# 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.
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.

## Track listing

All songs written by Paul Simon, except where noted
* "I Am a Rock"
* "Homeward Bound"
* "America"
* "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
* "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."
* "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles, English lyrics by Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg)
* "At the Zoo"
* "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (traditional, arr. Simon & Art Garfunkel with Canticle by Simon)
* "The Boxer"
* "The Sound of Silence"
* "Mrs. Robinson"
* "Keep the Customer Satisfied"
* "Song for the Asking"
* "A Hazy Shade of Winter"
* "Cecilia"
* "Old Friends/Bookends Theme (Reprise)"
* "Bridge over Troubled Water"

## Personnel

* Paul Simon - Guitar, Vocals
* Art Garfunkel - Vocals

## Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1981-1997)
Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart
3
Dutch Mega Albums Chart
4
French SNEP Albums Chart
6
Austrian Albums Chart
8
German Media Control Albums Chart
2
Japanese Oricon LPs Chart
23
New Zealand Albums Chart
1
Spanish Albums Chart
1
Swedish Albums Chart
49
UK Albums Chart
4
Year-end charts
Chart (1981)
Position
Australian Albums Chart
95
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)
50
UK Albums Chart
36
Chart (1982)
Position
Australian Albums Chart
41
UK Albums Chart
75
Chart (1988)
Position
Dutch Albums Chart
20
Chart (1989)
Position
Dutch Albums Chart
62
Certifications and sales
Region
CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)
3× Platinum
150,000$^^$
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)
Platinum
58,327
France (SNEP)
2× Platinum
600,000$^*$
Germany (BVMI)
Gold
250,000$^^$
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)
Gold
10,000$^*$
Japan (Oricon Charts)
227,000
Netherlands (NVPI)
2× Platinum
200,000$^^$
New Zealand (RMNZ)
Platinum
15,000$^^$
Portugal (AFP)
Gold
20,000$^^$
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)
2× Platinum
100,000$^^$
United Kingdom (BPI)
3× Platinum
1,500,000
$^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. :