Simon Garfunkel

This box set containing the remastered, expanded editions of all five of Simon & Garfunkel's original LPs on five CDs. The sound is, as with the individual editions of each title, a significant improvement over any prior releases of this material and proves to be utterly impeccable, and the annotated booklet, containing the original credits and notes off the albums as well as the lyrics and all of the new annotation for each individual album by Bud Scoppa, is fairly handy.

Bookends is the fourth studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee, the album was released on April 3, 1968, in the United States by Columbia Records. The duo had risen to fame two years prior with the albums Sounds of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme and the soundtrack album for the 1967 film The Graduate. Bookends is a concept album that explores a life journey from childhood to old age. Side one of the album marks successive stages in life, the theme serving as bookends to the life cycle. Side two largely consists of previously-released singles and of unused material for The Graduate soundtrack. Simon's lyrics concern youth, disillusionment, relationships, old age, and mortality.

Bookends is the fourth studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee, the album was released on April 3, 1968, in the United States by Columbia Records. The duo had risen to fame two years prior with the albums Sounds of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme and the soundtrack album for the 1967 film The Graduate. Bookends is a concept album that explores a life journey from childhood to old age. Side one of the album marks successive stages in life, the theme serving as bookends to the life cycle. Side two largely consists of previously-released singles and of unused material for The Graduate soundtrack. Simon's lyrics concern youth, disillusionment, relationships, old age, and mortality. Much of the material was crafted alongside producer John Simon (no relation), who joined the recording when Paul Simon suffered from writer's block.

A Timeless Reflection on America and Ourselves: Simon & Garfunkel’s Searching Bookends Asks Big Questions, Includes “Mrs. Robinson” and “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Mastered on MoFi’s Renowned System at the Label’s California Studio: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Magnifies the Brilliance of the Original Recording Sessions.Concept album, career-making moment, industry-defying creation, years-long pursuit of perfection: Simon and Garfunkel’s Bookends adheres to all those descriptions and more, the record at once a defining statement of the late 1960s and salient reflection on relationships, identity, society, and mortality whose enduring relevance attests to its exceptional merit. Ranked by countless sources as one of the greatest records of all time, the 1968 work transcends styles, trends, and generations.

It's no secret that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel didn't end their partnership on the friendliest terms. Despite a brief reunion every decade or so – most notably in the fall of 1981 at The Concert in Central Park – Simon & Garfunkel were notorious for not speaking to each other, so their reunion at the 2002 Grammy Awards, opening the show with "The Sound of Silence," was a big deal.

A Timeless Reflection on America and Ourselves: Simon & Garfunkel’s Searching Bookends Asks Big Questions, Includes “Mrs. Robinson” and “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Mastered on MoFi’s Renowned System at the Label’s California Studio: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Magnifies the Brilliance of the Original Recording Sessions.Concept album, career-making moment, industry-defying creation, years-long pursuit of perfection: Simon and Garfunkel’s Bookends adheres to all those descriptions and more, the record at once a defining statement of the late 1960s and salient reflection on relationships, identity, society, and mortality whose enduring relevance attests to its exceptional merit. Ranked by countless sources as one of the greatest records of all time, the 1968 work transcends styles, trends, and generations.

A Timeless Reflection on America and Ourselves: Simon & Garfunkel’s Searching Bookends Asks Big Questions, Includes “Mrs. Robinson” and “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Mastered on MoFi’s Renowned System at the Label’s California Studio: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Magnifies the Brilliance of the Original Recording Sessions.Concept album, career-making moment, industry-defying creation, years-long pursuit of perfection: Simon and Garfunkel’s Bookends adheres to all those descriptions and more, the record at once a defining statement of the late 1960s and salient reflection on relationships, identity, society, and mortality whose enduring relevance attests to its exceptional merit. Ranked by countless sources as one of the greatest records of all time, the 1968 work transcends styles, trends, and generations.

2014 twelve CD set. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Simon & Garfunkel's first release on Columbia Records in 1964, THE COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTION provides a fascinating career-spanning overview of the iconic folk-rock duo. Here for the first time in one package is Simon & Garfunkel's complete discography: their five studio albums for Columbia released between 1964 and 1970; the multiplatinum albums THE GRADUATE (the soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name which first featured the duo's classic 'Mrs. Robinson') and Simon & Garfunkel's GREATEST HITS (the 1972 compilation that, with 14 million albums shipped, remains the duo's most popular); and four live albums recorded between 1967 and 2004, including 1982's THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK (the group's first activity since their dissolution in 1970), OLD FRIENDS: LIVE ON STAGE, a double-disc account of their acclaimed 2003-2004 reunion tour, and two archival live sets: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY, 1967 (recorded at Lincoln Center and featuring the duo performing an intimate acoustic set) and LIVE 1969 (featuring recordings from Simon & Garfunkel's final tour).