1. Mrs. Robinson 2. Homeward Bound 3. America 4. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard 5. Scarborough Fair 6. April Come She Will 7. Wake Up Little Suzie [F. & B. Bryant] 8. Still Crazy After All These Years 9. American Tune 10. Late In The Evening

11. Slip Slidin' Away 12. A Heart In New York [Gallagher & Lyle] 13. Kodachrome/Maybelline [Simon/Berry, Fratto, Freed] 14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 15. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover 16. The Boxer 17. Old Friends/Bookends 18. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 19. The Sounds Of Silence

Set musicians: Gerry Niewood and Dave Tofani--saxophone; Steve Gadd and Grady Tate--drums; David Brown and Pete Carr--guitar; Richard Tee--keyboards; Anthony Jackson--bass; Rob Mounsey--synthesizer; John Gatchell and John Eckert--trumpets. Produced by Simon, Garfunkel, Phil Ramone and Roy Halee.

Simon & Garfunkel reunited for a free concert on 19 September 1981 in New York City's Central Park. Performed but not included on the album was "The Late, Great Johnny Ace," a song recently written by Simon in the wake of John Lennon's assassination. The concert was released in 1982 on VHS at the same time as the audio recording and has now been released on DVD. There are some slight differences between the two-LP release and the CD of the concert, as some between-song dialogue heard on the LP was inexplicably dropped from the digital format. This was the first live recording of Simon & Garfunkel to be officially released and for a very long time was the only one available anywhere. Some of the performances are very good cuts: "The Boxer," "American Tune," "Late In The Evening," "Slip Slidin' Away," "50 Ways," "Me And Julio," "Mrs. Robinson," and "April Come She Will" are the best on this set.

Disc 1: 1. Mrs. Robinson 2. Homeward Bound 3. America 4. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard 5. Scarborough Fair 6. My Little Town 7. Wake Up Little Suzie 8. Still Crazy After All These Years 9. Bright Eyes 10. Late In The Evening 11. Slip Slidin' Away 12. El Condor Pasa 13. Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover 14. American Tune 15. The Late, Great Johnny Ace 16. Kodachrome/Maybelline 17. Bridge Over Troubled Water 18. The Boxer

Disc 2: 1. Old Friends/Bookends 2. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 3. The Sounds Of Silence 4. Late In The Evening 5. The Boxer 6. Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound 7. Sparrow 8. The Side Of A Hill 9. I Am A Rock 10. A Church Is Burning 11. Anji 12. Anji/So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright/Old Friends 13. Scarborough Fair 14. The House Carpenter Song 15. Gospel Ship 16. Pretty Boy Floyd 17. A Church Is Burning 18. The Sounds Of Silence 19. Leaves That Are Green 20. The Sun Is Burning 21. Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound 22. Going To The Zoo 23. He Was My Brother 24. Homeward Bound 25. Bye Bye Love

All of disc 1 and the first 5 tracks of disc 2 are from a concert given by Simon & Garfunkel as part of a short reunion tour in Osaka, Japan, on 7 May 1982. On disc 2, tracks 6-11 are from a BBC promotional radio show in 1965 done by Simon & Garfunkel upon the release of the UK-only EP Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.; tracks 12-23 are from a rehearsal for a show done by Paul Simon solo at Queens College, London, in 1964. These are some of the only recordings I have found by Simon of some of these tunes, and some of them, like "Gospel Ship" and "Pretty Boy Floyd," are well-done, if the sound quality is somewhat lacking. The last two tracks on disc 2 are Saturday Night Live performances from 18 November 1976. This is a somewhat difficult disc to locate, but the recordings are worth tracking down. Rudy Riet has a nice summary of the material and review of the recording on his excellent page, Song For The Asking: A Tribute To Simon & Garfunkel.

1. Cecilia/Mrs. Robinson 2. America 3. My Little Town 4. Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard 5. Scarborough Fair 6. Cars Are Cars 7. I Only Have Eyes For You 8. Homeward Bound 9. Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover 10. Late In The Evening 11. The Late Great Johnny Ace 12. El Condor Pasa 13. Think Too Much

14. Still Crazy After All These Years 15. Kodachrome 16. Bridge Over Troubled Water 17. The Boxer 18. Slip Slidin' Away 19. The 59th Street Bridge Song 20. Old Friends/Bookends 21. Wake Up Little Suzie 22. One Summer Night 23. Group Introductions 24. Late In the Evening 25. The Sounds of Silence

This is a live recording from Simon & Garfunkel's reunion tour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It's a nice set, and though it's similar to The Concert In Central Park set, it's got a few extras that are rarely heard in a live setting, including "My Little Town," "Cecilia," and "El Condor Pasa." The sound quality is pretty nice; I'm not sure if there's a "label" that this recording has been released under.

1. Hey, Schoolgirl [Big 613-A] 2. Dancin' Wild [Big 613-B] 3. True Or False [Big 614-A] 4. Teenage Fool [Big 614-B] 5. Our Song [Big 616-A] 6. Two Teenagers [Big 616-B] 7. (Pretty Baby) Don't Say Goodbye      [Big 618/Hunt 319-B] 8. That's My Story [Big 618/Hunt 319-A] 9. Baby Talk [Bell 120/Gala GSP 806-A] 10. Anna Belle [MGM 12822-A] 11. Ask Me Why 12. I'm Lonely [Canadian-American 130-A] 13. I Wish I Weren't In Love       [Canadian-American 130-B] 14. Motorcycle [Amy 835-A]

15. I Don't Believe Them [Amy 835-B] 16. Wild Flower [Amy 845-A] 17. Express Train [Amy 845-B] 18. Get Up And Do The Wobble [Amy 860-B] 19. Cry, Little Boy, Cry [Amy 860-A] 20. The Lone Teen Ranger      [Amy 875/Barry 3155X-A] 21. Lisa [Amy 875/Barry 3155X-B] 22. Noise [Amy 876-B] 23. Cards Of Love [Amy 876-A] 24. Fightin' Mad [ABC-Paramount 10363-B] 25. Surrender, Please Surrender      [ABC-Paramount 10363-A] 26. Looking At You [Ember 1094-B] 27. I'm Lonesome [Ember 1094-A]

A pretty worthwhile disc for tracking down. This has almost all of the most well-known tracks recorded by Simon and/or Garfunkel during their early careers. I'd highly recommend this to collectors who want a nice selection of Simon & Garfunkel recordings done under various pseudonyms. This is even better than Before The Fame or Two Can Dream Alone, in my opinion.  

Volume 1: 1. A Different Kind Of Love 2. Make A Wish 3. Fortune Teller Cookies 4. I Want To Know All About You 5. Up And Down The Stairs 6. Just To Be With You 7. I Wish I Weren't In Love 8. Loneliness 9. Dreams Can Come True 10. Just A Boy 11. Shy 12. Dream Alone (Artie Garr) 13. Beat Love (Artie Garr) 14. A Good Foundation For Love 15. Frame Without A Picture 16. (I'd Like To Be) The Lipstick On Your Lips 17. An Angel Cries

18. North Wind 19. One Lonely Boy (Version 1) 20. Pretty Words 21. Rock 'N Roll Skaters Waltz (Version 1) 22. Just A Kid 23. I Want You In My Stocking 24. That's How I Feel 25. Teen Age Blue 26. Let's Make Pictures 27. I Grew Up Last Night 28. When You Come Back To School 29. Invisible 30. Educated Fool 31. Play Me A Sad Song 32. It Means A Lot To Them 33. One Way Love 34. Bigger And Better Things

Volume 3: 1. That Forever Kind Of Love 2. Haven't You Hurt Me Enough (Faster Version) 3. Sugar And Spice 4. Lisa 5. The Tables Are Turnin' 6. Every Night When I Turn Out The Light (Version 2) 7. I'm Scared 8. My Best Friends 9. The Third Rail 10. Tired Of Playing Games 11. It Says In The Horoscope 12. Tell Tale Heart 13. The Growing Up Years 14. Private World (Artie Garr) 15. Where There's A Will There's A Way 16. Little Doll Face 17. Sparrow (Multi-Voice Version)

18. Yours Is The Kiss That Counts 19. Linstead Market 20. "One-Two-Three" 21. He Was My Brother (Version 1) 22. When Mona Combs Her Hair 23. Coplas 24. Zombie Jamboree 25. I Can Feel It Happening To Me 26. On The Side Of A Hill 27. Yesterday's Little Girl 28. River 29. Forever And After 30. Sparrow (Single-Voice Version) 31. Aeroplane Of Silver Steel 32. He Was My Brother (Version 2) 33. Bingo

For those who just can't get enough of Simon and Garfunkel's early recording careers, there is the three-disc set Work In Progress. Apparently, someone hunted down what appears to be very close to all the studio demos and releases that Simon and/or Garfunkel made between about 1959 and 1963 and has compiled them onto this set. It's pretty clear from listening why lots of these selections were never released--they're not material that would probably ever sell (until now, of course, when Paul Simon is a household name). So, judge for yourself whether this is a set worth getting. Among the best unreleased tracks here, in my opinion, are "Educated Fool," "That's How I Feel," "That Forever Kind Of Love," "Haven't You Hurt Me Enough," "Linstead Market," "My Best Friend," "When Mona Combs Her Hair," the demos of "Sparrow" and "He Was My Brother," and "Teen Age Blue." Each of the CDs comes with a nice booklet detailing Simon and Garfunkel's careers around this time.

Garfunkel's concert from Ellis Island in 1996 is worth picking up; even if you only like the Paul Simon compositions, he does a good job covering them solo here. James Taylor appears for a duet on the second track, and oddly, Garfunkel brings his son on stage with him for "Feelin' Groovy"...some people might think it's cute, but you can judge how you like the recording. Otherwise, "A Heart In New York" and "Bright Eyes" head the list of Garfunkel solo material here.

1. A Heart In New York
2. Crying In The Rain
3. Scarborough Fair
4. A Poem On The Underground Wall
5. Homeward Bound
6. All I Know
7. Bright Eyes
8. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water
10. Mrs. Robinson
11. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
12. I Will
13. April Come She Will
14. The Sound Of Silence
15. Grateful
16. Goodnight, My Love

1. The Sound Of Silence (3:42)
2. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (2:53)
3. I Am A Rock (2:52)
4. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (2:27)
5. Mrs. Robinson (2:56)
6. Homeward Bound (2:31)
7. Fakin' It (3:11)
8. Old Friends/Bookends (3:11)
9. The Boxer (4:32)
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (5:05)
11. Leaves That Are Green (2:51)
12. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (3:06)
13. Bye Bye Love (3:32)
14. America (3:32)
15. Scarborough Fair (3:41)
16. The 59th Street Bridge Song (2:21)
17. The Sound Of Silence (6:33)

This set is a collection of recordings off of several other live discs that appeared on the market over the previous decade. The first four tracks are from Sounds Of Silence Live (1966); tracks 5-8 are from Voices Of Intelligent Dissent (1968); 9-10 are from A Time Of Innocence (1969); 11-13 are from New Yorker In Netherlands' live concert of Simon & Garfunkel in May 1970. I am not sure of the origin of the last four tracks, but I believe that they may have been released on other recordings of Simon & Garfunkel from 1993 (the disc notes that they are U.S. concerts from that year). It's not a bad disc, although if you have the individual sets from which these are taken, there's not much reason to track this one down

1. Dream Alone 2. Teenage Fool [Big 614-B] 3. Beat Love [Harmony] 4. I Love You (Oh Yes I Do) 5. Just A Boy [Warwick 588-A] 6. Play Me A Sad Song [Warwick 619-A] 7. It Means A Lot To Them [Warwick 619-B] 8. Flame

9. Shy [Warwick 588-B] 10. The Lone Teen Ranger [Amy 875/Barry 3155X-A] 11. Two Teenagers [Big 616-B] 12. Hey Schoolgirl [Big 613-A] 13. That's My Story [Big 618/Hunt 319-A] 14. (Pretty Baby) Don't Say Goodbye      [Big 618/Hunt 319-B] 15. Our Song [Big 616-A]

These were singles originally released by Simon & Garfunkel as Tom & Jerry, Jerry Landis, or Artie Garr in the 1950s and early 1960s. A few were perhaps not actually released, but are studio demos by Simon ("Flame,"? "I Love You (Oh Yes I Do)"). The ones known to have been actually released were done so on the respective labels noted in brackets besides them. "Dream Alone" is missing one of the vocal tracks from the original single, which makes the song sound (incorrectly) like it's only three words long.