Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
Appearance
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 19, 1964 | |||
Recorded | March 10–31, 1964 | |||
Studio | Columbia Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Folk[1][2] | |||
Length | 31:38 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Tom Wilson | |||
Simon & Garfunkel chronology | ||||
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Wednesday Morning, 3 AM is the name of the first album by Simon and Garfunkel. It came out in 1964. Some of the songs on the album were written by Paul Simon, but others were written by other people. The songs "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM", "The Sounds of Silence", "Bleecker Street" and Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'" are on the album. The album did not sell well, though the song "The Sounds of Silence" was later released as a successful single in 1966.
Track listing
[change | change source]All songs written and composed by Paul Simon, except where noted.
Side one | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Recorded | Length | ||||||
1. | "You Can Tell the World" | March 31, 1964 | 2:47 | ||||||
2. | "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" | March 17, 1964 | 2:11 | ||||||
3. | "Bleecker Street" | March 10, 1964 | 2:44 | ||||||
4. | "Sparrow" | March 31, 1964 | 2:49 | ||||||
5. | "Benedictus" | March 31, 1964 | 2:38 | ||||||
6. | "The Sound of Silence" | March 10, 1964 | 3:08 |
Side two | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Recorded | Length | ||||||
1. | "He Was My Brother" | March 17, 1964 | 2:48 | ||||||
2. | "Peggy-O" | March 31, 1964 | 2:26 | ||||||
3. | "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | March 31, 1964 | 2:06 | ||||||
4. | "The Sun Is Burning" | March 17, 1964 | 2:49 | ||||||
5. | "The Times They Are a-Changin'" | March 10, 1964 | 2:52 | ||||||
6. | "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." | March 17, 1964 | 2:13 | ||||||
Total length: |
31:38 |
Bonus tracks (2001 CD reissue) | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Recorded | Length | ||||||
13. | "Bleecker Street" (demo) | March 10, 1964 | 2:46 | ||||||
14. | "He Was My Brother" (alt. take 1, previously unreleased) | March 17, 1964 | 2:52 | ||||||
15. | "The Sun Is Burning" (alt. take 12, previously unreleased) | March 17, 1964 | 2:47 |
Personnel
[change | change source]- Paul Simon – acoustic guitar, banjo on "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream", vocals
- Art Garfunkel – vocals
- Barry Kornfeld – acoustic guitar
- Bill Lee – double bass
Charts
[change | change source]Chart (1964 and 1966) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 24 |
US Top LPs (Billboard) | 30 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Willis, Ellen (2011). Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music. University of Minnesota Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0816672837.
- ↑ DeBolt, Abbe Allen (2011). Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 604. ISBN 978-0313329449.