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Binding: LP Record EAN: 0090771523211 Label: Sundazed Music Inc. Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sundazed Music Inc. Release Date: October 28, 2008 Studio: Sundazed Music Inc. Sales Rank: 110200
Album Description: Simon and Garfunkel's classic album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, released in 1966, marked the duo's emergence as both a brilliant creative force and one of their era's biggest-selling recording acts.
The pair's third album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme was the first on which they won complete artistic control, and they rose to the occasion brilliantly, delivering an ambitious, autumnal epic that's been described as a folkrock equivalent of the Beatles' Revolver and the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Combining fuzz-tinged pop and pastoral baroque-folk with the duo's heavenly harmonies, Paul Simon's heady wordplay and some imaginatively layered production touches, the album features such Simon and Garfunkel standards as "Homeward Bound," "Scarborough Fair" and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)."
Sundazed's exact vinyl replica of this harmony-rich classic is sourced from the original stereo master tapes, making this release an essential component of any '60s pop/rock collection.
Amazon.com essential recording: 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." --Sam Sutherland
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Nice recalling old memories
I really enjoyed hearing this CD again. It came out when I was in high school, and I've been getting some of my old favorites in CD form to replace my old LPs.
Rating: - Incredible Song Writing!
When I first listened to this album, I was at a difficult period in my life, hating my home situation and everything around me. At the time it was common for me to sit down and write poetry to get through ... Read More
Rating: - Another All Timer for Simon and Garfunkel
This collection is another gem in the cannon of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The vocal harmonies are at an all time high. Everyone loves the title track and the 59th Street Bridge Song but Flowers Never Bend ... Read More
Rating: - A Gorgeous Mixture of Folk, Whimsy, and (Then) Topical Song
Some of the songs are very tied to the sixties, but at its best it's too beautiful for words. I'm a sucker for "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," which, like Dylan's "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," overlays an antiwar message ... Read More
Rating: - A Great Album! What More Can Say!
I have all of the records released by Simon and Garfunkel. This particular one has to be my second favorite. The opening piece is truly amazing. The way they mixed two songs together is genious. Every track on this ... Read More
- Nice recalling old memories
- Incredible Song Writing!