PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME [LP] (180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL, LIMITED/NUMBERED)

The liner notes pioneering writer Ralph J. Gleason penned for the?back cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary?and Thyme ring as true now as they did upon the record's original?release in 1966. He mused: Today's popular music is in good shape?indeed-at least the portion of it represented by this album. It has?strength and it has beauty, it has lyricism, meaning, and, above?all, that quality of broad appeal which still retains form. And its?music speaks for more than the moment. The songs in this album?are songs for all time. Indeed, they are, and they can now be?experienced in the highest fidelity they've ever enjoyed.?Reflecting the perfectionist-minded nature of Bob Johnston's?meticulous production and the group's painstaking arrangements,?Mobile Fidelity's reissues bring to light textures, nuances, details,?and microdynamics obscured on prior editions. Harmonies crest and?seemingly float on clouds. Acoustic passages blossom with lifelike?structure. The intent of deliberate euphonic variations is made clear.?Such punctiliousness is exactly what the duo pursued during their?four months in the studio, considered then by record-company?executives to be borderline excessive. But as these editions attest?like never before, there's no arguing with the results of a benchmark?Rolling Stone named the 202nd Greatest Album of All Time.??? Songs for All Time: Simon and Garfunkel's Kaleidoscopic?Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Includes?Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound, and?The 59th Street Bridge Song?? Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned?Mastering System: 180g Vinyl LP and Hybrid SACD Bring?to Light Meticulous Production, Harmonies, and Tones in?Lifelike Clarity?? 1966 Benchmark Named the 202nd Greatest Album by?Rolling Stone: Simultaneously Beautiful and Evocative,?Pristine and Natural, Serious and Joyful, Pertinent and?Accessible??Track List?1. Scarborough Fair/Canticle?2. Patterns?3. Cloudy?4. Homeward Bound?5. The Big Bright Green Pleasure?Machine?6. The 59th Street Bridge Song?(Feelin' Groovy)?7. The Dangling Conversation?8. Flowers Never Bend in the Rainfall?9. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or?How I Was Robert McNamara'd?Into Position)?10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find?Her?11. A Poem on the Underground Wall?12. 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night