Simon and Garfunkel: Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m., Columbia Records, 1964.
This is the first studio album of the duo Simon and Garfunkel. It is subtitled "exciting new sounds in the folk tradition." It was first released in 1964 but not very successful, but then rereleased in 1966 when it reached no 30 on the billboard chart. The song "The Sound of Silence" had become popular in the meantime. This song alone makes the album special. It was redone with guitars and a drum kit. Other songs on the album are special. "He Was My Brother" is a tribute to their friend Andrew Goodman who had been murdered. He was part of a group of three civil rights workers murdered in the South. The perform an arrangement of "Go Tell it on the Mountain." They also cover the Bob Dylan song "The Times They Are a Changin.'" The C.D. concludes with the titular song written by Paul Simon. It tells the story of a man who will be forced out of his love's bed because he has committed a crime.
Simon and Garfunkel have their distinctive harmonies with Paul Simon usually singing melody and Art Garfunkel singing above him. Produced by Tom Wilson.
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