アート・ガーファンクル(Art Garfunkel)のキャリアを凝縮した2CDアンソロジー盤『The Singer』が日本でも発売に。国内盤はBlu-spec CD仕様で9月26日発売(米:8月28日)。
サイモン&ガーファンクル(Simon and Garfunkel)時代とソロ転向後の作品の中からアート・ガーファンクルが自ら厳選した34曲を収録。40年強のキャリアを凝縮した代表曲に加え、2012年録音の新曲「Lena (featuring Dean Parks)」「Long Way Home (with Maia Sharp)」も収められます。
●『The Singer』
[CD1]
1. Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
2. All I Know
3. Perfect Moment
4. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her Simon & Garfunkel
5. Crying In The Rain duet with James Taylor
6. I Only Have Eyes For You
7. 99 Miles From L.A.
8. (What A) Wonderful World with James Taylor and Paul Simon
9. Bright Eyes
10. Two Sleepy People
11. Skywriter
12. Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon & Garfunkel
13. Some Enchanted Evening
14. The Promise
15. The Thread
16. Lena
17. Barbara Allen
[CD2]
1. Kathy's Song -Simon & Garfunkel
2. Long Way Home
3. Scissors Cut
4. The Sound Of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel
5. Breakaway
6. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright -Simon & Garfunkel
7. Waters Of March
8. The Decree
9. I Wonder Why
10. Disney Girls
11. My Little Town -Simon & Garfunkel
12. O Come All Ye Faithful
13. A Heart In New York
14. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
15. April Come She Will-Simon & Garfunkel
16. When A Man Loves A Woman
17. In Cars
CD 1, Track 1 and CD 2, Track 6 from Bridge Over Troubled Water (Columbia CS 9914, 1970)
CD 1, Tracks 2, 5, 10-11 from Up ‘Til Now (Columbia CK 47113, 1993)
CD 1, Tracks 3 & 15 from Everything Waits to Be Noticed (Blue Note/Manhattan, 2002)
CD 1, Track 4 from Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (Columbia KC 31350, 1972)
CD 1, Tracks 6-7 and CD 2, Tracks 5, 7, 10-11 from Breakaway (Columbia PC 33700, 1975)
CD 1, Track 8 from Watermark (Columbia JC 34975, 1978)
CD 1, Track 9 from Fate for Breakfast (Columbia JC 35780, 1979)
CD 1, Track 12 from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (Columbia CS 9363, 1966)
CD 1, Track 13 and CD 2, Track 14 from Some Enchanted Evening (Atco 8122-79999-3, 2007)
CD 1, Track 14 and CD 2, Tracks 9 & 16 from Lefty (Columbia FC 40942, 1988)
CD 1, Track 16 and CD 2, Track 2 previously unreleased
CD 1, Track 17 from Angel Clare (Columbia KC 31474, 1973)
CD 2, Track 1 from Simon & Garfunkel ? Old Friends: Live on Stage 2004 (Warner Bros. 48967-2, 2004)
CD 2, Tracks 3, 13 & 17 from Scissors Cut (Columbia FC 37392, 1981)
CD 2, Track 4 from Wednesday Morning, 3 AM (Columbia CS 9049, 1964)
CD 2, Track 8 from The Animals’ Christmas (Columbia CK 40212, 1986)
CD 2, Track 12 from Acoustic Christmas (Columbia CK 46880, 1990)
CD 2, Track 15 from Sounds of Silence (Columbia CS 9269, 1965)