The Simon and Garfunkel Collection: 17 of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings

The Simon and Garfunkel Collection: 17 of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings is the second compilation album of greatest hits by Simon & Garfunkel, first issued in November 1981, 2 months after performing at the landmark The Concert in Central Park.

ReleasedNovember 1981

RecordedMarch 1964–November 1969

GenreFolk rock

Length48:17

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The Simon and Garfunkel Collection: 17 of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings
Compilation album by Simon & Garfunkel
Released	November 1981
Recorded	March 1964–November 1969
Genre	Folk rock
Length	48:17
Label	Columbia
Producer	Tom Wilson, Bob Johnston, Paul Simon, Arthur Garfunkel, Roy Halee
Simon & Garfunkel chronology
Collected Works (1981) The Simon and Garfunkel Collection: 17 of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings (1981) The Concert in Central Park (1982)

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Unlike the first compilation album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits from 1972, it contained no new or live material. Instead it featured recordings by the duo originally released between 1964 and 1972 from all 5 studio albums and every studio single, excepting "The Dangling Conversation" and "Fakin' It", whilst adding the non-single title track from their first album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., as well as "Song for the Asking", the last track on their final album, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Two full songs from the Bookends album are included as one track: "Old Friends" segues into the “Bookends Theme (Reprise)”, as it does on Bookends and the B-side of the “Mrs. Robinson” single. This is in contrast to the "clean" version of "Bookends" (without the segued string from "Old Friends") which was featured on Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. This makes the title of the album slightly erroneous, since there are effectively a total of 18 songs included.