Art Garfunkel: The Singer 40-Song, 2-CD Collection

ARTIST HAND PICKS 40-SONG, 2-CD COLLECTION
FROM SIMON & GARFUNKEL YEARS AND SOLO WORK

Art Garfunkel

Pulling together all the roots and branches of Art Garfunkel‘s remarkable career in music, The Singer is a 40-song collection of songs hand-picked by the artist himself. Spanning the years from the first Simon & Garfunkel album of 1964 (Wednesday Morning, 3AM) up through 2007’s Great American Songbook album (Some Enchanted Evening), this two-CD retrospective will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting April 10 through Columbia/Legacy.

In addition to curating The Singer, Garfunkel provides his own personal track-by-track annotations, which appear in the booklet in his handwritten form. The notes are as unique as Garfunkel himself. He writes of “Cecilia,” the S&G hit single from 1970: “‘Car!’ we called in Queens. Then we stopped the game and stepped aside. I grew up where the brick houses were semi-attached with driveways in between. Punchball was king. Somehow the yelling we did as street kids found its way to ‘Cecilia.’ We shouted the song over a track we made from a tape loop of rhythmic hand clapping onto our blue jeans.”

The weaving of songs from the Simon & Garfunkel repertoire with songs from Art Garfunkel’s repertoire as a solo artist is one of the hallmarks of The Singer, as the collection takes on a timeless air, moving back and forth through time in a seamless pattern.

CD One:

1. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)

2. “All I Know” with Jimmy Webb (Up ‘Til Now, 1993)

3. “Perfect Moment” with Buddy Mondlock & Maia Sharp (Everything Waits To Be Noticed, 2002)

4. “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme, 1966)

5. “Cryin’ In The Rain” with James Taylor (Up ‘Til Now, 1993)

6. “I Only Have Eyes For You” with Nicky Hopkins (Breakaway, 1975)

7. “The Boxer” (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)

8. “Cecilia” (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)

9. “99 Miles From L.A.” (Breakaway, 1975)

10. “Wednesday Morning 3AM” (Simon & Garfunkel Live From NYC, 1967) (2002)

11. “(What A) Wonderful World” with James Taylor and Paul Simon (Watermark, 1978)

12. “Bright Eyes” (Fate For Breakfast, UK, 1979)

13. “Two Sleepy People,” arranged by Dick Hyman (Up ‘Til Now, 1993)

14. “Skywriter” (Up ‘Til Now, 1993)

15. “My Little Town” (Breakaway, 1975)

16. “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” (Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits, 1972)

17. “Some Enchanted Evening” (Some Enchanted Evening, 2007)

18. “Disney Girls” with Bruce Johnston and Toni Tenille (Breakaway, 1975)

19. “The Thread” with Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock” (Everything Waits To Be Noticed, 2002)

20. “Barbara Allen” (Angel Clare, 1973)

CD Two:

1. “Kathy’s Song” (Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends: Live On Stage, 2004)

2. “Scissors Cut” (Scissors Cut, 1981)

3. “The Sound Of Silence” (Wednesday Morning, 3AM, 1964)

4. “Breakaway” with Graham Nash and David Crosby (Breakaway, 1975)

5. “So Long Frank Lloyd Wright” (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)

6. “Waters Of March” with Billy Payne (Breakaway, 1975)

7. “Old Friends / Bookends” (Bookends, 1968)

8. “The Decree” (The Animals’ Christmas, 1986)

9. “A Hazy Shade Of Winter” (Bookends, 1968)

10. “El Condor Pasa” (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)

11. “I Wonder Why” with Kenny Rankin (Lefty, 1988)

12. “The Promise” with Steve Gadd (Lefty, 1988)

13. “I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face” (Some Enchanted Evening, 2007)

14. “When A Man Loves A Woman” with Michael Brecker (Lefty, 1988)

15. “O Come All Ye Faithful” with Eric Weissberg (Acoustic Christmas, 1990)

16. “April Come She Will” (Sounds Of Silence, 1965)

17. “Mrs. Robinson” (Bookends, 1968)

18. “A Heart In New York” with Michael Brecker (Scissors Cut, 1981)

19. “Song For The Asking” (Simon & Garfunkel Live 1969, 2008)

20. “In Cars” (Scissors Cut, 1981)

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