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Track Listing
DISC 1: WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3 A.M:
1. You Can Tell the World
2. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
3. Bleecker Street
4. Sparrow
5. Benedictus
6. Sound of Silence, The
7. He Was My Brother
8. Peggy-O
9. Go Tell It on the Mountain
10. Sun Is Burning, The
11. Times They Are a-Changin'
12. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
13. Bleecker Street - (rare demo version)
14. He Was My Brother - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
15. Sun Is Burning, The - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
DISC 2: SOUNDS OF SILENCE:
1. Sound of Silence, The
2. Leaves That Are Green
3. Blessed
4. Kathy's Song
5. Somewhere They Can't Find Me
6. Anji
7. Richard Cory
8. Most Peculiar Man, A
9. April Come She Will
10. We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'
11. I Am a Rock
12. Blues Run the Game
13. Barbriallen - (previously unreleased, demo version)
14. Rose of Aberdeen - (previously unreleased, demo version)
15. Roving Gambler - (previously unreleased, demo version)
DISC 3: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME:
1. Scarborough Fair / Canticle
2. Patterns
3. Cloudy
4. Homeward Bound
5. Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, The
6. 59th Street Bridge Song, The (Feelin' Groovy)
7. Dangling Conversation, The
8. Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall
9. Simple Desultory Philippic, A (Or How I Was Robert Macnamara'd Into Submission)
10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
11. Poem on the Underground Wall, A
12. 7 O'Clock News / Silent Night
13. Patterns - (previously unreleased, demo version)
14. Poem on the Underground Wall, A - (previously unreleased, demo version)
DISC 4: BOOKENDS:
1. Bookends Theme
2. Save the Life of My Child
3. America
4. Overs
5. Voices of Old People
6. Old Friends
7. Bookends Theme
8. Fakin' It
9. Punky's Dilemma
10. Mrs. Robinson - (from "The Graduate")
11. Hazy Shade of Winter, A
12. At the Zoo
13. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - (rare single)
14. Old Friends - (previously unreleased, demo version)
DISC 5: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER:
1. Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
3. Cecilia
4. Keep the Customer Satisfied
5. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
6. Boxer, The
7. Baby Driver
8. Only Living Boy in New York, The
9. Why Don't You Write Me
10. Bye Bye Love
11. Song For the Asking
12. Feuilles-O - (rare demo version)
13. Bridge Over Troubled Water - (previously unreleased, demo version)
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The 5-CD box THE COLUMBIA STUDIO RECORDINGS contains the albums WEDNESDAY MORNING 3 A.M. (1964); SOUNDS OF SILENCE (1966); PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME (1966); BOOKENDS (1968); BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (1970) as well as rare and previously unreleased tracks, rare photos and individual album essays by Bud Scoppa.
Reissue producer: Bob Irwin.
Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
WEDNESDAY MORNING 3 A.M.:
Producer: Tom Wilson.
Recorded in March 1964. Originally released on Columbia (9049). Includes original liner notes by Art Garfunkel.
SOUNDS OF SILENCE:
Producers: Bob Johnston, Tom Wilson, Simon & Garfunkel, Roy Halee.
Principally recorded in April & December 1965. Originally released on Columbia (9269).
PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME:
Producer: Bob Johnston.
Recorded between December 1965 and August 1966. Originally released on Columbia (9363).
BOOKENDS:
Producers: Simon & Garfunkel, Roy Halee.
Recorded between 1966 and 1968. Originally released on Columbia (9529).
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER:
Personnel includes: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Art Garfunkel (vocals); Fred Carter, Jr. (guitar); Larry Knechtel (keyboards); Joe Osborne (bass); Hal Blaine (drums).
Producers: Simon & Garfunkel, Roy Halee.
Principally recorded in November 1969. Originally released on Columbia (9914).
A toast to Legacy/Columbia for THE COLUMBIA STUDIO RECORDINGS, which packages all five S&G releases remastered with bonus tracks. The box set supercedes the 3-disc OLD FRIENDS set of 4 years earlier. The folky WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3A.M. introduced the Queens duo to the world. The urban imagery of "Bleecker Street" and gorgeous harmonies on "Sparrow" and "He Was My Brother" are among the highlights from this impressive debut, as well as "The Sound Of Silence" is in its original acoustic form.
While WEDNESDAY was an all-acoustic album, electric guitar and other instruments are introduced on SOUNDS OF SILENCE. Lyrics and arrangements mesh in folk/pop perfection on songs like the character-driven "Richard Cory" and the Davy Graham-penned acoustic instrumental "Anji". The rock rhythm section on "We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin' On" adds a nice touch. Simon's voice is in fine form on the previously unreleased demo "Rose Of Aberdeen". The classics ("Mrs. Robinson", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "The Boxer") are included here as well as rarities (a demo version of "Old Friends") and combined with a 74-page book to make a five-star package.
Industry Reviews
Ranked #5 in Mojo's Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002
Mojo (01/01/2003)
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