Rare and Unreleased Tracks

Simon and Garfunkel bootlegs are quite rare. Most of the stuff that they recorded in the studio was released, and the concert recordings around normally feature the standard line-up of album songs.

Paul Simon: 1964-1994 is an official release and so far is the only album to contain previously unreleased material. I recommend it, even if you already own all the albums of the period it compiles over.

Simon and Garfunkel

A song from the 'Five To Ten' broadcasts that was not re-recorded for The Paul Simon Songbook. The original version, recorded in January 1965, was broadcast with eleven other songs which would later make up Songbook. The song is about young drug addicts, with a melody based upon Anji.

It has never been released as neither have the 'Five To Ten' versions of the other songs. Since the songs were recorded by the BBC, no tapes probably exist anymore due to the BBC's stupid practise of deleting material they considered unmarketable.

This is a tape Paul recorded for Kathy in 1965. It consists mainly of guitar instrumentals and songs already recorded for Songbook.
I don't know whether this has been bootlegged or not.

  • CBS 2911 - released August 1967

    Fakin' It is an alternate early mix to the Bookends cut
    You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies is unavailable anywhere else except on this single B-side and the lyrics are about Paul's attitude towards women. Actually this is not totally true the song can be heard on the bootlegged Live at the Tufts Univeristy 1966
    It is only available on bootleg.
     
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  • This was only released in England in 1965. It is a classic example of just how good the songs sound with just Paul and a guitar. It hasn't been re-released on record or CD and is very rare. By the way, that's Kathy on the cover! See my Songbook page.

    Tracks :

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      1. I Am A Rock
      2. Leaves That Are Green
      3. A Church Is Burning
      4. April Come She will
      5. The Sound Of Silence
      6. A Most Peculiar Man
      7. He Was My Brother
      8. Kathy's Song
      9. The Side Of A Hill
      10. A Simple Desultory Philippic
      11. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
      12. Patterns
      1. Sparrow
      2. Homeward Bound
      3. You don't know where your interest lies
      4. A Most Peculiar Man
      5. Red Rubber Ball
      6. The Dangling Conversation
      7. Feelin' Groovy
      8. Richard Cory
      9. Benedictus
      10. Blessed
      11. A poem on the underground wall
      12. I Am a Rock
      13. Anji
      14. The sound of Silence
      15. For Emily, Whenever I man Find her
      16. A Church is Burning
      17. Wednesday Morning 3am

  • The disc is also available in Europe with the following cover

  • This is an available bootleg, if you knwo where to look, and has some great songs on it. It was recorded and engineered by a legitimate engineer, Al Kooper. So the sound quality is very good. My favourite tracks have to be Cloudy and Punky's Dilemma
      1. Mrs Robinson
      2. Homeward Bound
      3. April Come She Will
      4. Fakin' It
      5. Overs
      6. Feelin' Groovy
      7. America
      8. A Most Peculiar Man
      9. I am a Rock
      10. At the Zoo
      11. Scarborough Fair
      12. Bye Bye Love
      13. Cloudy
      14. The Leaves That Are Green
      15. Punky's Dilemma
      16. Benedictus
      17. The Dangling Conversation
      18. For Emily, whenever I may find her
      19. A Poem On the Underground Wall
      20. Anji
      21. The Sound of Silence
      22. Richard Cory
      23. Old Friends
      24. He Was My Brother
  • Recorded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 11 November 1969. This is historically important, as it was this tour that saw the first performance of the 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' album. You can see that even here Paul was getting pissed off with Art being a movie star. By saying 'No-one cares for the little old song writer anymore.
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      2. Mrs. Robinson (4:51)
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      4. Fakin' It (3:33)
      5.  
      6. The Boxer (5:28)
      7.  
      8. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (3:11)
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      10. Why Don't You Write Me (3:38)
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      12. Silver Haired Daddy (3:19)
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      14. Cuba Si - Nixon No (3:27)
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      16. Bridge Over Troubled Water (5:47)
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      18. The Sound Of Silence (4:43)
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      20. Bye Bye Love (2:34)
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      22. Homeward Bound (6:28)
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      24. At The Zoo (2:18)
      25.  
      26. America (7:19)
      27.  
      28. Song For The Asking (1:45)
      29.  
      30. A Poem On The Underground Wall (3:52)
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      32. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (2:29)
      1. The Boxer (5:14)
      2. Homeward Bound (2:55)
      3. Fakin' It (4:06)
      4. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (2:35)
      5. Silver Haired Daddy (3:30)
      6. I Am A Rock (5:38)
      7. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her(2:38)
      8. Mrs. Robinson (3:17)
      9. Scarborough Fair (3:52)
      10. El Condor Pasa (3:28)
      11. Leaves That Are Green (3:05)
      12. Punky's Dilemma (2:24)
      13. America (3:48)
      14. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (3:59)
      15. Song For The Asking (2:04)
      16. A Poem On The Underground Wall (2:29)
      17. Bridge Over Troubled Water (6:14)
      18. The Sound Of Silence (5:20)
      19. Bye Bye Love (8:03)
      20. Old Friends/Bookends (4:51)

     

    Tom and Jerry

    A compilation of their singles was released in 1967 but quickly withdrawn when Simon and Garfunkel got on the record company's case. Their main objection was that the material was being presented as tracks they'd recently cut, not stuff that was ten years old.

    Hey, Schoolgirl (2:15)

    The Tom and Jerry hit single, recorded in 1957.
    See below for more Tom and Jerry information.
    Can be found on the Paul Simon: 1964-1994 anthology 3-CD set

    Simon and Garfunkel [Allegro/Pickwick SPC 3059 - 1966]

    1. Hey Schoolgirl
    2. Our Song
    3. That's My Story
    4. Teenage Fool
    5. Tia-juana Blues
    1. Dancin' Wild
    2. Don't Say Goodbye
    3. Two Teenagers
    4. True Or False
    5. Simon Says

    Singles With Paul Simon Involvement

    7" singles that Paul Simon has sung.

  • Tom and Jerry

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  • True Taylor (Paul Simon)

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  • Tico and The Triumphs (Paul is Tico)

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  • Jerry Landis (i.e. Paul again)

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  • Paul Kane

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