Old Friends (1997 Simon and Garfunkel album)

Old Friends
Old Friends
Box set by Simon and Garfunkel
Released	November 4, 1997
Recorded	1964–1975
Genre	Folk rock
Label	Columbia/Legacy
Producer	Various
Simon and Garfunkel chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Uncut	^[2]

Old Friends is the second box set of Simon & Garfunkel songs, released in November 1997. The three-disc anthology collects most of the duo's best-known works, as well as previously unreleased outtakes. Some of these outtakes later appeared on the reissues of Simon & Garfunkel's five studio albums, as well as the subsequent boxed set The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970).

Track listing

Disc 1

"Bleecker Street" - 2:44
^{Recorded: March 10, 1964}
^{Previously unissued demo version}
"The Sound of Silence" - 3:07
^{Recorded: March 10, 1964}
^{From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)}
"The Sun Is Burning" - 2:48
^{Recorded: March 17, 1964}
^{From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.}
"Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." - 2:15
^{Recorded: March 17, 1964}
^{From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.}
"He Was My Brother" - 2:50
^{Recorded: March 17, 1964}
^{From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.}
"Sparrow" - 2:48
^{Recorded: March 31, 1964}
^{From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.}
"Peggy-O" - 2:26
^{Recorded: March 31, 1964}
^{From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.}
"Benedictus" - 2:39
^{Recorded: March 31, 1964}
^{From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.}
"Somewhere They Can't Find Me" - 2:36
^{Recorded: April 5, 1965}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence (1966)}
"We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" - 1:59
^{Recorded: April 5, 1965}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence}
"Leaves That Are Green" - 2:22
^{Recorded: December 13, 1965}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence}
"Richard Cory" - 2:57
^{Recorded: December 14, 1965}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence}
"I Am a Rock" - 2:51
^{Recorded: December 14, 1965}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence}
"The Sound of Silence" - 3:07
^{Recorded: March 10, 1964 (Basic track); June 15, 1965 (overdubs)}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence}
"Homeward Bound" - 2:30
^{Recorded: December 14, 1965}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (U.S. version) (1966); Sounds of Silence (UK version)}
"Blues Run the Game" - 2:53
^{Recorded: December 21, 1965}
^{Previously unissued outtake from the Sounds of Silence sessions}
"Kathy's Song" - 3:19
^{Recorded: December 21, 1965}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence}
"April Come She Will" - 1:50
^{Recorded: December 21, 1965}
^{From the album Sounds of Silence}
"Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" - 2:10
^{Recorded: March 28, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}

Disc 2

"Patterns" - 2:47
^{Recorded: June 8, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}
"Cloudy" - 2:23
^{Recorded: June 10, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}
"The Dangling Conversation" - 2:38
^{Recorded: June 21, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" - 3:12
^{Recorded: July 26, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - 1:55
^{Recorded: August 16, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}
"For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" - 2:06
^{Recorded: August 22, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}
"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" - 2:04
^{Recorded: August 22, 1966}
^{From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme}
"A Hazy Shade of Winter" - 2:17
^{Recorded: September 7, 1966}
^{From the album Bookends (1968)}
"At the Zoo" - 2:24
^{Recorded: January 18, 1967}
^{From the album Bookends}
"A Poem on the Underground Wall" - 4:30
^{Recorded: January 22, 1967}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)}
"Red Rubber Ball" - 2:28
^{Recorded: January 22, 1967}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)}
"Blessed" - 3:39
^{Recorded: January 22, 1967}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)}
"Anji" - 2:29
^{Recorded: January 22, 1967}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)}
"A Church Is Burning" - 3:29
^{Recorded: January 22, 1967}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York)}
"Fakin' It" - 3:19
^{Recorded: June 6, 1967}
^{From the album Bookends}
"Save the Life of My Child" - 2:49
^{Recorded: December 14, 1967}
^{From the album Bookends}
"America" - 3:37
^{Recorded: February 1, 1968}
^{From the album Bookends}
"You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" - 2:20
^{Recorded: June 14, 1967}
^{B-side to the "Fakin' It" single}
"Punky's Dilemma" - 2:14
^{Recorded: October 5, 1967}
^{From the album Bookends}
"Comfort and Joy" - 1:51
^{Recorded: April 19, 1967}
^{Previously unissued Christmas recording}
"Star Carol" - 1:46
^{Recorded: April 19, 1967}
^{Christmas recording, previously appeared on Columbia Special Products compilations A Very Merry Christmas (1967) and Dreaming of a White Christmas (1981)}

Disc 3

"Mrs. Robinson" - 4:04
^{Recorded: February 2, 1968}
^{From the album Bookends}
"Old Friends/Bookends" - 3:57
^{Recorded: March 8, 1968}
^{From the album Bookends}
"Overs" - 3:05
^{Recorded: October 13, 1968}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont)}
"A Most Peculiar Man" - 2:35
^{Recorded: October 13, 1968}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont)}
"Bye Bye Love" - 2:45
^{Recorded: October 13, 1968}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont)}
"The Boxer" - 5:09
^{Recorded: November 16, 1968}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)}
"Baby Driver" - 3:16
^{Recorded: November 19, 1968}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"Why Don't You Write Me" - 2:46
^{Recorded: June 13, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"Feuilles-O" - 1:42
^{Recorded: August 11, 1969}
^{Previously unissued demo}
"Keep the Customer Satisfied" - 2:36
^{Recorded: October 27, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" - 3:43
^{Recorded: October 28, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"Song for the Asking" - 1:51
^{Recorded: November 1, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"Cecilia" - 2:56
^{Recorded: November 2, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" - 3:08
^{Recorded: November 2, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"Bridge over Troubled Water" - 4:54
^{Recorded: November 9, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"The Only Living Boy in New York" - 4:00
^{Recorded: November 15, 1969}
^{From the album Bridge over Troubled Water}
"Hey, Schoolgirl/Black Slacks" - 1:32
^{Recorded: November 28, 1969}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York)}
"That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - 3:28
^{Recorded: November 28, 1969}
^{Previously unissued live recording (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York)}
"My Little Town" - 3:50
^{Recorded: May 1975}
^{Previously appeared on Paul Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years and Art Garfunkel's album Breakaway (both from 1975)}

Charts

Chart performance for *Old Friends*
Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	68

Certifications

Certifications for *Old Friends*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[4]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[5]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Old Friends at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
^ Williamson, Nigel (December 1997). "Two's company". Uncut. No. 7. p. 93.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 252.
^ "British album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^ "American album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 9, 2022.

[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Old Friends at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2012.

[2] Williamson, Nigel (December 1997). "Two's company". Uncut. No. 7. p. 93.

[3] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 252.

[United_KingdomSimon_&_GarfunkelOld_FriendsalbumCertRef-4] "British album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 9, 2022.

[United_StatesSimon_&_GarfunkelOld_FriendsalbumCertRef-5] "American album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 9, 2022.

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Studio albums	Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Sounds of Silence Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Bookends Bridge over Troubled Water
Live albums	The Concert in Central Park Live from New York City, 1967 Old Friends: Live on Stage Live 1969
Compilation albums	Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits The Simon and Garfunkel Collection 20 Greatest Hits The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel The Best of Simon and Garfunkel Two Can Dream Alone Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel Tom & Jerry The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
Box sets	Collected Works Old Friends The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970) The Collection: Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection
Soundtrack albums	The Graduate
Videos	The Concert in Central Park Old Friends: Live on Stage
Discographies	Simon & Garfunkel Art Garfunkel Paul Simon
Other	Songs recorded Paul Simon solo albums Paul Simon songs Art Garfunkel solo albums Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Desmond album)
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