Old Friends (1997 Simon and Garfunkel album)
# Old Friends (1997 Simon and Garfunkel album)

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Old Friends is the second box set of Simon & Garfunkel songs, released in November 1997. The three-disc anthology collects most of the duo's best-known works, and also includes previously unreleased outtakes. Some of these outtakes subsequently appeared on both the reissues of Simon & Garfunkel's five studio albums as well as the later boxed set The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970).

## Track listing

### Disc 1

* "Bleecker Street" - 2:44 $^{Recorded:March10,1964}$
* "The Sound of Silence" - 3:07 $^{Recorded:March10,1964}$
* "The Sun Is Burning" - 2:48 $^{Recorded:March17,1964}$ $^{FromthealbumWednesdayMorning,3A.M.}$
* "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." - 2:15 $^{Recorded:March17,1964}$ $^{FromthealbumWednesdayMorning,3A.M.}$
* "He Was My Brother" - 2:50 $^{Recorded:March17,1964}$ $^{FromthealbumWednesdayMorning,3A.M.}$
* "Sparrow" - 2:48 $^{Recorded:March31,1964}$ $^{FromthealbumWednesdayMorning,3A.M.}$
* "Peggy-O" - 2:26 $^{Recorded:March31,1964}$ $^{FromthealbumWednesdayMorning,3A.M.}$
* "Benedictus" - 2:39 $^{Recorded:March31,1964}$ $^{FromthealbumWednesdayMorning,3A.M.}$
* "Somewhere They Can't Find Me" - 2:36 $^{Recorded:April5,1965}$
* "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" - 1:59 $^{Recorded:April5,1965}$ $^{FromthealbumSoundsofSilence}$
* "Leaves That Are Green" - 2:22 $^{Recorded:December13,1965}$ $^{FromthealbumSoundsofSilence}$
* "Richard Cory" - 2:57 $^{Recorded:December14,1965}$ $^{FromthealbumSoundsofSilence}$
* "I Am a Rock" - 2:51 $^{Recorded:December14,1965}$ $^{FromthealbumSoundsofSilence}$
* "The Sound of Silence" - 3:07 $^{Recorded:March10,1964(Basictrack);June15,1965(overdubs)}$ $^{FromthealbumSoundsofSilence}$
* "Homeward Bound" - 2:30 $^{Recorded:December14,1965}$
* "Blues Run the Game" - 2:53 $^{Recorded:December21,1965}$ $^{PreviouslyunissuedouttakefromtheSoundsofSilencesessions}$
* "Kathy's Song" - 3:19 $^{Recorded:December21,1965}$ $^{FromthealbumSoundsofSilence}$
* "April Come She Will" - 1:50 $^{Recorded:December21,1965}$ $^{FromthealbumSoundsofSilence}$
* "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" - 2:10 $^{Recorded:March28,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$

### Disc 2

* "Patterns" - 2:47 $^{Recorded:June8,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$
* "Cloudy" - 2:23 $^{Recorded:June10,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$
* "The Dangling Conversation" - 2:38 $^{Recorded:June21,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$
* "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" - 3:12 $^{Recorded:July26,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$
* "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - 1:55 $^{Recorded:August16,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$
* "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" - 2:06 $^{Recorded:August22,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$
* "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" - 2:04 $^{Recorded:August22,1966}$ $^{FromthealbumParsley,Sage,RosemaryandThyme}$
* "A Hazy Shade of Winter" - 2:17 $^{Recorded:September7,1966}$
* "At the Zoo" - 2:24 $^{Recorded:January18,1967}$ $^{FromthealbumBookends}$
* "A Poem on the Underground Wall" - 4:30 $^{Recorded:January22,1967}$
* "Red Rubber Ball" - 2:28 $^{Recorded:January22,1967}$ $^{Previouslyunissuedliverecording(LincolnCenter,Manhattan,NewYorkCity,NewYork)}$
* "Blessed" - 3:39 $^{Recorded:January22,1967}$ $^{Previouslyunissuedliverecording(LincolnCenter,Manhattan,NewYorkCity,NewYork)}$
* "Anji" - 2:29 $^{Recorded:January22,1967}$ $^{Previouslyunissuedliverecording(LincolnCenter,Manhattan,NewYorkCity,NewYork)}$
* "A Church Is Burning" - 3:29 $^{Recorded:January22,1967}$ $^{Previouslyunissuedliverecording(LincolnCenter,Manhattan,NewYorkCity,NewYork)}$
* "Fakin' It" - 3:19 $^{Recorded:June6,1967}$ $^{FromthealbumBookends}$
* "Save the Life of My Child" - 2:49 $^{Recorded:December14,1967}$ $^{FromthealbumBookends}$
* "America" - 3:37 $^{Recorded:February1,1968}$ $^{FromthealbumBookends}$
* "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" - 2:20 $^{Recorded:June14,1967}$
* "Punky's Dilemma" - 2:14 $^{Recorded:October5,1967}$ $^{FromthealbumBookends}$
* "Comfort and Joy" - 1:51 $^{Recorded:April19,1967}$ $^{PreviouslyunissuedChristmasrecording}$
* "Star Carol" - 1:46 $^{Recorded:April19,1967}$ $^{Christmasrecording,previouslyappearedonColumbiaSpecialProductscompilationsAVeryMerryChristmas(1967)andDreamingofaWhiteChristmas(1981)}$

### Disc 3

* "Mrs. Robinson" - 4:04 $^{Recorded:February2,1968}$ $^{FromthealbumBookends}$
* "Old Friends/Bookends" - 3:57 $^{Recorded:March8,1968}$ $^{FromthealbumBookends}$
* "Overs" - 3:05 $^{Recorded:October13,1968}$
* "A Most Peculiar Man" - 2:35 $^{Recorded:October13,1968}$
* "Bye Bye Love" - 2:45 $^{Recorded:October13,1968}$ $^{Previouslyunissuedliverecording(MemorialAuditorium,Burlington,Vermont)}$
* "The Boxer" - 5:09 $^{Recorded:November16,1968}$
* "Baby Driver" - 3:16 $^{Recorded:November19,1968}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "Why Don't You Write Me" - 2:46 $^{Recorded:June13,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "Feuilles-O" - 1:42 $^{Recorded:August11,1969}$ $^{Previouslyunissueddemo}$
* "Keep the Customer Satisfied" - 2:36 $^{Recorded:October27,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" - 3:43 $^{Recorded:October28,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "Song for the Asking" - 1:51 $^{Recorded:November1,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "Cecilia" - 2:56 $^{Recorded:November2,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" - 3:08 $^{Recorded:November2,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "Bridge over Troubled Water" - 4:54 $^{Recorded:November9,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "The Only Living Boy in New York" - 4:00 $^{Recorded:November15,1969}$ $^{FromthealbumBridgeoverTroubledWater}$
* "Hey, Schoolgirl/Black Slacks" - 1:32 $^{Recorded:November28,1969}$
* "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - 3:28 $^{Recorded:November28,1969}$ $^{Previouslyunissuedliverecording(CarnegieHall,NewYorkCity,NewYork)}$
* "My Little Town" - 3:50 $^{Recorded:May1975}$

## Charts

Chart performance for Old Friends :

| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 68 |

## Certifications

Certifications for Old Friends :

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Gold | $100,000^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | $500,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
