For an entire generation, the concert event of the new millennium was the 2003 Old Friends tour from Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Their first national concert tour in two decades, performing songs that rank among the most memorable of the '60s, was a sold-out sensation in more than 30 cities across the country. Now many of those unforgettable performances are heard on the 2-CD set Old Friends Live On Stage. The songs of Simon & Garfunkel have never sounded better.

"The Sound of Silence" is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel to popularity. It was written in February 1964 by Paul Simon in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. An initial version preferred by the band was remixed and sweetened, and has become known as "the quintessential folk rock release". In the U.S., it was the duo's second most popular hit after "Bridge Over Troubled Water".
The song features Simon on acoustic guitar and both singing. It was originally recorded as an acoustic piece for their first album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. in 1964 but on the initiative of the record company's producer, Tom Wilson, it was later overdubbed with drums (Bobby Gregg), electric bass (Bob Bushnell) and electric guitar (Al Gorgoni), all without the knowledge or participation of Simon & Garfunkel and rereleased as a single in September 1965.[3][4] The single reached number one on New Year's Day 1966 and was included in the 1966 album Sounds of Silence.
"The Sound of Silence" was originally called "The Sounds of Silence" and is titled that way on the early albums in which it appeared and on the first single release; only on later compilations was it retitled "The Sound of Silence". Both the singular and the plural appear in the lyrics. In his book Lyrics 1964–2008 Simon has the title in the singular.

The Graduate is an album of songs from the soundtrack of Mike Nichols' movie The Graduate, featuring many songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel as well as several instrumental pieces by Dave Grusin. The music meshed perfectly with the themes of the film, the album topped the charts, and it introduced Simon & Garfunkel to a wider audience.

The most comprehensive Simon & Garfunkel library anthology ever assembled, The Complete Albums Collection includes the duo's five studio masterpieces (first released between 1964 and 1970), newly remastered from first generation analog sources, and first-time remasters of The Graduate (the groundbreaking motion picture soundtrack album released in 1968) and the long out-of-print The Concert in Central Park (recorded in 1981).

专辑介绍:
1966年的一月一日，赛门与葛芬柯（Simon & Garfunkel）的「The Sound of Silence」登上了全美冠军的宝座，不但轰动歌坛，也展开了一段传奇。虽然他们在1971年就宣告分手，总共只留下五张录音室专辑，但是却都被公认是流行音乐史上的经典，两人更被推崇为二十世纪最优秀、也最令人难忘的二重唱组合。三十年来，他们的这些经典持续的在市场上受到各种年龄层的歌迷所喜爱，唱片公司更不断的以不同包装的精选集重新发行，依然大受欢迎。随着新世纪的到来，台湾新力唱片全面发行旗下大牌艺人的「世纪典藏」系列，其中包括了这套在1999年由英国方面编辑、两张一套的赛门与葛芬柯超级精选「来自纽约的故事」（Tales from New York）。不过，为了配合系列的发行，他们把这套精选的中文标题改为「赛门与葛芬柯世纪典藏」。
纽约，是全世界最迷人的大都会之一，也是个各种文化齐聚一堂的大熔炉，充满了複杂至极的多样化面貌与风情，从最富裕的到最穷困的、最上流的到最下流的、最优雅的到最粗俗的，全部都可以在这个人称「大苹果」的都市里面看到。而即使它有着某些让外人觉得相当可怕的黑暗面，对於当地的居民来说，它仍然是个最可爱的家园。人文薈萃的纽约，出了许多优秀的艺人，只要可能，他们都不会忘记在自己的作品中抒发自己对这个城市的複杂感情。但是，能够被大眾公认为「最能代表纽约」的，其实并不算多，而赛门与葛芬柯就是其中的翘楚。

UK six disc (five CDs + PAL/Region 0 DVD] set comprised of remastered and expanded mini-LP sleeve editions of their five studio albums (Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., Sound Of Silence, Parsley Sage Rosemary And Thyme, Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water) plus a bonus DVD containing their famed Central Park concert. The albums include the classic hit singles 'Mrs. Robinson', 'Bridge Over Trouble Water', 'Homeward Bound', 'America', 'The Boxer', 'The Sound Of Silence', 'Cecilia', 'Scarborough Fair' and many more. All six discs come housed in a beautiful sealed picture box. Sony/BMG.