Old Friends

Rating

Album: Old Friends
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Bleecker Street [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
2)	Sound of Silence, The
3)	Sun Is Burning, The
4)	Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
5)	He Was My Brother
6)	Sparrow
7)	Peggy-O
8)	Benedictus
9)	Somewhere They Can't Find Me
10)	We've Got a Groovey Thing Goin'
11)	Leaves That Are Green (Album Version)
12)	Richard Cory
13)	I Am a Rock
14)	Sound of Silence [Single Version], The
15)	Homeward Bound
16)	Blues Run the Game - (previously unreleased)
17)	Kathy's Song
18)	April Come She Will
19)	Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall
1)	Patterns
2)	Cloudy
3)	Dangling Conversation, The
4)	Scarborough Fair/Canticle
5)	59th Street Bridge Song, The (Feelin' Groovy)
6)	For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
7)	7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
8)	Hazy Shade of Winter, A
9)	At the Zoo
10)	Poem on the Underground Wall, A - (previously unreleased)
11)	Red Rubber Ball - (previously unreleased)
12)	Blessed [Live] - (previously unreleased)
13)	Anji [Live] - (previously unreleased)
14)	Church Is Burning [Live], A - (previously unreleased)
15)	Fakin' It
16)	Save the Life of My Child
17)	Program Open: America
18)	You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies (Album Version)
19)	Punky's Dilemma
20)	Comfort and Joy - (previously unreleased)
21)	Star Carol - (previously unreleased)
1)	Mrs. Robinson
2)	Old Friends/Bookends
3)	Overs [Live] - (previously unreleased)
4)	Most Peculiar Man [Live], A - (previously unreleased)
5)	Bye Bye Love - (previously unreleased)
6)	Boxer [El Boxeador], The
7)	Baby Driver
8)	Why Don't You Write Me
9)	Feuilles-O [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
10)	Keep the Customer Satisfied
11)	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
12)	Song for the Asking
13)	Cecilia
14)	Condor Pasa, El (If I Could)
15)	Bridge Over Troubled Water
16)	Only Living Boy in New York, The
17)	Hey, Schoolgirl/Black Slacks - (previously unreleased)
18)	That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - (previously unreleased)
19)	My Little Town

Album: Old Friends
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Bleecker Street [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
2)	Sound of Silence, The
3)	Sun Is Burning, The
4)	Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
5)	He Was My Brother
6)	Sparrow
7)	Peggy-O
8)	Benedictus
9)	Somewhere They Can't Find Me
10)	We've Got a Groovey Thing Goin'
11)	Leaves That Are Green (Album Version)
12)	Richard Cory
13)	I Am a Rock
14)	Sound of Silence [Single Version], The
15)	Homeward Bound
16)	Blues Run the Game - (previously unreleased)
17)	Kathy's Song
18)	April Come She Will
19)	Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall
1)	Patterns
2)	Cloudy
3)	Dangling Conversation, The
4)	Scarborough Fair/Canticle
5)	59th Street Bridge Song, The (Feelin' Groovy)
6)	For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
7)	7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
8)	Hazy Shade of Winter, A
9)	At the Zoo
10)	Poem on the Underground Wall, A - (previously unreleased)
11)	Red Rubber Ball - (previously unreleased)
12)	Blessed [Live] - (previously unreleased)
13)	Anji [Live] - (previously unreleased)
14)	Church Is Burning [Live], A - (previously unreleased)
15)	Fakin' It
16)	Save the Life of My Child
17)	Program Open: America
18)	You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies (Album Version)
19)	Punky's Dilemma
20)	Comfort and Joy - (previously unreleased)
21)	Star Carol - (previously unreleased)
1)	Mrs. Robinson
2)	Old Friends/Bookends
3)	Overs [Live] - (previously unreleased)
4)	Most Peculiar Man [Live], A - (previously unreleased)
5)	Bye Bye Love - (previously unreleased)
6)	Boxer [El Boxeador], The
7)	Baby Driver
8)	Why Don't You Write Me
9)	Feuilles-O [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
10)	Keep the Customer Satisfied
11)	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
12)	Song for the Asking
13)	Cecilia
14)	Condor Pasa, El (If I Could)
15)	Bridge Over Troubled Water
16)	Only Living Boy in New York, The
17)	Hey, Schoolgirl/Black Slacks - (previously unreleased)
18)	That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - (previously unreleased)
19)	My Little Town

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Art Garfunkel (vocals).
Producers includes: Roy Halee, Tom Wilson, Bob Johnston, Paul Simon, John Simon.
Compilation producer: Bob Irwin.
Recorded between 1964 and 1975. Includes liner notes by David Fricke and Bob Irwin.
Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini.
Audio Mixer: Vic Anesini.
Liner Note Authors: David Fricke; Bob Irwin.
Recording information: 03/10/1964-05/??/1975.
Director: Mark Feldman .
Photographers: Guy Webster; Don Hunstein; Hank Parker; David Gahr; Bob Cato; Scott Haag; Sandy Speiser; Penny Marshall.
Arrangers: Paul Simon; Art Garfunkel.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were initially inspired by the Everly Brothers and under the name Tom And Jerry enjoyed a hit with 'Hey Schoolgirl'. The duo reunited in 1964 for Wednesday Morning 3AM, which included an acoustic reading of 'The Sound Of Silence'. Producer Tom Wilson made the presumptuous but prescient decision to overdub 'Sound Of Silence' with electric instrumentation and an album titled after the million-selling single was rush-released early in 1966. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme had a varied mood from the grandly serious 'For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her' to the bouncy '59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)'. The duo contributed Mrs. Robinson to the soundtrack of the 1968 film, The Graduate. That same year saw the release of Bookends, a superbly-crafted work. In 1969 the duo released the celebrated Bridge Over Troubled Water. One of the best-selling albums of all time, the work's title track became a standard with its lush, orchestral arrangement and contrasting tempo. While at the peak of their commercial success, the duo became irascible and their partnership abruptly ceased. Since then there have been sporadic reunions, most notably The Concert In Central Park.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/27/97, p.109) - "...manages to have it both ways, providing a reminder of their impact and a fresh perspective on it, simultaneously. The concert performances are folksy and spare, highlighting Garfunkel's aching vocal harmonies and Simon's ambitious songwriting reach..."

Entertainment Weekly (12/12/97, pp.84-86) - "...OLD FRIENDS is the model of an efficient, enlightening box, its three discs alternating hits and album tracks (which have never sounded better, thanks to newly unearthed master tapes) with unreleased live cuts and a smattering of rarities..." - Rating: A