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1997 box set by Simon and Garfunkel
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Old Friends is the second
box set of
Simon & Garfunkel songs, released in November 1997. The three-disc anthology collects most of the duo's best-known works, and also includes previously unreleased outtakes. Some of these outtakes subsequently appeared on both the reissues of Simon & Garfunkel's five studio albums as well as the later boxed set
The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970) .
Track listing
Disc 1
"Bleecker Street" - 2:44Recorded: March 10, 1964 Previously unissued
demo version
"
The Sound of Silence " - 3:07Recorded: March 10, 1964 From the album
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
"The Sun Is Burning" - 2:48Recorded: March 17, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
"Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." - 2:15Recorded: March 17, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
"He Was My Brother" - 2:50Recorded: March 17, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
"Sparrow" - 2:48Recorded: March 31, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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Peggy-O " - 2:26Recorded: March 31, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
"Benedictus" - 2:39Recorded: March 31, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
"Somewhere They Can't Find Me" - 2:36Recorded: April 5, 1965 From the album
Sounds of Silence (1966)
"We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" - 1:59Recorded: April 5, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence
"Leaves That Are Green" - 2:22Recorded: December 13, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence
"
Richard Cory " - 2:57Recorded: December 14, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence
"
I Am a Rock " - 2:51Recorded: December 14, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence
"The Sound of Silence" - 3:07Recorded: March 10, 1964 (Basic track); June 15, 1965 (overdubs) From the album Sounds of Silence
"
Homeward Bound " - 2:30Recorded: December 14, 1965 From the album
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (
U.S. version) (1966); Sounds of Silence (
UK version)
"
Blues Run the Game " - 2:53Recorded: December 21, 1965 Previously unissued outtake from the Sounds of Silence sessions
"Kathy's Song" - 3:19Recorded: December 21, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence
"
April Come She Will " - 1:50Recorded: December 21, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence
"Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" - 2:10Recorded: March 28, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Disc 2
"
Patterns " - 2:47Recorded: June 8, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
"
Cloudy " - 2:23Recorded: June 10, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
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The Dangling Conversation " - 2:38Recorded: June 21, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle " - 3:12Recorded: July 26, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
"
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) " - 1:55Recorded: August 16, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
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For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her " - 2:06Recorded: August 22, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
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7 O'Clock News/Silent Night " - 2:04Recorded: August 22, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
"
A Hazy Shade of Winter " - 2:17Recorded: September 7, 1966 From the album
Bookends (1968)
"
At the Zoo " - 2:24Recorded: January 18, 1967 From the album Bookends
"A Poem on the Underground Wall" - 4:30Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (
Lincoln Center ,
Manhattan ,
New York City ,
New York )
"
Red Rubber Ball " - 2:28Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)
"Blessed" - 3:39Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)
"
Anji " - 2:29Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)
"A Church Is Burning" - 3:29Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)
"
Fakin' It " - 3:19Recorded: June 6, 1967 From the album Bookends
"
Save the Life of My Child " - 2:49Recorded: December 14, 1967 From the album Bookends
"
America " - 3:37Recorded: February 1, 1968 From the album Bookends
"You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" - 2:20Recorded: June 14, 1967
B-side to the "Fakin' It"
single
"
Punky's Dilemma " - 2:14Recorded: October 5, 1967 From the album Bookends
"
Comfort and Joy " - 1:51Recorded: April 19, 1967 Previously unissued Christmas recording
"Star Carol" - 1:46Recorded: April 19, 1967 Christmas recording, previously appeared on Columbia Special Products compilations A Very Merry Christmas (1967) and Dreaming of a White Christmas (1981)
Disc 3
"
Mrs. Robinson " - 4:04Recorded: February 2, 1968 From the album Bookends
"
Old Friends /
Bookends " - 3:57Recorded: March 8, 1968 From the album Bookends
"Overs" - 3:05Recorded: October 13, 1968 Previously unissued live recording (
Memorial Auditorium ,
Burlington, Vermont )
"A Most Peculiar Man" - 2:35Recorded: October 13, 1968 Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington,
Vermont )
"
Bye Bye Love " - 2:45Recorded: October 13, 1968 Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont)
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The Boxer " - 5:09Recorded: November 16, 1968 From the album
Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
"Baby Driver" - 3:16Recorded: November 19, 1968 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"Why Don't You Write Me" - 2:46Recorded: June 13, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"Feuilles-O" - 1:42Recorded: August 11, 1969 Previously unissued demo
"
Keep the Customer Satisfied " - 2:36Recorded: October 27, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright " - 3:43Recorded: October 28, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"Song for the Asking" - 1:51Recorded: November 1, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"
Cecilia " - 2:56Recorded: November 2, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
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El Condor Pasa (If I Could) " - 3:08Recorded: November 2, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"
Bridge over Troubled Water " - 4:54Recorded: November 9, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"
The Only Living Boy in New York " - 4:00Recorded: November 15, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water
"Hey, Schoolgirl/
Black Slacks " - 1:32Recorded: November 28, 1969 Previously unissued live recording (
Carnegie Hall , New York City, New York)
"
That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine " - 3:28Recorded: November 28, 1969 Previously unissued live recording (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York)
"
My Little Town " - 3:50Recorded: May 1975 Previously appeared on Paul Simon's album
Still Crazy After All These Years and Art Garfunkel's album
Breakaway (both from 1975)
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