Simon & Garfunkel "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) - got it
Short but sweet.
According to the book, the duo's first album 'the sound of silence' was a bit of a rush job, with the record company wanting to take advantage of their initial success. With PSR&T, Paul took control so that he could he better realise his creative vision. It is a beautiful sounding album, one that, despite the sparseness of some of the arrangements, makes good use of the stereophonic field.
Through the heart-melting beauty there is a good dose of social conscience and commentary, which a lot of artists seem to steer away from these days.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is their third album - their first (Wednesday Morning 3am) is mostly folk covers, and features a scarily enthusiastic version of 'Go Tell It On The Mountain' and the original, acoustic version of 'The Sound of Silence'.
ReplyDeleteYikes, my mistake. Full disclosure, I'm not an avid Simon and Garfunkel fan (and I usually do better research than this), I only own this one album. Though I am that vinyl snob guy and will say, the first time I listened to it was online, and it sounds much better on record.
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