Simon & Garfunkel – The Columbia Studio Recordings 1964-1970 (5CD Box Set) (2010 Remastered) [FLAC]
EAC rip | 5CD | FLAC – Log – Cue | Release: 2010 | 1.53 GB
Genre: Rock, Folk-Rock
Though the American folk movement of the early ’60s would influence bands like the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield and a score of oh-so-sensitive ’70s singer-songwriters, its two most looming successes during the decade–Bob Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel–couldn’t have seemed more disparate. While Dylan turned hard-left, outraging many a folk purist by zealously embracing rootsy blues-rock and its electrified cacophony, S&G veered toward the center, equally infuriating snooty pundits by embracing a Top 40 pop sense whose ostensible shallowness often belied its rich musical diversity. In retrospect, Simon and Garfunkel’s career as a duo was remarkably brief (five albums in six years), if no less commercially potent (a slew of Top 40 singles, two Number One albums, and the requisite handful of Grammy Awards). This box set compiles digitally remastered versions of the original S&G albums, each expanded to include bonus tracks (mostly previously unissued demos with a few scattered outtakes, the quartet on Sounds of Silence the best of the lot) and a booklet featuring new notes for each album and song lyrics. It’s a rewarding journey, wending from the almost slavish folk devotion of Wednesday Morning 3 AM through the greeting-card iconoclasm of Sounds of Silence, the madrigal-pop of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme to the increasingly impressionistic lyrical landscape of Bookends. It also covers the rich musical tapestry of Bridge over Troubled Waters, which foreshadowed Simon’s own diverse solo career by embracing everything from the Everlys and Jan & Dean to Andean folk and R&B. –Jerry McCulley
Tracklist:
1964 – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (40:37)
01. You Can Tell The World 02:49
02. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream 02:13
03. Bleecker Street 02:47
04. Sparrow 02:51
05. Benedictus 02:41
06. The Sound Of Silence 03:09
07. He Was My Brother 02:52
08. Peggy-O 02:28
09. Go Tell It On The Mountain 02:09
10. The Sun Is Burning 02:50
11. The Times They Are A-Changin’ 02:55
12. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 02:23
Bonus Tracks:
13. Bleecker Street (Demo) 02:46
14. He Was My Brother (Alt. Take 1) 02:52
15. The Sun Is Burning (Alt. Take 2) 02:46
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1966 – Sounds Of Silence (41:44)
01. The Sounds Of Silence 03:09
02. Leaves That Are Green 02:24
03. Blessed 03:17
04. Kathy’s Song 03:21
05. Somewhere They Can’t Find Me 02:38
06. Anji 02:18
07. Richard Cory 02:59
08. A Most Peculiar Man 02:33
09. April Come She Will 01:52
10. We’ve Got A Groovey Thing Goin’ 02:00
11. I Am A Rock 02:59
Bonus Tracks:
12. Blues Run The Game 02:55
13. Barbriallen (Demo) 04:06
14. Rose Of Aberdeen (Demo) 02:02
15. Roving Gambler (Demo) 03:03
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1966 – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (34:14)
01. Scarborough Fair / Canticle 03:14
02. Patterns 02:49
03. Cloudy 02:25
04. Howeward Bound 02:32
05. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine 02:51
06. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) 01:58
07. The Dangling Conversation 02:41
08. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall 02:13
09. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) 02:22
10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 02:08
11. A Poem On The Underground Wall 01:56
12. 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night 02:12
Bonus Tracks:
13. Patterns (Demo) 02:55
14. A Poem On The Underground Wall (Demo) 01:51
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1968 – Bookends (34:31)
01. Bookends Theme 00:32
02. Save The Life Of My Child 02:48
03. America 03:35
04. Overs 02:19
05. Voices Of Old People 02:07
06. Old Friends 02:35
07. Bookends Theme 01:24
08. Fakin’ It 03:22
09. Punky’s Dilemma 02:17
10. Mrs. Robinson (From The Motion Picture “The Graduate”) 04:07
11. A Hazy Shade Of Winter 02:17
12. At The Zoo 02:32
Bonus Tracks:
13. You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies 02:19
14. Old Friends (Demo) 02:11
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1970 – Bridge Over Troubled Water (44:05)
01. Bridge Over Troubled Water 04:55
02. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 03:09
03. Cecilia 02:54
04. Keep The Customer Satisfied 02:37
05. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 03:45
06. The Boxer 05:12
07. Baby Driver 03:17
08. The Only Living Boy In New York 04:01
09. Why Don’t You Write Me 02:46
10. Bye Bye Love 02:52
11. Song For The Asking 01:59
Bonus Tracks:
12. Feuilles-O (Demo) 01:45
13. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Demo Take 6) 04:46
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