Vinyl Record

Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme on LP vinyl. A 1966 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · 1966

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1966 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme is Simon & Garfunkel in 1966, moving past the accidental rescue of The Sound Of Silence and becoming a deliberate album act. The title comes through Scarborough Fair/Canticle, where old English ballad material is interlaced with Paul Simon's anti-war counterline, making the album's method clear: tradition and modern anxiety are not separate worlds. Homeward Bound gives the touring songwriter's loneliness a clean pop shape, The 59th Street Bridge Song turns lightness into a city stroll, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her becomes one of Art Garfunkel's most delicate showcases, and 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night closes with a collision between innocence and the violent news cycle of the mid-1960s. The year matters because folk-rock had become commercially viable, but Simon & Garfunkel were not simply adding drums to folk songs. They were refining arrangement, harmony, literature, politics and studio sequencing into a miniature songbook. It is shorter and quieter than the later blockbusters, yet it is where the duo's elegance becomes unmistakably self-aware.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme matters because it shows Simon & Garfunkel becoming more than a hit single act. In 1966, they turned folk tradition, topical unease and precise harmony into an album with a carefully controlled emotional and political shape.

For collectors, this is the essential mid-1960s Simon & Garfunkel studio album between the breakthrough and the later grand statements. Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound and For Emily make it a key document of the duo's most finely etched folk-pop language.

Refined 1966 folk-pop with close harmony, fingerpicked guitar, English ballad influence, soft orchestration, literary detail, anti-war undercurrents and a balance of melancholy, wit and pastoral brightness.

Recommended for: Collectors focused on the duo's classic 1960s Columbia albums; Listeners who prefer intricate folk-pop over larger 1970 production; Fans of Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound and For Emily.

When was Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme released? It was released in 1966 as Simon & Garfunkel's third studio album. Why is Scarborough Fair/Canticle central to the album? It combines traditional ballad material with a modern anti-war counterpoint, capturing the album's mix of old song and 1960s unease. What mood does the album have? It is elegant, concise and often quiet, with folk roots, precise harmonies and a subtle political edge.