Subsequent History
The Songbook was released in the US by Columbia very briefly in 1969, but was recalled within a few days when Simon objected. It was rereleased in 2004 by Columbia/Legacy on CD. The quality of the recordings indicate that a copy of the original recordings was used to master these songs since quite a lot of background noise can be heard in all of the songs. The CD features two bonus tracks, alternative versions of "I Am a Rock" and "A Church is Burning" which were not part of the 1965 LP release.
The lyrics for the anti-war song "The Side Of A Hill" were incorporated into the Simon and Garfunkel arrangement of "Scarborough Fair" on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
Later in 1965 and in early 1966, following the success in the US of "The Sound Of Silence" as a single, Simon & Garfunkel re-recorded several of the songs featured on The Paul Simon Songbook and released them on their albums Sounds Of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
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| Allmusic | link |
| Blender | May 2004 |
| Music Box | April 2004 |
| Rolling Stone | link |
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