Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection

The collection was positively reviewed by the French magazine L'Obs, whose reviewer described it as "An overwhelming beauty".[1] The German magazine Der Spiegel described the collection as "very Christmas" and gave is a score of 8.6 out of 10.[2] The Boston Herald also reviewed the collection positively, stating that "it’s obscene to not own all these albums".[3]

Record Collector magazine criticised the lack of mono mixes or previously unreleased material in the collection, but also praised the remastered material saying "it’s a treat to hear the charming The Graduate soundtrack remastered for the first time".[4][5]

All songs written by Paul Simon, except as indicated.

Disc one: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)

1. "You Can Tell the World" – 2:47 (Bob Gibson/Bob Camp)
2. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" – 2:11 (Ed McCurdy)
3. "Bleecker Street" – 2:44
4. "Sparrow" – 2:49
5. "Benedictus" – 2:38 (Traditional, arranged and adapted by Simon and Art Garfunkel)
6. "The Sound of Silence" – 3:08
7. "He Was My Brother" – 2:48 (Paul Kane*)
8. "Peggy-O" – 2:26 (Traditional)
9. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" – 2:06 (Traditional)
10. "The Sun Is Burning" – 2:49 (Ian Campbell)
11. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" – 2:52 (Bob Dylan)
12. "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." – 2:13

Disc two: Sounds of Silence (1966)

1. "The Sound of Silence" – 3:08
2. "Leaves That Are Green" – 2:23
3. "Blessed" – 3:16
4. "Kathy's Song" – 3:21
5. "Somewhere They Can't Find Me" – 2:37
6. "Anji" – 2:17 (Davey Graham)
7. "Richard Cory" – 2:57
8. "A Most Peculiar Man" – 2:34
9. "April Come She Will" – 1:51
10. "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" – 2:00
11. "I Am a Rock" – 2:50

Disc three: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)

1. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" – 3:10 (Simon, Garfunkel)
2. "Patterns" – 2:42
3. "Cloudy" – 2:10
4. "Homeward Bound" – 2:30
5. "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" – 2:44
6. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – 1:43
7. "The Dangling Conversation" – 2:37
8. "Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall" – 2:10
9. "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)" – 2:12
10. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – 2:04
11. "A Poem on the Underground Wall" – 1:52
12. "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" – 2:01

Disc four: The Graduate (1968)

1. "The Sound of Silence" - 3:06
2. The Singleman Party Foxtrot (Dave Grusin) - 2:52
3. Mrs. Robinson" (Version 1) - 1:12
4. "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha" (Grusin) - 2:53
5. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Interlude) - 1:41
6. "On the Strip" (Grusin) - 2:00
7. "April Come She Will" - 1:50
8. "The Folks" (Grusin) - 2:27
9. Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (arr. by Simon, Garfunkel) - 6:22
10. A Great Effect" (Grusin) - 4:06
11. "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" - 1:46
12. "Whew" (Grusin) - 2:10
13. "Mrs. Robinson" (Version 2) - 1:12
14. "The Sound of Silence" - 3:08

Disc five: Bookends (1968)

1. "Bookends Theme" – 0:32
2. "Save the Life of My Child" – 2:49
3. "America" – 3:08
4. "Overs" – 2:14
5. "Voices of Old People" - 2:09 (Simon, Garfunkel)
6. "Old Friends" – 2:36
7. "Bookends Theme (Reprise)" – 1:16
8. "Fakin' It" – 3:14
9. "Punky's Dilemma" – 2:10
10. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:02
11. "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 2:17
12. "At the Zoo" – 2:11

Disc six: Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)

1. "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 4:52
2. "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" – 3:06 (Simon, Jorge Milchberg, and Daniel A. Robles)
3. "Cecilia" – 2:54
4. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" – 2:33
5. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" – 3:47
6. "The Boxer" – 5:08
7. "Baby Driver" – 3:14
8. "The Only Living Boy in New York" – 3:58
9. "Why Don't You Write Me" – 2:45
10. "Bye Bye Love"* (Live from Ames, Iowa) – 2:55 (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)
11. "Song for the Asking" – 1:51

Disc seven: Greatest Hits (1972)

1. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:02
2. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (Live) – 2:25
3. "The Boxer" – 5:10
4. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (Live) – 1:50
5. "The Sound of Silence" (Sounds of Silence Version) – 3:05
6. "I Am a Rock" – 2:52
7. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Traditional; arranged by Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 3:09
8. "Homeward Bound" (Live) – 2:42
9. "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 4:52
10. "America" – 3:33
11. "Kathy's Song" (Live) – 3:23
12. "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles; English lyrics by Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg) – 3:07
13. "Bookends" – 1:20
14. "Cecilia" – 2:53

Disc eight: The Concert In Central Park (1982)

1. Mrs. Robinson
2. Homeward Bound
3. America
4. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
5. Scarborough Fair
6. April Come She Will
7. Wake up Little Susie
8. Still Crazy After All These Years
9. American Tune
10. Late in the Evening
11. Slip Slidin' Away
12. A Heart In New York
13. Kodachrome / Maybellene
14. Bridge over Troubled Water
15. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
16. The Boxer
17. Old Friends
18. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
19. The Sounds of Silence

Disc nine: Old Friends: Live On Stage - Disc 1 (2004)

1. "America (Intro)" – 2:53
2. "Old Friends/Bookends" – 3:33
3. "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 3:33
4. "I Am a Rock" – 4:23
5. "America" – 4:53
6. "At the Zoo" – 1:33
7. "Baby Driver" – 2:58
8. "Kathy's Song" – 3:58
9. "Tom and Jerry Story" – 2:14
10. "Hey, Schoolgirl" – 0:45
11. "The Everly Brothers Intro" – 1:42
12. "Bye Bye Love" (with The Everly Brothers) – 3:00
13. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" – 3:50
14. "Homeward Bound" – 5:41
15. "The Sound of Silence" – 5:04

Disc ten: Old Friends: Live On Stage - Disc 2 (2004)

1. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:32
2. "Slip Slidin' Away" – 4:59
3. "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" – 3:34
4. "The Only Living Boy in New York" – 4:03
5. "American Tune" – 4:40
6. "My Little Town" – 4:35
7. "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 6:11
8. "Cecilia" – 4:25
9. "The Boxer" – 5:07
10. "Leaves That Are Green" – 3:22
11. "Citizen of the Planet" – 3:14

Disc eleven: Live From New York City, 1967 (2002)

1. "He Was My Brother" – 3:21
2. "Leaves That Are Green" – 2:57
3. "Sparrow" – 3:06
4. "Homeward Bound" – 2:39
5. "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" – 2:06
6. "A Most Peculiar Man" – 2:59
7. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – 1:49
8. "The Dangling Conversation" – 3:01
9. "Richard Cory" – 3:23
10. "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 2:37
11. "Benedictus" (Traditional, arr. Simon & Art Garfunkel) – 2:45
12. "Blessed" – 3:45
13. "A Poem on the Underground Wall" – 4:45
14. "Anji" (Davy Graham) – 2:28
15. "I Am a Rock" – 2:57
16. "The Sound of Silence" – 3:25
17. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – 2:40
18. "A Church Is Burning" – 3:43
19. "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." – 3:35

Disc twelve: Live 1969 (2008)

1. "Homeward Bound" – 3:04 (11/15/69, Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California)
2. "At the Zoo" – 2:07 (11/27/69, Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York)
3. "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – 1:56 (11/8/69, Carbondale, Illinois)
4. "Song for the Asking" – 2:26 (11/15/69, Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California)
5. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – 2:37 (November 1969, St. Louis, Missouri)
6. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel) – 3:56 (11/28/69, Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York)
7. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:44 (11/8/69, Carbondale, Illinois)
8. "The Boxer" – 4:46 (11/15/69, Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California)
9. "Why Don't You Write Me" – 2:56 (11/15/69, Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California)
10. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" – 3:55 (11/8/69, Carbondale, Illinois)
11. "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" (Jimmy Long, Gene Autry) – 3:11 (11/15/69, Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California)
12. "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 5:25 (11/28/69, Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York)
13. "The Sound of Silence" – 3:52 (11/8/69, Carbondale, Illinois)
14. "I Am a Rock" – 3:36 (11/8/69, Carbondale, Illinois)
15. "Old Friends/Bookends Theme" – 3:22 (11/1/69, Toledo, Ohio)
16. "Leaves That Are Green" – 3:23 (10/30/69, Detroit, Michigan)
17. "Kathy's Song" – 3:53 (November 1969, St. Louis, Missouri)

Note: *Paul Kane is one of the aliases used by Paul Simon.