{"product_id":"simon-and-garfunkel-sounds-of-silence-180g","title":"Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence [180G]","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-9 desc-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the spring of 1965, the Byrds created a new hybrid that was immediately termed \"folk-rock\" with their hit cover of Bob Dylan's \"Mr. Tambourine Man.\" At that point, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTom Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e had an epiphany. Taking the all-acoustic recording of \"The Sound of Silence\" from \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWednesday Morning, 3 A.M.\u003c\/em\u003e, the producer brought an electric guitarist and a rhythm section into the studio and proceeded to overdub their parts onto the original track. By late '65, \"The Sound of Silence\" was the No. 1 single in America, and \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Garfunkel \u003c\/strong\u003ewere back together, preparing to make an album relevant to, and worthy of, their first hit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the most intriguing aspects of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSounds of Silence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is how closely connected it feels to the work recorded during the same period by several other future Hall of Famers: the unabashed romanticism of John Sebastian and his Lovin' Spoonful (\"Kathy's Song\"), the incisive character studies of Ray Davies and his Kinks (\"Richard Cory,\" \"A Most Peculiar Man\") and the soaring loveliness of the Byrds (\"I Am a Rock\"), whose David Crosby was doing the same sort of inspired arrangements for three or four voices that Garfunkel was coming up with for two. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSounds of Silence \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis absolutely majestic, a transcendent piece of music that soothes, inspires, and occasionally, even rocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" id=\"tab-tracklist\" class=\"tab-content is-active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-padding\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"musicTrackList\"\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sounds Of Silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeaves That Are Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlessed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKathy's Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomewhere They Can't Find Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Cory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Most Peculiar Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApril Come She Will\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Am A Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41819784839342,"sku":"190758749419","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/products\/190758749419.jpg?v=1638583573","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/simon-and-garfunkel-sounds-of-silence-180g","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}