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Bookends is the fourth studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by Paul Simon , Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee , the album was released on April 3, 1968, in the United States by Columbia Records .
"Bookends", also known as "Bookends Theme", is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968). It appears twice on the track listing, as the first (shortened version) and last (known as the Reprise ) songs on side one of the original vinyl LP .
The short companion song "Bookends Theme (Reprise)," addresses loss and the fleeting nature of memories, and of time spent together. On the album "Old Friends," the title generally conveys the introduction or ending of sections, and the song builds upon a "rather loose formal structure" that at first includes an acoustic guitar and soft mood.
Song by Simon & Garfunkel; from the album Bookends; Released: April 3, 1968 () Genre: ... Garfunkel had recorded old people all across New Rochelle and Los ...
"Mrs. Robinson" is a song by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968). The writing of the song was begun before the 1967 film The Graduate, which contained only fragments of it.
Simon and Garfunkel have had a well-documented tumultuous friendship, beginning with their original breakup in 1970 after the making of their fifth album “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
Garfunkel's songs and voice took a lead role on some of the songs, and the harmonies for which the duo was known gradually disappeared. For Simon, Bookends represented the end of the collaboration and became an early indicator of his intentions to go solo. [75]
Art Garfunkel says the future is hopeful for Simon & Garfunkel. The musician, 83, revealed in an interview with The Times that he recently had a tearful reunion with his former music collaborator ...