Old Friends is the second box set of Simon & Garfunkel songs, released in November 1997. The three-disc anthology collects most of the duo's best-known works, as well as previously unreleased outtakes. Some of these outtakes later appeared on the reissues of Simon & Garfunkel's five studio albums, as well as the subsequent boxed set The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970).

Track listing

Disc 1

Recorded: March 10, 1964 Previously unissued demo version Recorded: March 10, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964) Recorded: March 17, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Recorded: March 17, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Recorded: March 17, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Recorded: March 31, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Recorded: March 31, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Recorded: March 31, 1964 From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Recorded: April 5, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence (1966) Recorded: April 5, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence Recorded: December 13, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence Recorded: December 14, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence Recorded: December 14, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence Recorded: March 10, 1964 (Basic track); June 15, 1965 (overdubs) From the album Sounds of Silence Recorded: December 14, 1965 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (U.S. version) (1966); Sounds of Silence (UK version) Recorded: December 21, 1965 Previously unissued outtake from the Sounds of Silence sessions Recorded: December 21, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence Recorded: December 21, 1965 From the album Sounds of Silence Recorded: March 28, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Disc 2

Recorded: June 8, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Recorded: June 10, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Recorded: June 21, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Recorded: July 26, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Recorded: August 16, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Recorded: August 22, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Recorded: August 22, 1966 From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Recorded: September 7, 1966 From the album Bookends (1968) Recorded: January 18, 1967 From the album Bookends Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) Recorded: January 22, 1967 Previously unissued live recording (Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York) Recorded: June 6, 1967 From the album Bookends Recorded: December 14, 1967 From the album Bookends Recorded: February 1, 1968 From the album Bookends Recorded: June 14, 1967 B-side to the "Fakin' It" single Recorded: October 5, 1967 From the album Bookends Recorded: April 19, 1967 Previously unissued Christmas recording Recorded: April 19, 1967 Christmas recording, previously appeared on Columbia Special Products compilations A Very Merry Christmas (1967) and Dreaming of a White Christmas (1981)

Disc 3

Recorded: February 2, 1968 From the album Bookends Recorded: March 8, 1968 From the album Bookends Recorded: October 13, 1968 Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont) Recorded: October 13, 1968 Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont) Recorded: October 13, 1968 Previously unissued live recording (Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, Vermont) Recorded: November 16, 1968 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) Recorded: November 19, 1968 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: June 13, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: August 11, 1969 Previously unissued demo Recorded: October 27, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: October 28, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: November 1, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: November 2, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: November 2, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: November 9, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: November 15, 1969 From the album Bridge over Troubled Water Recorded: November 28, 1969 Previously unissued live recording (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York) Recorded: November 28, 1969 Previously unissued live recording (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York) Recorded: May 1975 Previously appeared on Paul Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years and Art Garfunkel's album Breakaway (both from 1975)

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