Simon and Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. (1964)

Like most people I remember the singles in the Sixties, and then bought Bridge Over Troubled Waters and worked my way back to this rather quiet, rather folkie debut.  The story is well-known, as barely teenagers they had a single as Tom and Jerry and then reformed in 1963 as a folk duo singing the songs of Paul Simon and a few covers.  The ensuing album sold poorly and Paul came to England to examine the nascent folk scene here.  Unbeknown to the group their Producer Tom Wilson, maybe inspired by the success of Dylan who he also produced, added electric guitar, bass and drums to the best song on the album ‘The Sound Of Silence’ and issued it as a single in ‘65; an instant hit which reached No. 3 in America.  Paul came back and the band resumed and released four more albums until a frustrated Paul broke up the group and went solo.  They reformed for live concerts and they did record one song together ‘My Little Town’ in ’75.  Garfunkel certainly added superb vocals to Paul’s songs but Paul was frustrated that he was unrecognised as the creative force of the group.