Simon & Garfunkel release their fourth album : ‘Bookends’ featuring ‘Mrs. Robinson’ (1968)
Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bookends’ feat. ‘Mrs. Robinson’ is their fourth studio album released on April 3, 1968 by Columbia.
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1 . America (From “The Concert In Central Park”)
2 . Overs
3 . Old Friends
4 . Old Friends / Bookends (From “The Concert In Central Park”)
5 . Mrs. Robinson (From “The Concert In Central Park”)
6 . A Hazy Shade Of Winter
7 . A Hazy Shade Of Winter
8 . At The Zoo / Baby Driver
Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
Track Listing : 1.Bookends Theme (Paul Simon) – 00:32 . 2.Save The Life Of My Child (Paul Simon) – 02:49 . 3.America (Paul Simon) – 03:34 . 4.Overs (Paul Simon) – 02:14 . 5.Voices Of Old People (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 02:07 . 6.Old Friends (Paul Simon) – 02:46 . 7.Bookends Theme (Paul Simon) – 01:16 . 8.Fakin’ It (Paul Simon) – 03:14 . 9.Punky’S Dilemma (Paul Simon) – 02:10 . 10.Mrs. Robinson (Paul Simon) – 04:02 . 11.A Hazy Shade Of Winter (Paul Simon) – 02:17 . 12.At The Zoo (Paul Simon) – 02:21
Richard Avedon
Musicians : Simon & Garfunkel – Band . Paul Simon – Vocals, Guitar . Art Garfunkel – Vocals, Tapes . Hal Blaine – Drums, Percussion . Joe Osborn – Bass Guitar . Larry Knechtel – Piano, Keyboards
Production : Produced By Simon & Garfunkel,Roy Halee,John Simon,Bob Johnston . Robert Honablue – Engineer
Arrangements : Jimmie Haskell
Package : Richard Avedon 
– Cover Photography
Recorded September 1966, January 1967, June 1967, October 1967−February 1968 At Columbia Studio A & B, Manhattan.
Released On April 3, 1968 By Columbia.
(Source The Official Simon & Garfunkel Site)
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NPR
You’ve Never Heard Simon And Garfunkel’s ‘Bookends’?!But it’s the story threaded throughout Bookends that riveted me. The first half of the album is practically a film in and of itself. My high levels of sentimentality might be to blame, but upon first listen, the lyrics hit me square between the eyes: …. […]
Jim DeRogatis
But even beyond the theme of sexual tension, it is timelessly poetic in its evocation of lost innocence: “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” Simon sings of an icon from the previous generation. “A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” (The notoriously cantankerous baseball legend was said to have been offended by the line ….. […]
Blogcritics
As I have aged, these songs have taken on new personal substance and meaning, communicating on both conscious and unconscious levels. Music rarely gets better than this. […]
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