Wednesday, June 1, 2011

New York City Images As Album/CD Cover Art #19: Simon & Garfunkel "Wednesday Morning, 3AM" (1964)

Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3AM (1964)
(Image via: NYCDreamin Archives)

Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Title: Wednesday Morning, 3AM
Release Date: 10/19/64 - Re-Released: January 1966
Photo: Henry Parker for Columbia Records Photo Studios

Art Garfunkel has related the story several times that during the photo sessions for the album cover, several hundred pictures were taken that were unusable due to the "all-familiar suggestion" on the wall in the background, which inspired their song "A Poem on the Underground Wall," which appeard on their October 1966 LP "Parsley, Sage, Rosemarry & Thyme."

Here's one about New York from the "Wednesday Morning, 3AM" LP, titled "Bleecker Street."



...it's been quite a long time since $30.00 paid the rent on Bleecker Street.

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