Vinyl Record
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits on LP vinyl. A 1972 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 1972
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 1972 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Greatest Hits is Simon & Garfunkel in 1972, two years after the duo's studio ending, being turned into a concise public memory. Its importance is not only that it gathers familiar songs; it is that it helped define which Simon & Garfunkel moments would travel easiest through the decades. Mrs. Robinson, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her, The Boxer, The 59th Street Bridge Song, The Sound Of Silence, I Am A Rock, Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Cecilia trace the move from Greenwich Village folk austerity to folk-rock polish, film-era fame and the grand farewell of 1970. The inclusion of live recordings gives the compilation a slightly different texture from a strict singles archive, reminding listeners that the duo's intimacy was also a stage craft: two voices, one guitar figure, a room going quiet. In the early 1970s, as solo Paul Simon and solo Art Garfunkel careers were beginning to form, this album fixed the partnership as a completed story that could be entered in one sitting.
Greatest Hits matters because it became the everyday doorway into Simon & Garfunkel after the breakup. The 1972 timing turned a recent partnership into a canon, selecting the songs that would define the duo for casual listeners and serious collectors alike.
For collectors, Greatest Hits is useful as a historical compilation, not merely a convenience title. It documents how the catalogue was summarized soon after the split, with studio landmarks and live material shaping the public version of Simon & Garfunkel's legacy.
Classic folk-rock and harmony pop with acoustic guitar clarity, close vocal blend, poetic melancholy, bright 1960s singles, live-room intimacy and the gradual expansion from coffeehouse folk to studio elegance.
Recommended for: Collectors who want the first major post-breakup Simon & Garfunkel overview; Listeners entering the duo through the best-known songs; Fans of The Sound Of Silence, Mrs. Robinson, The Boxer and Bridge Over Troubled Water.
When was Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits released? It was released in 1972, after the duo had already ended their studio partnership. Is Greatest Hits only studio recordings? No. The compilation includes familiar studio tracks along with live recordings that give part of the album a concert feel. Why is this compilation important? It helped establish the compact public version of the Simon & Garfunkel catalogue shortly after their breakup.