Simon and Garfunkel CDs Due : Rolling Stone

Columbia/Legacy will add Simon and Garfunkel to the list of artists receiving the remaster and reissue treatment. On June 5th, the duo's five proper studio albums -- Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m. (1964), Sounds of Silence (1966), Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966), Bookends (1968) and Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) will be re-released as expanded editions with new liner notes and additional tracks.

The albums were originally recorded during Simon and Garfunkel's initial six-year run, prior to a hiatus that began with Simon's solo career in the early-Seventies. The one omission is the soundtrack for The Graduate, which featured six S&G songs, five of which are covered on their first three albums, and "Mrs. Robinson," which made its way onto Bookends. Simon and Garfunkel's 1981 reunion, captured on 1982's The Concert in Central Park, was recorded for Warner, with whom Simon had recorded since his self-titled solo debut in 1972.

The pair hasn't recorded together since that concert. Simon's most recent solo recording, You're the One, was released late last year. Garfunkel hasn't released an album since Songs From a Parent to a Child in 1997.

ANDREW DANSBY
(April 12, 2001)