Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (1966) [2001 Remix/Remaster]

When a retrofit of electric guitars transformed "Sounds of Silence" into Simon & Garfunkel's folk-rock entrée, the partners and their label hastily followed with a like-titled album mixing Paul Simon's acoustic folk songs with plugged-in bids for radio play. By contrast, this successor, released less than a year later, more coherently and convincingly reveals Simon's broadening horizons as a writer and the duo's nascent studio perfectionism. The title song remains a haunting signature piece, relying on acoustic guitar and harpsichord to carry its contrapuntal marriage of English ballad and antiwar plaint; such acoustic delicacy prevails throughout and has proven more durable than by-the-numbers wattage. The first great S&G album, the set includes "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," "Homeward Bound," "Dangling Conversation," and Art Garfunkel's luminous solo piece, "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." (The 2001 reissue adds a pair of unreleased demos to the original work.)
Sam Sutherland



CONTENTS
1. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Traditional, arranged by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel)
2. "Patterns"
3. "Cloudy"
4. "Homeward Bound"
5. "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine"
6. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
7. "The Dangling Conversation"
8. "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall"
9. "A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)"
10. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her"
11. "A Poem on the Underground Wall"
12. "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night"
13. "Patterns" (Demo)
12. "A Poem on the Underground Wall" (Demo)