pagina met nieuwe foto's, interviews, e.d.; en boek 60 pagina met handgeschreven lyrics).
TRACKLIST 1
1. The Boy In The Bubble
2. Graceland
3. I Know What I Know
4. Gumboots
5. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
6. You Can Call Me Al
7. Under african skies
8. Homeless
9. Crazy love, Vol. II
10. That Was Your Mother
11. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints
TRACKLIST 2
1. Homeless (Demo)
2. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Unreleased Version) (alternate version)
3. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints (Early Version) (early version)
4. You Can Call Me Al (Demo)
5. Crazy Love (Demo)
6. The Story Of "Graceland" As Told By Paul Simon
TRACKLIST 3
1. How We Begin to Remember (5.1 Surro und Sound)
2. Comparing Notes (5.1 Surround Sound)
3. A Chance in a Million (5.1 Surround Sound)
4. I Know What I Know (5.1 Surround Sound)
5. A Different Perspective (5.1 Surround Sound)
6. He is My Brother (5.1 Surround Sound)
7. Roy Halee Goes to Work (5.1 Surround Sound)
8. London Sessions (5.1 Surround Sound)
9. Do You Think People Are Going to Like This? (5.1 Surround Sound)
10. Immediate Praise? (5.1 Surround Sound)
11. Setting a Tone of Hope (5.1 Surround Sound)
12. Zimbabwe (5.1 Surround Sound)
13. The Roots of the Rhythm Remain (5.1 Surround Sound)
14. Whoopi Goldberg (5.1 Surround Sound)
15. Harry Belafonte (5.1 Surround Sound)
16. Ray Phiri (5.1 Surround Sound)
17. Barney Rachabane (5.1 Surround Sound)
18. Hugh Masekela (5.1 Surround Sound)
19. You Can Call Me Al
20. The Boy In The Bubble
21. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
22. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (From Saturday Night Live, November 22, 1986)
TRACKLIST 4
1. Intro (From "Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition")
2. Township Jive
3. Opening
4. Boy in the Bubble
5. Gumboots
6. Whispering Bells
7. Bring Him Back Home
8. Crazy love, Vol. II
9. I Know What I Know
10. Jinkel E Maweni
11. Soweto Blues
12. Iyaluma
13. Under African Skies (from The African Concert, 1987)
14. Unomathemba
15. Hello, My Baby
16. Homeless
17. Graceland
18. You Can Call Me Al
19. Stimela
20. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
21. N'kosi Sikeleli Africa
22. Credits
