Tag: Simon & Garfunkel

Vinyl Covers #3 – SX68Sound

In Japan many Simon & Garfunkel records were released using the SX 68 system by Sony. I am not technician, but this is what it is about:

” CBS Sony built their cutting system with the Neumann SX-68 head and their own solid state amps and gave the logo “SX-68 Sound” to the record covers.

It was replaced later by SX 68 II and SX 74.

Here’s a release in this series using SX 68 Sound:

SONX 60195 Simon & Garfunkel – Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits II SX68Sound

Tracks
A1 Mrs. Robinson 4:02
A2 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 2:04
A3 The Boxer 5:07
A4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) 1:43
A5 The Sound Of Silence 3:02
A6 I Am A Rock 2:50
A7 Scarborough Fair / Canticle Composed By – Art Garfunkel 3:08
B1 Homeward Bound 2:30
B2 Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:52
B3 America 3:34
B4 Kathy’s Song 3:16
B5 El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Composed By – Daniel A. Robles, Jorge Milchberg 3:06
B6 Bookends 1:16
B7 Cecilia 2:55

This one was released in 1972. But of course CBS Sony started releasing Simon & Garfunkel albums in 1968/1969. Here are two examples:

CBS/Sony – SOPB 55103~4 Simon & Garfunkl (Gift Pack Series)
CBS/Sony – SONX 60054 (= The Paul Simon Songbook from 1965)

All albums come most of the time in so-called gatefold covers with lots of information (like recording dates). And the sound quality is indeed very good.

The Italy-based (?) Festival label used the same cover as SONX 60195 with that same title, but the tracks were not the same:

  • to be continued –

Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel performing at Sen. George McGovern’s Campaign

Not so long agao I was listening to the set Simon & Garfunkel played in 1972 in New York City at Madison Square Gardens.

They played on June 14th at the benefit show held for George McGovern’s campain to become America’s next president.

And now I found the advertisment for it “tucked away” in the cover of a Japanese 45rpm release:

1965 Simon & Garfunkel at The Red Rooster

With thanks to Joe McMichael we were happy to get the info in 2013 that Simon & Garfunkel appeared in Indiana, in the state of Pennsylvania.

The Red Rooster had just opened a couple of days earlier before the Simon & Garfunkel concert took place on December 26th.

And today JMPaull commented: We were visiting my family in Latrobe, PA, and my older cousin took me to the Simon & Garfunkel concert at the Red Rooster. It had just turned 14, and it was my first “live” concert. I had no idea who they were, or what was going on, but I do remember thinking that “The Sounds of Silence” sounded pretty cool.

It was Michael Bender who brought Simon & Garfunkel to recently opened Red Rooster, late 1965. In an article of 2017. when Bender had passed away recently, his friend Greg Flave mentions the fact and states that it was probably the most famous band he had booked. As we can see there were more bands of fame being booked like The Cooasters, The Isley Brothers and singer Lou Christy.

Source: Johnstown Tribune Democrat Apr. 05, 2017, p18

1970: Simon & Garfunkel in Amsterdam

Right now a poster for sale on eBay for this event:

The concert started at the end of the 2nd of May and ran into early hours of the 3rd. As mentioned on the poster “No Television”, luckily it was recorded for Dutch radio and broadcasted 2 weeks later by VARA Radio.

There was a lot of discussion about the prices of tickets…the poster is now for sale for 1250US$.

A cancelled concert in 1966

Thanks to Lars Fyledal from Sweden we now know that Simon & Garfunkel were booked for a concert on July 3rd 1966 in Sweden’s Liseberg (Gothenburg).

According to Lars the concert was cancelled because of throat problems of Paul Simon.

A Swedish newspaper writes:

Liseberg snuvas på Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel är bokade för en spelning på Pop In söndagen den 3 juli. Duon, bestående av Paul Simon och Art Garfunkel, slog igenom något år tidigare med The Sound of Silence och kommer till Göteborg som en av USA:s hetaste akter.

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Men någon spelning blir det inte. Paul Simon får problem med halsen och tvingas kasta in handduken. Därför hamnar Simon & Garfunkel på listan över ”världsstjärnor som nästan uppträdde på Liseberg”.

Lars translates it for us:

Liseberg (Gothenburg) loses Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel is booked for a concert in Pop In on sunday the 3d of July. The duo, consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, had a breakthrough some year earlier with The Sounds of Silence is coming to Gotheburg as one of the hottest acts in USA. But there was no gig. Paul Simon got problem with his throat and the gig is cancelled. Simon & Garfunkel gets on the list of “worldfamous stars that nearly performed at Liseberg”.

Was it realy a throat problem, because they did perform on July 3rd, in Stockholm:

1966-07-03 Tyrolen, Gröna Lund, Stockholm

 

1967 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour shows

In 1967 Simon & Garfunkel appeared twice in the CBS Smother Brothers Comedy Hour Show:

Season 1 ; Episode 14:

Recorded on May 12th 1967 and broadcasted on May 14th.

Songs played in this episode

– The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
– Cloudy
– Billy the Kid (sketch with song)

  

Season 2; Episode 6:

Recorded on October 6th and broadcasted October 15th 1967

Songs played:

– Homeward bound
– Overs

CBS TV sent this message out to newspapers etc: