Simon & Garfunkel was an American music duo consisting of singer-songwriter s Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, largely on the strength of the hit single " The Sound of Silence ". Their music was featured in the landmark film The Graduate , pr... Read More
Paul and Artie's immaculately produced swansong swept the 1971 Grammys and rightfully so with songs like The Boxer, El Condor Pasa, Cecilia, The Only Living Boy in New York, and the stirring title track. This remastered edition adds the outtake Feuilles-O and Paul's lead vocal demo of the title tune.
Unreleased (and previously unknown!) versions of the old folk songs Barbriallen; Rose of Aberdeen , and The Roving Gambler (plus the bonus track The Blues Run the Game ) make their sophomore effort even more indispensable.
32 tracks including all 16 hits the duo scored for Columbia essential indeed! Includes The Sounds of Silence; I Am a Rock; Scarborough Fair/Canticle; Homeward Bound; The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy); Mrs. Robinson; Bridge over Troubled Water; The Boxer; My Little Town; Old Friends; America; Cecilia , and more.
Their stunning debut, now garnished with a demo version of Bleecker Street and unreleased alternate takes of He Was My Brother and The Sun Is Burning , all recorded in March 1964!
Buy all five Simon & Garfunkel studio albums- Wednesday Morning, 3 AM; Sounds of Silence; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme; Bookends , and Bridge over Troubled Water -and save $10 off what you'd pay for these upgraded reissues singly! Bonus tracks, new remastering and graphics, the whole deal.