There are three variations of the original LP's artwork. The back of the LP has candid shots of the duo and quotes a few lyrics from each song. This school was attended by the boys of the Brentwood family, where Paul lodged during his time in the UK. The secondary school scarves they are wearing were from The Campion School, Hornchurch, UK. It was shot at Franklin Canyon Park in Los Angeles, California. The album cover photo features the duo on a trail looking back towards the camera. On March 22, 2013, it was announced that the album will be preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry, calling it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The album is also included in its entirety as part of the Simon & Garfunkel box sets Collected Works and The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970). Hence the only brand new Paul Simon composition on the album was "Blessed". ![]() "Richard Cory" was based on the poem " Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, "Somewhere They Can't Find Me" was essentially a rewrite of the previous album's "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.", "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" had appeared on the b-side of " The Sound of Silence" a few months before and " Anji" was a cover of an instrumental piece by guitarist Davey Graham whom Simon had met in England. Solo acoustic versions of "I Am a Rock", "Leaves That Are Green", "April Come She Will", "A Most Peculiar Man", and "Kathy's Song" had appeared on The Paul Simon Songbook, released in August 1965 in England as had another version of the title track. Many of the songs in the album had been written by Paul Simon while he lived in London during 1965. It was also released as part of the box set Simon & Garfunkel Collected Works, on both LP and CD. It was later released in the US on the following album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. " Homeward Bound" was released on the album in the UK, placed at the beginning of Side 2 before " Richard Cory". This new version was released as a single in September 1965, and opens the album. Without the knowledge of Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel, electric guitars, bass and drums were overdubbed by Columbia Records staff producer Tom Wilson on June 15, 1965. ![]() The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., and later on the soundtrack to the movie The Graduate. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, " The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". ![]() In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel were awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year saw their “The Sound of Silence” awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. In 1977, their “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album was nominated at the Brit Awards for Best International Album. Over the years they’ve won 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon & Garfunkel’s perfect harmonies and songs that poignantly captured the times made them one of the most successful folk-rock duos of all time. It culminates with the famous “The Concert in Central Park” reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the ‘60’s to their dramatic split in 1970. The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. ‘‘Fantastic’’ – Elaine Paige, BBC Radio and “Authentic and Exciting” – The Stage Robinson’, ‘Cecilia’, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘Homeward Bound’ and many more. The Simon & Garfunkel Story is touring North America again this year! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, featuring a full live band performing all the hits including ‘Mrs.
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