Tom And Jerry - Complete Recordings Vol. 1 & 2 [Simon & Garfunkel early recordings] (2 CD/FLAC)

  

Tom And Jerry. Complete Recordings Vol. 1 and 2 are compilation albums by Simon & Garfunkel. These albums contains songs in their early career, where they were known as Tom & Jerry.

Simon's first song written for himself and Garfunkel, when he was 12 or 13, was called "The Girl for Me," and according to Simon became the "neighborhood hit." His father wrote out the words and chords on paper by hand for the boys to use. That paper became the first officially copyrighted Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song, and is now in the Library of Congress. In 1957, still in their mid-teens, they recorded the song "Hey, Schoolgirl" under the name Tom and Jerry, given to them by their label Big Records. The single reached No. 49 on the pop charts.

After graduating from high school, Simon majored in English at Queens College, while Garfunkel studied mathematics at Columbia University in Manhattan. Simon was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, earned a degree in English literature, and briefly attended Brooklyn Law School after graduation, but his real passion was rock and roll.


Between 1957 and 1964, Simon wrote, recorded, and released more than 30 songs, occasionally reuniting with Garfunkel as Tom & Jerry for some singles, including "Our Song" and "That's My Story". Most of the songs Simon recorded during that time were performed alone or with musicians other than Garfunkel. They were released on several minor record labels, such as Amy, Big, Hunt, King, Tribute, and Madison. He used several pseudonyms for these recordings, including Jerry Landis, Paul Kane and True Taylor. Simon enjoyed some moderate success in recording a few singles as part of a group called Tico and the Triumphs, including a song called "Motorcycle" which reached No. 97 on the Billboard charts in 1962. Tico and the Triumphs released four 45s. Marty Cooper, known as Tico, sang lead on several of these releases. A childhood friend, Bobby Susser, children's songwriter, record producer, and performer, co-produced the Tico 45s with Simon. That year, Simon reached No. 99 on the pop charts as Jerry Landis with the hit "The Lone Teen Ranger." Both chart singles were released on Amy Records.

 

Disc 1:

1. The Girl For Me
2. Hey Schoolgirl
3. Dancin' Wild
4. True Or False
5. Teenage Fool
6. Our Song
7. Two Teenagers
8. That's My Story
9. (Pretty Baby) Don't Say Goodbye
10. Baby Talk
11. Lookin' At You
12. I'm Lonesome
13. Anna Belle
14. Loneliness
15. Beat Love
16. Dream Alone
17. Just A Boy
18. Shy
19. I'd Like To Be
20. Play Me A Sad Song
21. It Means A Lot To Them
22. Private World
23. Please Forgive Me
24. I'm Lonely
25. I Wish I Weren't In Love
26. Surrender, Please Surrender
27. Fightin' Mad
28. The Lone Teen Ranger
29. Lisa
30. Carlos Dominguez
31. He Was My Brother







Disc 2:
1. Just To Be With You
2. Ask Me Why
3. All Through The Night
4. (I Begin) To Think Again Of You
5. Let Me Steal Your Heart Away
6. Motorcycle
7. I Don't Believe Them
8. Express Train
9. Wildflower
10. Cry Little Boy Cry
11. Get Up And Do The Wobble
12. Cards Of Love
13. Noise
14. Tijuana Blues
15. Simon Says
16. Flame
17. Beat Love (No Harmony)
18. Dreams Can Come True
19. Up And Down The Stairs
20. Back Seat Driver
21. Wow Cha Cha Cha
22. A Charmed Life
23. Sleepy, Sleepy Baby #1
24. Sleepy, Sleepy Baby #2
25. That Forever Kind Of Love
26. Lighthouse Point #1
27. Lighthouse Point #2
28. Aeroplane Of Silver Steel
29. Bingo
30. Forever And After