Vinyl LP reissue of this classic 1972 collection. The album was a mix of original studio recordings and four previously unreleased live recordings. The 10 studio songs comprise nine singles released between 1965 and 1972, “America” being issued as a single several years after it’s appearance as a track on the Bookends album, and one album track, “Bookends” (without it’s parent song “Old Friends”). All the singles included, except “America,” “El Condor Pasa (If I Could),” and “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” made the Top Ten, with the last peaking at #11, and “Mrs. Robinson” topped the chart aided by it’s appearance in Mike Nichols’ hit movie The Graduate. “The Sound of Silence” and “Bridge over Troubled Water” both peaked at #1 as singles in their studio versions, and “The Boxer” peaked as a single at #7.
SIDE A
A1. Mrs. ROBINSON
A2. FOR EMILY, WHENEVER I MAY FIND HER
A3. THE BOXER
A4. THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN’ GROOVY)
A5. THE SOUND OF SILENCE
A6. I AM A ROCK
A7. SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE
SIDE B
B1. HOMEWARD BOUND
B2. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
B3. AMERICA
B4. KATHY’S SONG
B5. EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)
B6. BOOKENDS
B7. CECILIA
