{"product_id":"simon-and-garfunkel-bookends","title":"Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends [180G\/ UK Import]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes digital download. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBookends\u003c\/em\u003e is the fourth studio album by Simon \u0026amp; Garfunkel. Produced by Paul Simon, Roy Halee and Art Garfunkel, the album was released on April 3, 1968, in the United States by Columbia Records. The duo had risen to fame two years prior with the albums \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSounds of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme\u003c\/em\u003e and the soundtrack album for the 1967 film \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBookends\u003c\/em\u003e is a concept album that explores a life journey from childhood to old age. Side one of the album marks successive stages in life, the theme serving as bookends to the life cycle. Side two largely consists of unused material for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/em\u003e soundtrack. Simon's lyrics concern youth, disillusionment, relationships, old age, and mortality. Much of the material was crafted alongside producer John Simon, who joined the recording when Paul Simon suffered from writer's block. The album was recorded gradually over the period of a year, with production speeding up around the later months of 1967.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"discnum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- SIDE\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1 -\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e Bookends Theme 0:32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e Save the Life of My Child 2:49\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e America 3:36\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e Overs 2:15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e Voices of Old People 2:07\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e Old Friends 2:36\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e Bookends Theme (Reprise) 1:20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"discnum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- SIDE\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2 -\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e Fakin' It 3:17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e Punky's Dilemma 2:13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e Mrs. Robinson 4:04\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e A Hazy Shade of Winter 2:17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e At the Zoo 2:23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42775586996398,"sku":"190758749716","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/products\/sgbook.jpg?v=1651162978","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/simon-and-garfunkel-bookends","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}