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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - BBC SESSION 1965

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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
BBC Session 1965 [no label, 1CD]
New Sounds In the Folk Tradition by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. BBC Light Programme (now called BBC Radio 2); first broadcast July 27, 1965. Recorded in July 1965.

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At the time, the partnership of Simon and Garfunkel was also tenuous, because Art Garfunkel lived in New York City while Paul Simon lived in England. But every now and then, Simon would briefly visit the US or Garfunkel would visit England, and they might play some concerts as a duo or do some recording in the studio. The BBC session in July 1965 was one such time when Garfunkel briefly came to England. At that time, they were still relative unknowns. They would only hit the big time in September 1965, when “The Sound of Silence” would be released as a single with a folk-rock arrangement and shoot to number one in the US by the end of the year. At that point, Simon would move back to the US, and they would stick together as a duo to exploit their success.

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Track 01. Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound 2:35
Track 02. Sparrow 2:55
Track 03. On the Side of a Hill 2:31
Track 04. I Am A Rock 2:58
Track 05. A Church is Burning 3:48
Track 06. Anji (cut) 0:38
Track 07. Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound (no DJ) 2:35
18 mins

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