Simon & Garfunkel: Greatest Hits

Vinyl LP reissue of this classic 1972 collection. The album was a mix of original studio recordings and four previously unreleased live recordings. The 10 studio songs comprise nine singles released between 1965 and 1972. "America" being issued as a single several years after it's appearance as a track on the Bookends album. and one album track. "Bookends" (without it's parent song "Old Friends"). All the singles included. except "America." "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)." and "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" made the Top Ten. with the last peaking at #11. and "Mrs. Robinson" topped the chart aided by it's appearance in Mike Nichols' hit movie The Graduate. "The Sound of Silence" and "Bridge over Troubled Water" both peaked at #1 as singles in their studio versions. and "The Boxer" peaked as a single at #7.