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Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends album cover

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Label:Columbia – KCS 9529
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Press
Country:US
Released:
Genre:Rock, Pop
Style:Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Vocal

Tracklist

A1Bookends Theme (Instrumental)
A2Save The Life Of My Child
A3America
A4Overs
A5Voices Of Old People
Recorded By – Art Garfunkel
Written-By [Created By] – P. Simon - A. Garfunkel*
A6Old Friends
Arranged By – Jimmy Haskell*
A7Bookends Theme
B1Fakin' It
B2Punky's Dilemma
B3Mrs. Robinson
B4A Hazy Shade Of Winter
B5At The Zoo
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Notes

Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria pressing denoted by "S" etches in runouts. First issue on "360 Sound" labels.

'o' stamped in runouts, the rest etched.

Issued with 22" x 33" fold-out color poster.

B3. (From The Motion Picture "The Graduate")

Releases still in cello wrap include a clear plastic overlay sticker displaying the catalog number, Columbia logo and album title in pink, with the banner "Special Bonus Full Color Poster Included."

A hype sticker may also be present which reads "FEATURING the complete version of their hit MRS. ROBINSON"

© Copyright 1967, 1968 by Paul Simon. World rights controlled by Charing Cross Music (BMI).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): XSM 118887
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): XSM 118888
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 1): XSM118887-1AA 1 S B2 o
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 1): XSM 118888-1A E25 S o
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 2): XSM 118887 - 1A ro E12 S
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 2): XSM 118888 - 1A 1 o
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 3): Ƨ I o XSM 118887 -1D C11
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 3): Ƨ I o XSM 118888 -1A E1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 4): o XSM 118887 -1D F
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 4): Ƨ I o XSM 118888 -1D B13
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 5): Ƨ I o XSM 118887 -1D C 7
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 5): Ƨ I o XSM 118888 -1A E6
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 6): o XSM118887-1AA 1Ƨ A2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 6): S o XSM 118888 - 1A D2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 7): XSM 118887 -1A o 1 S A7
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 7): S o XSM 118888 -1A B3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 8): o XSM11887-1AA l Ƨ B4
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 8): S o XSM 118888 -1A A7
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 9): Ƨ I o XSM 118887 -1D C7
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 9): Ƨ XSM 118888 -1D o I A16
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 10): Ƨ I o XSM 118887 -1D A3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 10): 2 -- o XSM 118888 -1A I A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 11): o XSM118887-1G 1 Ƨ Λ 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 11): Ƨ I o XSM 118888 -1D C 1 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 12): Ƨ XSM 118887 -1A o E8
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 12): Ƨ o XSM 118888 -1A E 13

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
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Bookends (LP, Album, Stereo)CBS, CBSS 63101, CBS S 63101Netherlands1968
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Bookends (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album)ColumbiaHC 1011US1968
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Bookends (LP, Album, Stereo)ColumbiaKCS 9529Canada1968
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Bookends (LP, Album)CBSSBP-473531New Zealand1968
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Bookends (LP, Album, Mono, Pitman Pressing)ColumbiaKCL 2729US1968

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  • jtm1967's avatar
    jtm1967
    Always try to look for a clean original (this Santa’s Maria press is superb) which you know is 💯 AAA. I have clean copies of this which sounds amazing on my Thorens TD160, ortofon om30, marantz 1060 amp and paradigm speakers.
    90% of the reissues include a digital step no matter what they try to pedal to you. If they do get the analog tapes and cut from the tape with NO digital step you get poor quality control from the pressing plant. Reissues are almost never the way to go.
    • BrennenAmes's avatar
      BrennenAmes
      I won't buy this or any s&g product until the mono albums are reissued!
      • jloper's avatar
        jloper
        best it gets here first original pressing soundstage is wide and clean and instrument separation is superb as well!!!!!!!!!
        • mikeSF_'s avatar
          mikeSF_
          Edited one year ago
          Jarring to hear the fat Moog synth bass and spaceship sounds. Otherwise, some solid writing, guitar and harmony vocal work. "Mrs Robinson" is a classic.

          Very nice three-dimensional pressing with good dynamics. 3.5 stars plus an extra .5 for that great soundstage.
          • A_Rider_On_The_Storm's avatar
            A_Rider_On_The_Storm
            Edited one year ago
            I have a US 1968 pressing PC-9529 and I would like to know the exact month and how the mixing on this copy compares to other releases. Also, if you don't own a copy of this masterpiece, I will personally buy a copy and break into your home to give it to you. Thanks!
            • sirjefetheboss's avatar
              sirjefetheboss
              I'm seeing -1H on both sides in my copy, anyone else?
              • Bseven's avatar
                Bseven
                Incredibly lively pressing. Nothing more to add. Or say. At all.
                • records-tapes's avatar
                  records-tapes
                  Amazing album. I see this album/Simon & Garfunkel everywhere I go and I would usually pass them by with no thought but I’m glad I finally gave this album a chance. Just bought a mono copy!
                  • kingmidasrat14's avatar
                    kingmidasrat14
                    I feel that experimental could be added to the style given the field recordings of the elderly and other aspects like the echoing sample of their own Sounds Of Silence at the end of Save the Life Of My Child. Any opinions?
                    • fred.cordiano's avatar
                      fred.cordiano
                      A GREAT ALBUM
                      GOT INTO THE HABIT OF GOING TO THE ZOO OFTEN !

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