Carthy remembers it well because he’d just moved out of it to a flat up the road. Simon lived in a house on Haverstock Hill, in now swanky Belsize Park. In Punky’s Dilemma, he sings, “Wish I was an English muffin about to make the most out of a toaster.” In it, Simon can be found listening to “the Salvation Army band / Down by the Riverside”. The side two song A Hazy Shade of Winter was written there. Simon’s time in London is evident elsewhere on the album. The Telegraph’s Maurice Rosenbaum described it as “of outstanding interest”, and praised Paul Simon’s obliquely imaginative songwriting.Īrthur Schmidt in Rolling Stone began by sneering at the duo’s physical appearance on the cover but went on to laud Simon’s lyrics and even grudgingly admitted, “Mrs Robinson is a wonderful song about America, even a rock and roll song, and it is rather poignant.” But there was no suggestion then that it would later make the magazine’s list of greatest albums of all time. Its hushed melancholy comforted at a time of mass upheaval, even as tensions were growing between these close school friends who had been performing together since their early teens. Bookends would be Simon & Garfunkel's penultimate album. The album’s beautifully crafted song structures, with harmonies that contained nostalgia for the Fifties, and lyrics that spoke of disillusionment with wryness and warmth, struck a chord with a generation.
It hit the shelves one day before the assassination of Martin Luther King, and less than six weeks after the deadliest phase of the Vietnam War for US forces convinced commentators that the war was lost. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.On April 3, 1968, one of the Sixties' defining albums was released. Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel, with its trio of classic singles, Mrs Robinson, A Hazy Shade of Winter and At the Zoo, reached the top of the charts in both the United States and the UK. Previously appeared on Paul Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years and Art Garfunkel's album Breakaway (both from 1975)Ĭharts Chart performance for Old Friends Chart (1998)Ĭertifications Certifications for Old Friends Region Previously unissued live recording (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York) " That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - 3:28.Previously unissued live recording ( Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York) " The Only Living Boy in New York" - 4:00.Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont)įrom the album Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)įrom the album Bridge over Troubled Water Previously unissued live recording ( Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont) "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" - 2:20Ĭhristmas recording, previously appeared on Columbia Special Products compilations A Very Merry Christmas (1967) and Dreaming of a White Christmas (1981).Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) Previously unissued live recording ( Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) "A Poem on the Underground Wall" - 4:30." For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" - 2:06." The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - 1:55."Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" - 2:10įrom the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
Previously unissued outtake from the Sounds of Silence sessions
version) (1966) Sounds of Silence ( UK version)
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