Simon & Garfunkel - The Alternate Bookends (2003)
FLAC (tracks) - 406 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 184 MB
1:18:31 | Folk Rock | Unofficial Release | Label: Purple Chick
FLAC (tracks) - 406 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 184 MB
1:18:31 | Folk Rock | Unofficial Release | Label: Purple Chick
Alternate Bookends Review by Richie Unterberger
Although this bootleg does its best to construct a sort of alternate version of Simon & Garfunkel's classic album Bookends, it's not exactly a different version of the record that was never released. The first dozen songs cobble together a facsimile of such an imaginary thing by combining alternate versions, outtakes, and demos of most of the album's tracks, padding it out with 7" mixes of "A Hazy Shade of Winter" and "Fakin' It," as well as adding the non-LP B-side "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies." The differences aren't radical (though these versions of "Save the Life of My Child" and "At the Zoo" have some different lyrics), but it does at least make listening to the tunes a somewhat refreshing experience for fans of the album who have nonetheless tired of hearing it after dozens or hundreds of spins.