Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel 1964-1970
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Free Music Review: A nice collection
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a nice collection of Simon and Garfunkle songs. I bought a second copy because of accidental damage to my original copy. So it must be good. :-)Free Music Review: What a dream I had, pressed in organdy ...
Hit: 5 Stars
"... Clothed in crinoline of smoky burgundy, softer than the rain."
Def: Organdy (noun): Organdy or organdie is the sheerest cotton cloth made. Combed yarns contribute to its appearance and it is very prone to wrinkling.
God only knows what Paul Simon was thinking when he penned the bulk of his lyrics, but his perversion of the usage of fabric oriented terms, archaic language and obtuse symbolism is enough to make one wonder.
Having searched far and wide for the ultimate Simon & Garfunkel collection to own and having purchased all of these albums that are contained herein before, I'm pleased to say that this is the way to go without any doubt.
Simply boxed with miniature album covers that double as CD cases and individually shrink wrapped, a booklet with the original album liner notes are included as well as a small essay on each album by Bud Scoppa.
The photographs are the only questionable material within this package. Several of the photos have a very homo-male-bonded look to them that in several shots look more than unsettling and have a very 'Olan Mills' wedding quality.
The albums are as follows:
1. Wednesday Morning, 3 AM - c. 1964
2. Sounds of Silence - c. 1966
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - c. 1966
4. Bookends - c. 1968
5. Bridge Over Troubled Water - c. 1970
These albums are what was originally known as "concept albums" back when Rock and Roll was young and ideas were shaping the music industry rather than what we have today, the industry shaping the albums and the artists themselves.
Strangely for that reason, young people will continually drift towards music like this as it is often seen and understood as unassuming, unpretentious and pure. It may sound over the top, but when you consider the vacuum that exists in modern music today, it's no wonder that Simon & Garfunkel albums continue to sell surprising numbers worldwide.
Most are probably experiencing these albums for the first time, but I feel I should tell you that the best way to hear these albums is to play them from start to finish and without impatience and with an impartial ear. Simon & Garfunkel were writing these songs much in the same way that Bob Dylan was writing albums like Blood on the Tracks & The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. They are a response to the social constrictions, the poverty, the hopelessness, the freedom, the infrastructure that was place for some but not for others and the political landscape. It may not be heard like that today, but in its day it was all too obvious and was a vanguard of the counter-culture and the subversive underclass of America. These albums were the soundtrack of the youth in the middle of their struggle. But one should not feel alienated by this when listening, as it's just as much your music as it was any one else's for that matter. If you're hearing `For Emily, whenever I may find her' for the first time, then the effect it has on you, is just as genuine as it was back then, but probably moreso. Things must first `wear tear' in the mind to seat into its proper place, to paraphrase a great American author and poet.
Some people have only experienced Simon & Garfunkel through Greatest Hits collections, and while that's fine, in and of itself, it's actually a disservice to the mood and message that's surgically removed when listening to collections rather than the core. Some songs may come across like juvenile playground anthems, and some as just a Beckettian whisper over a trash-pile, but each has their rightful place within the consciousness of the sound of the album and shouldn't be missed at all.
Free Music Review: A++++++
Hit: 5 Stars
Not enough stars to give this one--could NOT have been more pleased. Thanks so much!Free Music Review: Harmonic Completeness
Hit: 5 Stars
This collection of five albums is a must have set. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are perhaps made for each other more than any other two musicians in history. Paul's poetic lyrics and foundational voice are complimented perfectly with the emotion in Art's edge of your seat harmonies. To truly get the full comprehension of the vastness of their talent, every one of their songs must be experienced. A greatest hits album will certainly awe the listener, but it will also rob the listener of additional songs of equal quality. This collection gives insight into the depth of the music of Simon and Garfunkel.Free Music Review: Simon and Garfunkel in the studio
Hit: 5 Stars
How could you go wrong? How could it get any better? The complete collection and some bonus material. I bought this to replace the old one I had that got worn out.
Kevin