Art Garfunkel personally selected all 34 songs for his upcoming compilation album, The Singer. The new album is set to hit stores on August 28th and chronicles his work, beginning with the first Simon & Garfunkel album released way back in 1964 and including two newly recorded performances of “Lena” and “Long Way Home.”
The five-time Grammy Award winner also provided handwritten track-by-track annotations which will be included in the booklet with the two-disc CD.
“What is the singing voice to me? A name, a skill, or a flag I see? A certain thrill – the gift of glide, the ride on the cusp of emotion, uplift from the heart to the cords, love for the song, for the sound,” stated Garfunkel.
From 4 of the original S&G studio albums (and all-time best-selling Greatest Hits, 14-times RIAA platinum, the largest selling album of all time by a duo):
— Wednesday Morning, 3 AM (1964) – “The Sound Of Silence”
— Sounds Of Silence (1966) – “April Come She Will”
— Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) – “Scarborough Fair/Canticle”
— Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) – “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “So Long Frank Lloyd Wright”
— Greatest Hits (1972) – “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her”
From the Simon & Garfunkel live concert album:
— Old Friends: Live On Stage (2004) – “Kathy’s Song”
From 10 of Art Garfunkel’s solo albums:
— Angel Clare (1973) – “Barbara Allen”
— Breakaway (1975) – “Breakaway,” “I Only Have Eyes For You,” “99 Miles From L.A.,” “My Little Town,” “Disney Girls,” “Waters Of March”
— Watermark (1978) – “(What A) Wonderful World”
— Fate For Breakfast (UK, 1979) – “Bright Eyes” (from Watership Down)
— Scissors Cut (1981) – “Scissors Cut,” “A Heart In New York,” “In Cars”
— The Animals’ Christmas (with Amy Grant, 1986) – “The Decree”
— Lefty (1988) – “The Promise,” “I Wonder Why,” “When A Man Loves A Woman”
— up ’til now (1993) – “All I Know,” “Crying in the Rain,” “Two Sleepy People,” “Skywriter”
— everything waits to be noticed (2002) – “Perfect Moment,” “The Thread”
— Some Enchanted Evening (2007) – “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face”
Finally, THE SINGER continues to underscore Garfunkel’s near-lifelong association with the music of composer Jimmy Webb. After recording 1978’s Watermark with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which contained 10 Webb compositions, Garfunkel said in his understated manner, “I like the idea of inviting people to consider this man… Jimmy Webb.” THE SINGER contains some rarely anthologized Webb tunes recorded over the years by his friend: “Scissors Cut” and “In Cars.”
ART GARFUNKEL: THE SINGER (Columbia/Legacy 88725 45816 2)
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. “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” (Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits,
1972)
5. “Crying in the Rain” with James Taylor (up ’til now, 1993)
6. “I Only Have Eyes For You” with Nicky Hopkins (piano) (Breakaway, 1975)
7. “99 Miles From L.A.” (Breakaway, 1975)
8. “(What A) Wonderful World” with James Taylor and Paul Simon (Watermark,
1978)
9. “Bright Eyes” (Fate For Breakfast, 1979)
10. “Two Sleepy People,” arranged by Dick Hyman (up ’til now, 1993)
11. “Skywriter” with Nicky Hopkins (piano) (up’til now, 1993)
12. “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, 1966)
13. “Some Enchanted Evening” (Some Enchanted Evening, 2007)
14. “The Promise” produced by Steve Gadd (drums) and Geoff Emerick (Lefty,
1988)
15. “The Thread” with Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock” (everything waits to be
noticed, 2002)
16. “Lena” featuring Dean Parks (guitar) – Previously unreleased
17. “Barbara Allen” (Angel Clare, 1973)
CD Two:
1. “Kathy’s Song” (Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends: Live On Stage, 2004)
2. “Long Way Home” with Maia Sharp – Previously unreleased
3. “Scissors Cut” with Leah Kunkel (Scissors Cut, 1981)
4. “The Sound Of Silence” (Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, 1964)
5. “Breakaway” with Graham Nash and David Crosby (Breakaway, 1975)
6. “So Long Frank Lloyd Wright” (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)
7. “Waters Of March” with Billy Payne (keyboards) (Breakaway, 1975)
8. “The Decree” (The Animals’ Christmas, 1986)
9. “I Wonder Why” with Kenny Rankin (Lefty, 1988)
10. “Disney Girls” with Bruce Johnston (piano) and Toni Tenille (Breakaway,
1975)
11. “My Little Town” (Breakaway, 1975)
12. “O Come All Ye Faithful” with Eric Weissberg (Acoustic Christmas, 1990)
13. “A Heart In New York” with Michael Brecker (tenor sax) (Scissors Cut,
1981)
14. “I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face” (Some Enchanted Evening, 2007)
15. “April Come She Will” (Sounds Of Silence, 1965)
16. “When A Man Loves A Woman” with Jeremy Steig (flute) and Michael Brecker
(tenor sax) (Lefty, 1988)
17. “In Cars” (Scissors Cut, 1981)
Source: Legacy Recordings
