Shining Like A National Guitar CD – Paul Simon (Warner 9362477212, 2000) (UK No. 6) Compilation
The Very Best of Simon and Garfunkel – Tales from New York CD (Columbia SONYTV 81 CD, 2000) (UK No. 8)
Grateful – The Songs Of John Bucchino CD (US RCA B0004SBV2, 2000)
Art Garfunkel performs If I Ever Say I’m Over You with Bucchino
You’re The One CD – Paul Simon (US Warner 9362 47844 2, 2000) (UK No. 20)
That’s Where I Belong / Darling Lorraine / Old / You’re The One / The Teacher / Look At That / Senorita with a Necklace of Tears / Love / Pigs, Sheep And Wolves / Hurricane Eye / Quiet
Live From New York City 1967 CD – Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia Legacy 508067-2, 2002)
He Was My Brother / Leaves That Are Green / Sparrow / Homeward Bound / You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies / A Most Peculiar Man / The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) / The Dangling Conversation / Richard Cory / A Hazy Shade of Winter / Benedictus / Blessed / A Poem on the Underground Wall / Anji / I Am a Rock / The Sound of Silence / For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her /A Church Is Burning / Wednesday Morning 3am
Everything Waits to Be Noticed CD– Art Garfunkel with Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock (UK Manhattan 7243 5 40990 2 1, 2002)
Bounce / The Thread / The Kid / Crossing Lines / Everything Waits to Be Noticed / Young And Free / Perfect Moment / Turn, Don’t Turn Away / Wishbone / How Did You Know / What I Love About Rain / Every Now And Then /Another Only One
The Essential Simon and Garfunkel CD (UK Columbia 5134702, 2003) (UK No. 25) Compilation
Old Friends – Live on Stage 2CD – Simon & Garfunkel (Sony 519173 2, 2004) (UK No. 61)
CD1: Old Friends – Bookends / A Hazy Shade of Winter / I Am a Rock / America / At the Zoo / Baby Driver / Kathy’s Song / Hey, Schoolgirl / Bye Bye Love (with Everly Brothers) / Scarborough Fair / Homeward Bound / The Sound Of Silence
CD2: Mrs Robinson / Slip Slidin’ Away / El Condor Pasa (If I Could) / The Only Living Boy in New York / American Tune / My Little Town / Bridge Over Troubled Water / Cecilia / The Boxer / Leaves That Are Green / (bonus track) Citizen of the Planet
Surprise CD – Paul Simon (Warner 9362 49982 2, 2006)
How Can You Live In the Northeast? / Everything About It Is a Love
Song / Outrageous / Sure Don’t Feel Like Love / Wartime Prayers / Beautiful / I Don’t Believe / Another Galaxy / Once Upon a Time Thee Was an Ocean / That’s Me / Father and Daughter
Father and Daughter – Paul Simon (UK Warner W 719CD, 2006) (UK No. 31)
Radioplay single – That’s Me – Paul Simon
Some Enchanted Evening – Art Garfunkel (US Atco 8122 74851 2 2, 2007)
I Remember You / Someone To Watch Over Me / Let’s Fall In Love / I’m Glad There Is You / Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) / Easy Living / I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face / You Stepped Out Of A Dream / Some Enchanted Evening / It Could Happen To You / Life Is But a Dream / What’ll I Do / If I Loved You
Live 1969 – Simon & Garfunkel (US Starbucks Entertainment – Opus Collection, 2008)
An LP was intended in 1970 but then dropped. This was the first release of an ‘in concert’ album covering several venues from November 1969.
Harper Simon CD – Harper Simon (US Tulsi 945.A171.022, 2009)
Paul Simon co-wrote three songs and plays on The Audit
This Better Be Good – Paul Simon (US Starbucks Entertainment – Opus Collection, 2009)
Although this compilation was only available at Starbucks, it still made No. 60 on the US album chart. The CD came with a download code for a new track on iTunes, Questions for the Angels. It was released in 2011 on Simon’s next studio album.
Bridge Over Troubled Water 2CD & DVD (Columbia Legacy 88697828292, 2011)
CD1 is the standard album. CD 2 is a concert from 1969 and the DVD features the Songs of America TV special from 1969 and The Harmony Game, a documentary film about the making of the album. The repertoire of the concert CD is:
Homeward Bound / At The Zoo / The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) / Song for the Asking / For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her / Scarborough Fair / Mrs Robinson / The Boxer / Why Don’t You Write Me / So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright / That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine / Bridge Over Troubled Water/ The Sound of Silence / I Am a Rock / Old Friends – Bookends Theme / Leaves That Are Green / Kathy’s Song
So Beautiful Or So What CD – Paul Simon (US Hear 0888072328143, UK Decca, 2011)
Getting Ready for Christmas Day / The Afterlife / Dazzling Blue / Rewrite / Love and Hard Times / Love Is Eternal Sacred Light / Amulet / Questions for the Angels / Love and Blessings / So Beautiful Or So What
Radioplay single – So Beautiful Or So What
The Traveler CD – Jerry Douglas (US E One B005DZMQ0Y, UK Membran B0085GOCGS, 2012)
Paul Simon and Mumford & Sons join Jerry Douglas for The Boxer Live in New York City – Paul Simon 2CD & DVD package (Decca B008UTV658, 2012)
CD1: The Obvious Child / Dazzling Blue / 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover / So Beautiful Or So What / Mother and Child Reunion / That Was Your Mother / Hearts and Bones / Crazy Love, Vol II / Slip Slidin’ Away / Rewrite
CD2: The Boy in the Bubble / The Only Living Boy in New York / The Afterlife / Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes / Gumboots / The Sound of Silence / Kodachrome / Gone At Last / Late In the Evening / Still Crazy After All These Years
Still Within The Sound Of Your Voice CD – Jimmy Webb (E One 23795, 2013)
Garfunkel joins Webb for Shattered
The Complete Albums Collection 14CD – Paul Simon (Sony 2013)
Perfect for the beginner who wants everything and retailing at around forty pounds.
The Complete Albums Collection 12 CD – Simon & Garfunkel (Sony 2014)
All the original albums with live concerts which have been issued before. No bonus tracks. These albums have been reissued many times, but all the albums here are without the bonus tracks, which is a bit of a cheat when the cost is around forty pounds. Impossible to read the lyrics or the notes on the back of the sleeves now they have been reduced to CD size.
New York Is My Home CD – Dion (US Instant, 2016)
Paul Simon harmonises on the title track, which had made available on download in 2015.
Stranger to Stranger CD – Paul Simon (US Virgin Deluxe B01DWK0634, 2016: vinyl does not have bonus tracks)
The Werewolf / Wristband / The Clock / Street Angel / Stranger to Stranger / In A Parade / Proof of Love / In the Garden of Edie / The Riverbank / Cool Papa Bell / Insomniac’s Lullaby.
Bonus tracks: Horace and Pete / Duncan and Wristband (both from The Prairie Home Companion) / Guitar Piece 3 / New York Is My Home (lead vocal: Dion)
UNDER THE COVERS
Tribute albums
Instrumental Versions of Simon and Garfunkel LP – Don Costa (Fontana, 1968)
Bridge Over Troubled Water LP – Paul Desmond (A&M, 1970)
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits LP – Caravelli and his Magnificent Strings (CBS, 1970)
Strings for Pleasure Play Simon and Garfunkel LP (Music For Pleasure, 1970)
Simon and Garfunkel History LP – Jim Nambara Quarter (US CBS, 1971)
Simon and Garfunkel Songbook LP – Shiro Michi (US CBS, 1971)
Alan Caddy Orchestra and Singers Pay Tribute To Simon and Garfunkel LP (UK Avenue, 1971)
The Piccadilly Pops Orchestra Plays the Simon and Garfunkel Songbook LP (UK Concord, 1971)
Portrait of Simon and Garfunkel LP – Mike Batt Orchestra (UK DJM Silverline, 1972)
The Paul Simon Songbook CD – Various Artists (UK Connoisseur, 1992)
The Paul Simon Album: Broadway Sings CD – Various Artists (US Varese Sarabande, 1998)
Notable cover versions
America – First Aid Kit, Razorlight, Yes (US No. 46, 1972) (‘I don’t really know the other versions,’ says Art Garfunkel. ‘I thought I hit a nice upper high suspension at the end and I like that.’)
American Tune – Eva Cassidy, Willie Nelson, Gretchen Peters (as a response to 9/11), Starland Vocal Band, Curtis Stigers, Allen Toussaint
The Boy In The Bubble – Blue Aeroplanes, Peter Gabriel
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Chet Atkins, John Barrowman, Shirley Bassey, Cilla Black, Alfie Boe, Susan Boyle, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Eva Cassidy, Merry Clayton, Linda Clifford (UK No. 28, 1979), Judy Collins, Perry Como, King Curtis, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin (US No. 6, 1971), Davey Graham, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir (UK No. 1, 2015), Senator J. Ervin Jr (hoping to catch some votes), Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jackson 5, Tom Jones, Annie Lennox, Barry Manilow, Bill Medley, Nana Mouskouri, Aaron Neville, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Buck Owens, PJB featuring Hannah and her Sisters ((UK No. 21, 1991), Elvis Presley, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Demis Roussos, Shadows, Supremes, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder
Carlos Dominguez – Val Doonican, Tom O’Connor
Cloudy – Richard Anthony, Cyrkle, Cliff Richard, Seekers
The Dangling Conversation – Joan Baez
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) – Chet Atkins, Perry Como, Placido Domingo, Julie Felix (UK No. 19, 1970), James Galway, Yma Sumac, Andy Williams
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, Val Doonican, Harper’s Bizarre (US No. 13, 1967: UK No. 34, 1967), Johnny Mathis, Seekers
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Sonny Curtis, Miley Cyrus
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – David Essex, Rick Nelson, Johnny Rivers
Graceland – Big Daddy, Willie Nelson
Groundhog – Peter Yarrow (Simon’s demo on YouTube)
A Hazy Shade of Winter – Bangles (US No. 2, 1987; UK No. 11, 1988), Simon James (guitar instrumental)
Homeward Bound – Beau Brummels, Cher, Glen Campbell, Davey Graham, Burl Ives, Jermaine Jackson, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, Jack Jones, Quiet Five (UK No. 44, 1966), Cliff Richard, Sandie Shaw, Mel Tormé
I Am a Rock – Coolies, Hollies
I Do It For Your Love – Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock
I Wish You Could Be Here – Richard Anthony (No known version by Simon), Cyrkle (US No. 70, 1967)
Keep the Customer Satisfied – Marsha Hunt (UK No. 41, 1970), Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Buddy Rich Big Band, Robson and Jerome
Kodachrome – Christiane Noll
Late In The Evening – Eva Cassidy, Tom Jones
Loves Me Like A Rock – Dixie Hummingbirds, Oak Ridge Boys
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Boston Pops
Mrs Robinson – Booker T. & the MG’s (US No. 37, 1969), Davey
Graham, Yank Lawson, Lemonheads (UK No. 19, 1992), Hank Marvin, Billy Paul, Frank Sinatra
Most Peculiar Man, A – Harvey Andrews
Mother and Child Reunion – David Cassidy, Randy California, Pioneers, Uniques
Old Friends – Four Freshmen
Peace Like a River – Joe Henderson, Jerry Lawson
Punky’s Dilemma – Barbra Streisand, Lois Lane
Red Rubber Ball – Cilla Black, Cyrkle (US No. 2, 1966), Seekers
Richard Cory – Animals, Them
St Judy’s Comet – Mickey Dolenz, Kenny Loggins
Scarborough Fair – Harry Belafonte, Sarah Brightman, Marianne Faithfull, Kenneth McKellar, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (US No. 16, 1968), Andy Williams
Slip Sliding Away – Persuasions
Someday, One Day – Seekers (UK No. 11, 1966) (No known version by Simon)
Song for the Asking – Mary Travers
The Sound of Silence – Bachelors (UK No. 3, 1966), Dickies, Disturbed (at the time of going to press their official music video on YouTube had received over 80 million hits!), Barney Kessel, Peaches & Herb (US No. 100, 1966), Ventures
Still Crazy After All These Years – Carpenters, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Lacy J Dalton, Amanda McBroom, Willie Nelson
Stranded in a Limousine – Michelle Shocked
Still Crazy After All These Years – Amanda McBroom
Was A Sunday Day – Paul Desmond (modern jazz saxophonist)
Index
Abbott, Jim 40, 45
‘Ace in the Hole’ 143
Ackland, Joss 139
Across America (album) 168
Adams, Richard 138–9
Adepoju, Demola 158
Adler, Lou 64–5
‘Afterlife, The’ 189
Alice in Wonderland 2
‘All Around The World or The Myth of Fingerprints’ 157
Allegro Records 8–9
Allen, Woody 106, 137, 154
‘All I Have To Do Is Dream’ 146
‘All I Know’ 122, 167–8, 182
‘All My Love’s Laughter’ 138
‘All Through the Night’ 12
All You Need Is Cash (TV film) 141
Alpert, Herb 70
Alsop, Marin 148
Alterman, Loraine 76
Altham, Keith 51
Altman, Robert 79
‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ 166
‘Amazing Grace’ 166
Amerson, Steve 169
‘America’ (Simon) 23, 74, 112, 165, 192
‘America’ (West Side Story) 74
American Bandstand 6
‘American Tune’ 118–20, 130, 137, 146, 159, 181
‘America the Beautiful’ 177
‘Amulet’ 190
Anderson, Laurie 148
‘And I Know’ 140
Andrews, Julie 177
Andrews, Harvey 27
Angel Clare (album) 121–123, 127
Anka, Paul 153, 155
Animals’ Christmas, The (album) 149
‘Anji’ 23–24, 33
‘Annabelle’ 10
Annie Hall (film) 137, 140
Ann-Margret 101
‘Another Galaxy’186
‘Another Lullaby’ 122
Anthony, Marc 171
‘April Come She Will’ 29, 49, 68, 181
Arkin, Alan 87
‘Armistice Day’ 107
Armstrong, Louis 151
Art Garfunkel Album, The (album) 150
Arthur (cartoon) 166
As Good As It Gets (film) 166
‘As Long as the Moon Can Shine’ 162
‘Ask Me Why’ 10
Atkins, Chet 86
‘At the Zoo’ 63–64
‘Audit, The’ 191
Austin, Patti 133
Autry, Gene 79
Avalon, Frankie 11
‘Baby Driver’ 6, 82, 94
‘Baby Mine’ 169
‘Baby Talk’ 8
Bach, J S 118, 121
Bacharach, Burt 11, 71, 77
Bachelors, The 51, 53, 54
‘Back Seat Driver’ 13
‘Bad News Feeling’ 30
Bad Timing (film) 140–1
Baez, Joan 20, 82, 165
Baker, Chet 88
Baker, Ginger 151
Balaban, Bob 88
Bancroft, Anne 67
Band, The 126
Band Aid 149
Band on the Run (album) 151–2
Bangles, The 61
‘Barbara Allen’ 102, 122–123
Barnes, Richard 53
Bassey, Shirley 86, 171
Batt, Mike 139, 150, 162
Bay City Rollers, The 128
Beach Boys, The 65, 128–9, 144
Beatles, The 1, 35, 50, 64–5, 70, 73, 78, 85, 101, 152
‘Beat Love’ 13
Beatty, Warren 112, 134
Beckett, Barry 116
Bedford, David 126
Belafonte, Harry 151, 154–5, 160
Bell, Al (Muscle Shoals) 115
Bell, Alan (Blackpool Taverners) 25, 27
Bell and the Drells,
Archie 70
Bell Telephone Company 91
Bender, William 116
‘Benedictus’ 20, 27, 65, 172
Berg, Heidi 150
Bergen, Candice 101
Berkeley, Busby 128
Bernstein, Leonard 79, 162
Bernstein, Sid 172
Berry, Chuck 4, 15, 90
‘Beyond the Tears’ 140
Bieber, Justin 192
‘Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, The’ 57, 68
Big Brother & the Holding Company 102
‘Bingo’ 13
Bird, Laurie 128, 138, 140, 144
Bishop, Stephen 128, 140, 161–162
Black, Cilla 34
Black Simon and Garfunkel, The 188
Blades, Rubén 160, 171–172, 176
Blaine, Hal 88, 110
‘Bleecker Street’ 17, 21
‘Blessed’ 50
Blood, Sweat & Tears 85, 140
Bloomfield, Mike 71
‘Blue Moon’ 178
‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’ 175
Blue Sky Boys, The 4
‘Blues Run the Game’ 42–4, 46
Blunstone, Colin 139
Boggs, Dock 18
Bookends (album) 68, 72–77, 78, 93, 112
‘Bookends Theme’ 73, 75, 141
Booker T & the MG’s 85, 110
Boone, Pat 55
‘Born at the Right Time’ 163
‘Born in Puerto Rico’ 173
‘Bounce’ 181
‘Boxer, The’ 81, 95, 107, 124–5, 134, 136, 166, 175, 184, 191
Boxing Helena (film) 167
Bowie, David 129, 140, 185
‘Boy in the Bubble, The’ 155, 159, 190
Boyoyo Boys, The 154
Bragg, Billy 30, 159–60
Bread 83
‘Breakaway’ 129
Breakaway (album) 127–130
‘Breakup, The’
Brecker, Michael 133
Brewer, Teresa 70
Brickell, Edie 166, 189–191, 195, 199
‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ 56, 82–3, 88, 93, 97, 104, 107, 112, 115, 123–5, 162, 165–6, 175, 14, 188, 192
Bridge Over Troubled Water (album) 86, 90–91, 96, 100, 105
‘Bridge Over You, A’ 192
Bridges, Robert 118
Briers, Richard 139